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1961 studio album by Wes Montgomery
So Much Guitar! SO Much Guitar! ) is an album by American jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery , released by Riverside Records in 1961. It was reissued by Fantasy Records as a part of the Original Jazz Classics series.[2]
All the tracks are available on the Wes Montgomery compilation CD The Complete Riverside Recordings
Reception [ edit ] AllMusic critic Scott Yanow called the album "one of Wes Montgomery's finest recordings... All eight performances are memorable in their own way."[3] PopMatters So Much Guitar! is Montgomery at his most comfortably virile ... one of the finest recordings you’ll ever put in your player."[4]
Track listing [ edit ] "Twisted Blues" (Wes Montgomery) – 5:31
"Cotton Tail " (Duke Ellington ) – 3:38
"I Wish I Knew" (Mack Gordon , Harry Warren ) – 5:26
"I'm Just a Lucky So-and-So " (Ellington, Mack David ) – 5:57
"Repetition" (Neal Hefti ) – 3:48
"Somethin' Like Bags" (Montgomery) – 4:44
"While We're Young " (Morty Palitz, Alec Wilder ) – 2:12
"One for My Baby (and One More for the Road) " (Harold Arlen , Johnny Mercer ) – 7:38 Personnel [ edit ] Production
References [ edit ]
^ "Billboard" . October 16, 1961.^ AllMusic entry for So Much Guitar . Retrieved November 2009.^ a b Yanow, Scott. "So Much Guitar > Review" . AllMusic . Retrieved July 31, 2011 . ^ a b Kelly, Neil (20 October 2013). "Wes Montgomery: So Much Guitar!" . PopMatters ^ Down Beat : January 4, 1962 vol. 29, no. 1^ Cook, Richard ; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings Penguin . p. 1026. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0 ^ Hull, Tom (December 2013). "Recycled Goods (#115)" . A Consumer Guide to the Trailing Edge . Tom Hull. Retrieved June 20, 2020 .^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide . Random House. 1992. p. 485.
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except where noted.
Albums
Urbanity Bluebird Quartet-Quintet The Trio Wendell Marshall , Kenny Clarke , 1955)Hank Jones' Quartet Have You Met Hank Jones Gigi Keepin' Up with the Joneses Elvin and Thad Jones , 1958)Porgy and Bess The Talented Touch Here's Love This Is Ragtime Now! Happenings Oliver Nelson , 1966)Hanky Panky Arigato Jones-Brown-Smith Satin Doll: Dedicated to Duke Ellington Bop Redux Have You Met This Jones? I Remember You Just for Fun Tiptoe Tapdance Ain't Misbehavin' Carnaval Ron Carter , Sadao Watanabe , Tony Williams , 1978)Compassion Groovin' High More Delights Tommy Flanagan , 1978)Our Delights Bluesette I'm All Smiles Duo Red Mitchell , 1987)The Spirit of 176 George Shearing , 1988)The Oracle Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Sixteen Steal Away Charlie Haden , 1994)Kids: Live at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola Joe Lovano , 2006)Come Sunday The Great WithBob WithAl WithColeman WithJohnny WithMilt WithJ.J. WithOliver WithSonny With
The Cool Sound of Pepper Adams Pepper Adams , 1957)Pepper Adams Plays the Compositions of Charlie Mingus Conjuration: Fat Tuesday's Session Somethin' Else Cannonball Adderley , 1958)The Soul of the City Manny Albam , 1966)Bad! Bossa Nova Gene Ammons , 1962)Big Bad Jug Got My Own Baker's Holiday Chet Baker , 1965)Drummer's Holiday Louie Bellson , 1956–58)Encore Eddie Bert , 1955)Montage Musician of the Year Late Date with Ruth Brown Ruth Brown , 1959)Ruth Brown '65 Bluesin' Around Kenny Burrell , 1961–62)Night Song For the Good Times Rusty Bryant , 1973)Byrd's Word Donald Byrd , 1955)New Formulas from the Jazz Lab Gigi Gryce and Donald Byrd, 1957)Jazz Lab 1 + 3 Bass on Top Paul Chambers , 1957)Kenny Clarke & Ernie Wilkins Introducing Jimmy Cleveland and His All Stars Rhythm Crazy Jimmy Cleveland , 1959)Earl Coleman Returns Last Night When We Were Young Art Farmer , 1957)Portrait of Art Farmer The Aztec Suite Merry Olde Soul Victor Feldman , 1960–61)Rhythm Is My Business Ella Fitzgerald , 1962)New Trombone Curtis Fuller , 1957)Cabin in the Sky A Portrait of Duke Ellington Dizzy Gillespie , 1960)The Bop Session Ca'Purange Dexter Gordon , 1972)Tangerine Soul Groove Matthew Gee , 1963)Gigi Gryce You Better Know It!!! Lionel Hampton , 1964)I Just Dropped by to Say Hello Johnny Hartman , 1963)The Voice That Is! Flute-In Bobbi Humphrey , 1971)Groovin' with Jacquet Illinois Jacquet , 1951)French Cookin' Budd Johnson , 1963)Elvin! Elvin Jones , 1961–62)And Then Again Dear John C. The Deadly Affair Quincy Jones , 1966)Hello, Hank Jones Clifford Jordan , 1978)SteveIreneo! Irene Kral , 1959)The Drum Battle Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich , 1952)I'm All For You Joe Lovano , 2003)Joyous Encounter Classic! Live at Newport Salute to the Flute Herbie Mann , 1957)2-3-4 Shelly Manne , 1962)Star Highs Warne Marsh , 1982)Eddie Costa, Mat Mathews & Don Elliott at Newport The Jazz Version of "How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying" Gary McFarland , 1961)Helen Merrill with Strings SO Much Guitar! Wes Montgomery , 1961)Great Day James Mody , 1963)Salute to Satch Joe Newman , 1956)The Midgets Hangin' Out Joe Wilder , 1984)All the Sad Young Men Anita O'Day , 1962)New York Album Art Pepper , 1979)So in Love Here's That Raney Day Together Again: For the First Time Buddy Rich and Mel Tormé , 1978)Midnight Oil Jerome Richardson , 1958)The Chase Is On Charlie Rouse and Paul Quinichette , 1957)Flute Suite A.K. Salim , 1957)The Jazz We Heard Last Summer Sahib Shihab , 1957)Jazz Sahib Johnny Smith Johnny Smith , 1967)The Incredible Ira Sullivan Lucky Thompson Plays Jerome Kern and No More Warm Wave Cal Tjader , 1964)Breathe Easy See You at the Fair Ben Webster , 1964)Flutes & Reeds Ernie Wilkins and Frank Wess , 1955)Top Brass Wilder 'n' Wilder Joe Wilder , 1956)The Pretty Sound But Beautiful Nancy Wilson , 1969)The Swingin' States Kai Winding , 1958)Dance to the City Beat More Brass Laughin' to Keep from Cryin' Lester Young , 1958)
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