Wes Montgomery with Melvin Rhyne

Wes Montgomery | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 7, 1999)
• Original Release Date: October 26, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Giants of Jazz (Ita)
• ASIN: B00002Z7BK
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #898,694 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Trick Bag

2. The Breeze and I

3. For Heaven's Sake

4. Moanin'

5. Freddie Freeloader

6. Besame Mucho

7. 'Round Midnight

8. Yesterdays

9. Canadian Sunset

10. Whisper Not

11. Dangerous

12. Ecaroh

13. Too Late Now

14. The End of a Love Affair

15. For All We Know

16. The Way You Look Tonight

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pure Wes., October 29, 2000

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renato oliveros "musguit" (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wes Montgomery with Melvin Rhyne (Audio CD)

Jazz guitarist Steve Khan once said that he preferred the guitar tone of Wes in his later Riverside recordings. This compilation of Wes' earlier recordings with Mel Rhyne would probably prove Steve Khan wrong. Jazz guitar purists would find Wes at his purest best in every cut: Round Midnight, Freddie the Freeloader, Moanin', Besame Mucho, etc. Most of these cuts are some of Wes' early, early works before he turned commercial to survive. The recordings are raw, and you can almost feel this young lion in the early sixties eager to share his gift with the jazz world. A gem that should be in every serious jazz guitar affincionado's collection.

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent cuts of Wes with an organ trio, December 6, 2002

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Ben (Columbia, MO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wes Montgomery with Melvin Rhyne (Audio CD)

This is an excellent compilation of Wes' organ trio work, with songs from Portrait of Wes, A Dynamic New Sound, and Boss Guitar. Many of the recordings are lackluster ballads, but some of them really shine. Freddie Freeloader just sounds right with an organ trio. Two other good tracks are The Trick Bag and The Breeze and I.