An 85th birthday* tribute to jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery

with Jimmy Smith, Johnny Griffin, Wynton Kelly, Milt Jackson, Hank Jones, Tommy Flanagan, Victor Feldman, Barry Harris, Harold Land, Harold Mabern, Buddy Montgomery, Melvin Rhyne, James Clay, Joe Gordon, Ron Carter, Paul Chambers, Percy Heath, Sam Jones, Milt Hinton, Monk Montgomery, Philly Joe Jones, Jimmy Cobb, Grady Tate, Louis Hayes and Ray Barretto

All tracks feature Wes Mongomery (guitar) with:

[1'14] Four on Six (Smokin' at the Half Note, Verve 1965) Wynton Kelly- p; Paul Chambers- b; Jimmy Cobb- d
[7'56] Movin' Along (Movin' Along, Riverside 1960) James Clay- fl; Victor Feldman- p; Sam Jones- b; Louis Hayes- d
[14'05] Cottontail (So Much Guitar!, Riverside 1961) Hank Jones- p; Ron Carter- b; Lex Humphries- d; Ray Barretto- cga
[17'42] Fingerpickin' (The Montgomery Brothers And Five Others, Pacific Jazz 1957) Joe Bradley- p; Monk Montgomery- elb; Paul Parker- d
[20'12] Whisper Not (Wes Montgomery Trio: A Dynamic New Sound, Riverside 1959) Melvin Rhyne- org; Paul Parker- d
[24'48] D Natural Blues (The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery, Riverside 1960) Tommy Flanagan- p; Percy Heath- b; Albert Tootie Heath- d
[30'10] Jingles (radio broadcast; issued as Solitude, BYG 1965) Montgomery- g; Harold Mabern- p; Arthur Harper- b; Jimmy Lovelace- d
[42'32] God Bless the Child (Fusion!, Riverside 1963) Hank Jones- p; Milt Hinton- b; Osie Johnson- d; Phil Bodner- woodw; Jimmy Jones- arr; strings
[45'48] with Milt Jackson- Blue Roz (Bags Meets Wes, Riverside 1961) Jackson- vib; Wynton Kelly- p; Sam Jones- b; Philly Joe Jones- d
[50'30] The Way You Look Tonight [alternate take] (The Alternative Wes Montgomery, Milestone 1963) Melvin Rhyne- org; George Brown- d
[56'18] Born to Be Blue (Movin' Wes, Verve 1964) Ernie Royal, Clark Terry, Snooky Young- tp; Jimmy Cleveland, Urbie Green, Quentin Jackson, Chauncey Welsch- tb; Don Butterfield or Harvey Phillips- tu; Jerome Richardson- fl, ss, ts; Bobby Scott- p; Bob Cranshaw- b; Grady Tate- d; Johnny Pate- arr, cond
[59'57] with the Montgomery Brothers- Doujie (Groove Yard, Riverside 1961) Buddy Montgomery- p; Monk Montgomery- elb; Bobby Thomas- d
[64'31] with Jimmy Smith- Night Train [aka Happy Go Lucky Local] (The Dynamic Duo, Verve 1966) Smith- org; Grady Tate- d
[71'14] with Harold Land- West Coast Blues (West Coast Blues!, Jazzland, 1960) Joe Gordon- tp ; Land- ts; Barry Harris- p; Sam Jones- b; Louis Hayes- d
[77'14] Willow Weep For Me (Willow Weep For Me [with overdubs], Verve 1965) Wynton Kelly- p; Paul Chambers- b; Jimmy Cobb- d
[84'48] Wes' Tune (Montgomeryland, Pacific Jazz 1958) Harold Land- ts; Buddy Montgomery- p; Monk Montgomery- elb; Tony Bazley- d
[88'55] Cariba (Full House, Riverside 1962) Johnny Griffin- ts; Wynton Kelly- p; Paul Chambers- b; Jimmy Cobb- d
[98'28]

* Some sources list Montgomery's year of birth as 1923, others as 1925.

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