Wes Montgomery The Complete Riverside Recordings (12-CD Box Set)

Musician: "...a simple man with a gift almost too enormous to assess even with the benefit of 30 intervening years..."
The Complete Riverside Recordings (12-CD Box Set)
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Format:  CD  (12 Discs)
item number:  VCXH
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CD Details

  • Number of Discs: 12
  • Released: March 25, 1993
  • Originally Released: 1993
  • Label: Riverside

Description by OLDIES.com:

Wes Montgomery's Riverside career spanned almost exactly four years - the last recordings here were made in November 1963, and like the first were with an organ trio - an during that time he completely and permanently altered most musicians' approach to the guitar. These first years of active recording, a period devoted almost entirely to small-group sessions in which he was frequently joined by some of the major players of the era, are the basis of his legendary jazz status.

Of the 158 performances included here, no less than 49 are alternates or were otherwise originally unissued. Although many of these efforts have been released over the years, 16 are now being made available for the first time.

Other highlights of the set include a virtually complete reproduction of his only "live" Riverside club date, featuring Johnny Griffin and Wynton Kelly; a classic encounter with Cannonball and Ray Brown; and co-leader collaborations with Milt Jackson and George Shearing.

The 32-page booklet also contains an essay by Jim Ferguson, featuring interviews with Kenny Burrell, Jim Hall, Tommy Flanagan, Kevin Eubanks, and many others; and session notes by Orrin Keepnews, the original producer of Wes's 25 Riverside sessions.

Entertainment Reviews:

JazzTimes - 5/93, p.60
"Everything you could possibly want to know about Wes Montgomery....his most creative phase....The setting changes from disc to disc--trios, quartets, quintets, live gig, strings date--the one constant being Montgomery's phenomenal melodic and harmonic intuition, his intense drive and exceptional soul..."
Musician - 5/93, p.88
"...a simple man with a gift almost too enormous to assess even with the benefit of 30 intervening years..."

Tracks on Disc 1:

  • 1.'Round Midnight
  • 2.Satin Doll
  • 3.Satin Doll
  • 4.Missile Blues
  • 5.Missile Blues
  • 6.Jingles
  • 7.Whisper Not
  • 8.The End Of A Love Affair
  • 9.Too Late Now
  • 10.Ecaroh
  • 11.Yesterdays
  • 12.Airegin
  • 13.West Coast Blues
  • 14.Four On Six

Tracks on Disc 2:

  • 1.D Natural Blues
  • 2.In Your Own Sweet Way
  • 3.Mister Walker
  • 4.Polka Dots And Moonbeams
  • 5.Gone With The Wind
  • 6.Sack O' Woe
  • 7.Work Song
  • 8.Scrambled Eggs
  • 9.Pretty Memory
  • 10.Fallout
  • 11.My Heart Stood Still
  • 12.Mean To Me
  • 13.Violets For Your Furs
  • 14.I've Got A Crush On You

Tracks on Disc 3:

  • 1.Compulsion
  • 2.Terrain
  • 3.Klactoveedsedstene
  • 4.Ursula
  • 5.West Coast Blues
  • 6.Don't Explain
  • 7.Lolita
  • 8.The Chant
  • 9.Azule Serape

Tracks on Disc 4:

  • 1.Never Will I Marry
  • 2.Yours Is My Heart Alone
  • 3.Au Privave
  • 4.Au Privave
  • 5.Tune-Up
  • 6.Tune-Up
  • 7.Body And Soul
  • 8.Body And Soul
  • 9.Body And Soul
  • 10.Sandu
  • 11.So Do It

Tracks on Disc 5:

  • 1.So Do It
  • 2.Movin' Along
  • 3.Movin' Along
  • 4.Movin' Along
  • 5.I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You
  • 6.Says You
  • 7.Doujie
  • 8.Doujie
  • 9.Just For Now
  • 10.Groove Yard
  • 11.Heart Strings
  • 12.Remember
  • 13.Delirium

Tracks on Disc 6:

  • 1.Bock To Bock
  • 2.Bock To Bock
  • 3.If I Should Lose You
  • 4.If I Should Lose You
  • 5.Doujie
  • 6.Somethin' Like Bags
  • 7.I'm Just A Lucky So And So
  • 8.Cotton Tail
  • 9.Twisted Blues
  • 10.I Wish I Knew
  • 11.Repetition
  • 12.While We're Young
  • 13.One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)

Tracks on Disc 7:

  • 1.Darn That Dream
  • 2.Darn That Dream
  • 3.And Then I Wrote
  • 4.Double Deal
  • 5.No Hard Feelings
  • 6.Love Walked In
  • 7.Love Walked In
  • 8.Lois Ann
  • 9.Enchanted
  • 10.Love For Sale
  • 11.Stranger In Paradise
  • 12.Mambo In Chimes
  • 13.Mambo In Chimes
  • 14.The Lamp Is Low
  • 15.Blue Roz
  • 16.Blue Roz
  • 17.Jingles
  • 18.Jingles

Tracks on Disc 8:

  • 1.Stairway To The Stars
  • 2.Stairway To The Stars
  • 3.Stablemates
  • 4.Stablemates
  • 5.Sam Sack
  • 6.Sam Sack
  • 7.S.K.J.
  • 8.S.K.J.
  • 9.Delilah
  • 10.Delilah
  • 11.Come Rain Or Come Shine
  • 12.Born To Be Blue

Tracks on Disc 9:

  • 1.Blue 'N' Boogie
  • 2.Cariba
  • 3.S.O.S.
  • 4.Come Rain Or Come Shine
  • 5.Born To Be Blue
  • 6.Full House
  • 7.Cariba
  • 8.Blue 'N' Boogie

Tracks on Disc 10:

  • 1.S.O.S.
  • 2.I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face
  • 3.In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning
  • 4.Pretty Blue
  • 5.Pretty Blue
  • 6.The Girl Next Door
  • 7.The Girl Next Door
  • 8.God Bless The Child
  • 9.God Bless The Child
  • 10.My Romance
  • 11.Prelude To A Kiss
  • 12.Prelude To A Kiss
  • 13.All The Way
  • 14.Somewhere
  • 15.Tune-Up
  • 16.Tune-Up
  • 17.Tune-Up
  • 18.Tune-Up
  • 19.Baubles, Bangles And Beads
  • 20.Baubles, Bangles And Beads

Tracks on Disc 11:

  • 1.The Trick Bag
  • 2.The Trick Bag
  • 3.Days Of Wine And Roses
  • 4.Canadian Sunset
  • 5.Dearly Beloved
  • 6.For Heaven's Sake
  • 7.Besame Mucho
  • 8.Besame Mucho
  • 9.Fried Pies
  • 10.Fried Pies
  • 11.The Breeze And I
  • 12.Moanin'
  • 13.Dreamsville

Tracks on Disc 12:

  • 1.Freddie Freeloader
  • 2.Movin' Along
  • 3.Mi Cosa
  • 4.For All We Know
  • 5.The Way You Look Tonight
  • 6.The Way You Look Tonight
  • 7.Yesterday's Child
  • 8.Geno
  • 9.Dangerous
  • 10.Lolita
  • 11.Blues Riff
  • 12.Blues Riff
  • 13.Moanin'

Product Info

  • UPC: 025218440820
  • Shipping Weight: 2.99/lbs (approx)
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