Wes Montgomery Complete Riverside Recordings Box Set 12 CD’s Fantastic Essencial

Description: Wes Montgomery Complete Riverside Recordings Box Set 12x CD’s Fantastic Essencial OOP 1959-1963 This is a fantastic boxset Wes best material as a leader and sideman many unissued and alternate takes with an incredible list of musicians see list below. The Complete Riverside Recordings is a box set of American jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery's early recordings on the Riverside label. It is a twelve-CD box set and was released in 1992. It contains 157 songs and includes 15 previously unissued performances, six re-edited versions of previously issued numbers and 29 alternate takes. The extensive liner notes by producer Orrin Keepnews and Jim Ferguson, session notes, and photographs. Keepnews and Ferguson received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Album Notes. The collection covers Montgomery's recordings from 1959 until late 1963 before he moved to the Verve label. The recordings made during this period are considered by fans and jazz historians to be his best and most influential. It includes recordings with his siblings Monk and Buddy, Tommy Flanagan, Nat and Cannonball Adderley, Milt Jackson, George Shearing, Johnny Griffin and many others.In his Allmusic review, critic Scott Yanow stated, "All in all, there is a tremendous amount of rewarding performances included in this essential set, most of which show why Wes Montgomery is still considered one of the all-time great jazz guitarists."[1]Writing for the Los Angeles Times, Zan Stewart praised the box-set, writing "Time has done little to diminish the elegant charm that Montgomery offered in his ardently swinging improvisations. On a ballad such as "Born to be Blue," he could be relaxed and luxuriant. For a blues, he was straightforward and melodic, never opting for funk cliches, while on the up tempos he displayed a rippling muscularity... a must-have for the jazz guitar enthusiast.John Leslie "Wes" Montgomery (March 6, 1923 – June 15, 1968) was an American jazz guitarist. Montgomery was known for his unusual technique of plucking the strings with the side of his thumb and for his extensive use of octaves, which gave him a distinctive sound.Montgomery often worked with his brothers Buddy (Charles F.) and Monk (William H.), as well as organist Melvin Rhyne. His recordings up to 1965 were oriented towards hard bop, soul jazz, and post bop, but around 1965 he began recording more pop-oriented instrumental albums that found mainstream success. His later guitar style influenced jazz fusion and smooth jazz.959 The Wes Montgomery Trio (Riverside, 1959)1960 The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery(Riverside, 1960)1960 Movin' Along (Riverside, 1960)1961 So Much Guitar (Riverside, 1961)1961 Bags Meets Wes! with Milt Jackson (Riverside, 1962)1962 Full House (Riverside, 1962)1959-63 Guitar on the Go (Riverside, 1963)1963 Boss Guitar (Riverside, 1963)1963 Fusion! Wes Montgomery with Strings(Riverside, 1963)1963 Portrait of Wes (Riverside, 1966)Wes Montgomery – guitar Cannonball Adderley – alto saxophone Nat Adderley – cornetRay Barretto – conga George Brown – drums Bobby Thomas – drumsJimmy Cobb – drums Louis Hayes – drums Lex Humphries – drumsAlbert "Tootie" Heath – drums Walter Perkins – drums Osie Johnson – drumsRicardo Chimelis – bongos, timbales Paul Parker – drums Armando Peraza – congaRay Brown – bass Ron Carter – bass Paul Chambers – bassMilt Hinton – bass Percy Heath – bass Monk Montgomery – bassSam Jones – bass Kenny Burrell – guitar James Clay – flute, tenor saxVictor Feldman – piano, vibraphone George Shearing – piano Bobby Timmons – pianoTommy Flanagan – piano Buddy Montgomery – piano Wynton Kelly – pianoBarry Harris – piano Dick Hyman – piano, celeste Milt Jackson – vibraphoneHank Jones – piano, celeste Melvin Rhyne – organ Joe Gordon – trumpetHarold Land – tenor saxophone Leo Kruczek – violin

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