WYNTON KELLY TRIO/WES MONTGOMERY "SMOKIN' AT THE HALF NOTE" AP, 2LP, 45RPM, LE
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WYNTON KELLY TRIO/WES MONTGOMERY "SMOKIN' AT THE HALF NOTE"
2013 ANALOGUE PRODUCTIONS "VERVE REISSUES", RECORDED JUNE 1965 AT THE HALF NOTE; AND SEPTEMBER 22, 1965 VAN GELDER STUDIO, 2LP, 45RPM, 200G VIRGIN VINYL, LIMITED EDITION OF 1,000 NUMBERED COPIES, THIS IS #98 OF A SOLD-OUT EDITION, MASTERED BY GEORGE MARINO AT STERLING SOUND USING THE ORIGINAL ANALOG MASTER TAPES, PRESSED AT QUALITY RECORD PRESSINGS, SALINA, KS. NEW/SEALED
"WIDELY CONSIDERED ONE OF WES MONTGOMERY'S BEST SESSIONS, AND BY SOME, ONE OF THE BEST JAZZ RECORDINGS OF ALL TIME, SMOKIN' WAS AN EASY CHOICE TO INCLUDE IN ANALOGUE PRODUCTIONS VERVE SERIES...THIS NEW MASTERING FROM THE LATE GEORGE MARINO AT STERLING SOUND CLEANS UP THE SOUND AS NEVER BEFORE. ...THIS IS AN ESSENTIAL PERFORMANCE, IN THE BEST-SOUNDING VERSION AVAILABLE." RECORDING=8.5/10; MUSIC-10/10-DENNIS D. DAVIS, HI-FI+, ISSUE 103.
"A TREMENDOUSLY IMPORTANT HISTORIC JAZZ RECORD THAT PAIRS GUITAR VIRTUOSO WES MONTGOMERY WITH MILES DAVIS' RHYTHM SECTION-PAUL CHAMBERS AND JIMMY COBB!"
"THIS IS TIMELESS MUSIC THAT HAS INSPIRED INNUMERABLE JAZZ GUITARISTS AND AFICIONADOS. IN FACT, JAZZ GUITAR GREAT PAT METHENY HAS SAID, "I LEARNED TO PLAY LISTENING TO WES MONTGOMERY'S SMOKIN' AT THE HALF NOTE." METHENY ADDITIONALLY SAID THAT THE SOLO ON "IF YOU COULD SEE ME NOW" IS HIS FAVORITE OF ALL TIME."
"THIS LEGENDARY SESSION WAS RECORDED AT A NEW YORK NIGHTCLUB. IT CAPTURES MONTGOMERY AT THE HEIGHT OF HIS IMPROVISATIONAL POWERS. MANY CONSIDER IT THE BEST PERFORMANCE ON RECORD BY ONE OF THE MOST INVENTIVE GUITARISTS IN JAZZ HISTORY."
"HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE THE MILES DAVIS OPENER, "NO BLUES" AND THE FOLLOWING TRACK, TADD DAMERON'S "IF YOU COULD SEE ME NOW." AND THE ALBUM'S VERSIONS OF "UNIT 7" AND "FOUR ON SIX" HAVE HELPED TO ESTABLISH THESE SONGS AS JAZZ STANDARDS."
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