Wes Montgomery, Smokin' at the Half Note - 1h 15m 8s

Tracks & Durations

1. No Blues	12:59
2. If You Could See Me Now	8:22
3. Unit 7	6:46
4. Four on Six	6:45
5. What's New	6:12
6. Willow Weep for Me	7:52
7. Impressions	5:02
8. Portrait of Jenny	2:56
9. The Surrey wth the Fringe on Top	5:32
10. Oh, You Crazy Moon	5:35
11. Misty	7:00

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Review

Wes Montgomery brought the art of the electric guitar to new heights in the 1950s and 1960s before his untimely death at 43. His vaulting style employed octaves much as his main influence, Charlie Christian, did in the Benny Goodman Sextet. Montgomery's crowd-pleasing facility with the fretboard was best employed in live performance when he could stretch out and really be heard. Smokin' is a thoroughly satisfying live album recorded in 1965 and 1966 at the New York nightclub, with co-leader Wynton Kelly and his trio--Kelly on piano, Paul Chambers on bass, and Jimmy Cobb on drums. Montgomery and Kelly are in perfect sync here, especially on "No Blues" and "If You Could See Me Now." --John Swenson

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Smokin' at the Half Note

Tracks: 11, Disk length: 1h 15m 28s (+0m 20s)

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