Complete Live at Jorgies [Import]

Wes Montgomery | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 5, 2004)
• Original Release Date: 2004
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Definitive
• ASIN: B00007JR3Q
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #21,601 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #84 in Music > Imports > Jazz

Track Listings

1. All of You

2. Heartstrings

3. Summertime

4. Back to Bach to Bock

5. There Will Never Be Another You

6. Let's Make the Most of a Beautiful Thing

7. The More I See You

8. More Than Likely

9. Starlight

10. 'Round Midnight

Editorial Reviews

24-bit digitally remastered reissue for the late jazz guitar great. Definitive Records. 2002.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Classic Wes, full of fire and style., March 9, 2003

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Kay Emm Gee - See all my reviews

This review is from: Complete Live at Jorgies (Audio CD)

Buying anything from Disconforme (Definitive Records) is a gamble, but this is a hit! Big time! Without going into detail the "Live at Jorgies" tapes have been previously released on vinyl and CD. The original release of "Live at Jorgies" and "Live at Jorgies and More" are highly sought after collector's items. They are recordings of Wes and his brothers live August 19, 1961 at Jorgies Jazz Club, St. Louis Mo. and a studio session recorded on November 1963 in NYC with Joe Williams on Vocals.
Wes' playing is amazing. It's great to hear Wes in a truely live concert without song length restrictions. The sessions with Joe Williams are also nice, but more conservative.
Unfortunately the tape recorder ran out of tape during "'Round Midnight." Disconforme made the foolish decision to edit the tape from 3:39 to 2:30, then applauses were grafted to the false ending. Bad choice, that extra minuet is worth hearing.
The sound quality (an 8 out of 10) is the same as previous "Jorgies" releases with no sonic improvement. The liner notes are typical general biographical nonsense with no special relevance to the songs on the CD. Victor Young's composition, "Stella By Starlight" is mistitled "Starlight" by Unknown.
This is a true hard-bop concert, and I'm delighted that it's back in print.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Some of Wes' best work - pure energy!, November 22, 2004

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Ben (Columbia, MO USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Complete Live at Jorgies (Audio CD)

On Something Like Bags (mistitled Back to Bach to Bock), Wes plays one of his best recorded solos. You can hear the audience in the club cheering him on. The atmosphere is great - at one point, the telephone even rings. And the energy here is phenomenal - Wes goes into chorus after chorus of magnificent single line, octave, and chordal work. A rare opportunity to hear Wes and his brothers really play.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Montgomery Compete live at Jorgies, March 20, 2006

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Pesquet - See all my reviews

This review is from: Complete Live at Jorgies (Audio CD)

Nice concert though sound capture is not so good. Especially Wes guitar you don't hear very well compared with other instruments.