Bags Meets Wes!
1962 studio album by Milt Jackson and Wes Montgomery
Bags Meets Wes! | ||||
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Studio album by Milt Jackson and Wes Montgomery | ||||
Released | 1962 | |||
Recorded | December 18–19, 1961 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 55:07 (Reissue) | |||
Label | Riverside | |||
Producer | Orrin Keepnews | |||
Milt Jackson chronology | ||||
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Wes Montgomery chronology | ||||
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Bags Meets Wes! is an album by Milt Jackson and Wes Montgomery, released in 1962 by Riverside. It was reissued in 1999 by the Original Jazz Classics label, with additional takes, and again in 2006.
Reception
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
DownBeat | [2] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [3] |
In his AllMusic review, Alex Henderson wrote: "Although Jackson and Montgomery prove what lyrical ballad players they could be on the standard 'Stairway to the Stars', ballads aren't a high priority on this album. Instead, the improvisers put more of their energy into the blues..."[1]
Track listing
- 1962 LP album:
- "S.K.J." (Milt Jackson) – 5:17
- "Stablemates" (Benny Golson) – 5:45
- "Stairway to the Stars" (Malneck, Parish, Signorelli) – 3:38
- "Blue Roz" (Wes Montgomery) – 4:46
- "Sam Sack" (Jackson) – 6:06
- "Jingles" (Montgomery) – 6:56
- "Delilah" (Victor Young) -6:07
- 1999 CD reissue:
- "S.K.J." (Jackson) – 5:17
- "Stablemates" (Golson) – 5:45
- "Stairway to the Stars [Take 3]" (Malneck, Parish, Signorelli) – 3:38
- "Blue Roz" (Montgomery) – 4:46
- "Sam Sack" (Jackson) – 6:06
- "Jingles [Take 9]" (Montgomery) – 6:55
- "Delilah [Take 4]" (Victor Young) – 6:12
- "Stairway to the Stars [Take 2]" (Malneck, Parish, Signorelli) – 3:47
- "Jingles [Take 8]" (Montgomery) – 6:54
- "Delilah" [Take 2] (Young) – 6:18
Personnel
Musicians
- Milt Jackson – vibraphone
- Wes Montgomery – guitar
- Wynton Kelly – piano
- Sam Jones – double bass
- Philly Joe Jones – drums
Production
- Tamaki Beck – mastering
- Ken Deardoff – cover design
- Ray Fowler – engineer
- Joe Goldberg – liner notes
- Orrin Keepnews – producer, liner notes
References
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- Howard McGhee and Milt Jackson (1948)
- Roll 'Em Bags (1949)
- Meet Milt Jackson (1949)
- Wizard of the Vibes (1952)
- Milt Jackson Quartet (1955)
- Opus de Jazz (1956)
- Ballads & Blues (1957)
- The Jazz Skyline (1956)
- Plenty, Plenty Soul (1957)
- Bags & Flutes (1957)
- Soul Brothers (1958)
- Bean Bags (1959)
- Bags' Opus (1959)
- Bags & Trane (1960)
- The Ballad Artistry of Milt Jackson (1960)
- Soul Meeting (1961)
- Vibrations (1961)
- Very Tall (1961)
- Statements (1961)
- Bags Meets Wes! (1961)
- Big Bags (1962)
- Invitation (1962)
- For Someone I Love (1962)
- Much in Common (1964)
- Jazz 'n' Samba (1964)
- In a New Setting (1964)
- Ray Brown / Milt Jackson (1965)
- Born Free (1966)
- Milt Jackson and the Hip String Quartet (1968)
- Memphis Jackson (1969)
- Reunion Blues (1971)
- Sunflower (1972)
- Goodbye (1973)
- Olinga (1974)
- The Big 3 (1975)
- Quadrant (1977)
- Ain't But a Few of Us Left (1981)
- Two of the Few (1983)
- Soul Route (1983)
- Milt Jackson Quintet Live at the Village Gate (1963)
- Milt Jackson at the Museum of Modern Art (1965)
- That's the Way It Is (1969)
- Just the Way It Had to Be (1969)
- The Milt Jackson Big 4 (1975)
- Quintet/Sextet (1956)
- Bags' Groove (1957)
- Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants (1959)
- Bags & Trane (1961)