the incredible jazz guitar of wes montgomery

read dummy! · Post by **read dummy!** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 12:11 am

http://www.sendspace.com/file/m1qeh1

enjoy

the brow · Post by **the brow** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 1:36 am

Enjoy what? LP? Mix? One track?

read dummy! · Post by **read dummy!** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 1:41 am

marinville · Post by **marinville** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 3:09 am

bumpin on sunset is the only track I know of that I dig.

I bought a few of his records hoping they were good, but they were garbage.

theres probably some good shit out there that I havent heard. bumpin on sunset is cool as shit.

BIG GONZO · Post by **BIG GONZO** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 4:17 am

marinville wrote:bumpin on sunset is the only track I know of that I dig.

I bought a few of his records hoping they were good, but they were garbage.

theres probably some good shit out there that I havent heard. bumpin on sunset is cool as shit.

Steer clear of Creed Taylor productions. Much respeck and all...but Creed...couldn't you have just let those cats play??

donald goines · Post by **donald goines** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 6:24 pm

I know alot of Wes's later albums are full of string sections something I absolutely hate. It's as if the producer decided to add strings to make Wes sell more records or appeal to a larger audience, but string sections annoy me to no end.

read dummy! · Post by **read dummy!** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 9:09 pm

nah these are nicely done, sparse arrangements

BIG GONZO · Post by **BIG GONZO** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 5:30 am

donald goines wrote:I know alot of Wes's later albums are full of string sections something I absolutely hate. It's as if the producer decided to add strings to make Wes sell more records or appeal to a larger audience, but string sections annoy me to no end.

That would be big Creed Taylor indeed. Ruined many a potentially great album (considering the musicians usually involved, point in the continuum, production values, etc..). He was at his best as a producer when he just got the fuck outta the way and poured money onto Joe Farrell.

Peace to 'song of the wind.'
pre-scientology chick corea gets the gasface for what he would become and all the madness that he would waste.

anyhoo.

RacquetballGangsta · Post by **RacquetballGangsta** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 1:50 pm

the best jazz guitar album i've ever heard.

Dids · Post by **Dids** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 2:36 pm

My Dad has some Wes and Jimmy Smith (organ) album that's fucking amazing. Really dig what I've heard of both.

marinville · Post by **marinville** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 4:42 pm

I've had really bad luck with jimmy smith too. I originally heard of him when I got prayer meeting with him and stanley turrentine (which is great). I've since bought probably 5 shitty ass jimmy smith albums.

Fuckin' A · Post by **Fuckin' A** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 4:43 pm

This is a fucking classic album.

RacquetballGangsta · Post by **RacquetballGangsta** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 6:01 pm

everything ive heard that jimmy smith was on has bored the fuck outta me.

donald goines · Post by **donald goines** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 3:22 pm

Yeah jazz organ can be especially tiring at times, but if anyone is interested in hearing a damn good song by Jimmy Smith find his album 'The Sermon'. Once you find the album go straight to the song titled 'J.O.S.' it features an excellent Lee Morgan solo and the entire song has a pretty good pacing none of the yawn-inducing stuff that can permeate a jazz organ lp.

read dummy! · Post by **read dummy!** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 10:10 pm

Ive been looking for that sermon album for a while, I also get bored with organ music. I like when fela kuti does it though

the brow · Post by **the brow** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 12:13 pm

This Wes Montgomery album is fire. Thanks, Seabass, probably your best upload ever.

Pretty sure I heard the Riding Dirty sample in there.

BIG GONZO · Post by **BIG GONZO** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 4:02 am

donald goines wrote:Yeah jazz organ can be especially tiring at times, but if anyone is interested in hearing a damn good song by Jimmy Smith find his album 'The Sermon'. Once you find the album go straight to the song titled 'J.O.S.' it features an excellent Lee Morgan solo and the entire song has a pretty good pacing none of the yawn-inducing stuff that can permeate a jazz organ lp.

Going to kick it Root Down.

RacquetballGangsta · Post by **RacquetballGangsta** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 1:39 pm

the brow wrote:This Wes Montgomery album is fire. Thanks, Seabass, probably your best upload ever.

Pretty sure I heard the Riding Dirty sample in there.

if you like that album, i'd also recommend wes' willow, weep for me. great live album.

ps - its on my blog