Released 1963 Release date 1963 Label Universe | Length 42:39 (Reissue) Genre Jazz | |
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Recorded August 18, 1963 at Plaza Sound Studios, New York City Similar Wes Montgomery albums, Jazz albums |
Fusion!: Wes Montgomery with Strings is the eighth album by American jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery, released in 1963.
Contents
History
Fusion was the first album Montgomery recorded along with a string session. This would become more commonplace on his later releases on the Verve and A&M label.
It has been reissued by Original Jazz Classics with additional alternate takes and all the tracks are also available on the Wes Montgomery compilation CD The Complete Riverside Recordings.
Reception
In his Allmusic review, music critic Scott Yanow praised the album "As with his later albums, Montgomery's guitar solos here are brief and melodic but the jazz content is fairly high even if the emphasis is (with the exception of "Tune Up") on ballads... worth picking up; the music is quite pretty and pleasing."
Track listing
- "All the Way" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn) – 2:39
- "Pretty Blue" (Wes Montgomery) – 3:40
- "Pretty Blue" [Alternate take] (Montgomery) – 2:58
- "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning" (Elliott) – 2:51
- "Prelude to a Kiss" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Irving Gordon) – 3:08
- "The Girl Next Door" (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin) – 3:08
- "My Romance" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 2:31
- "God Bless the Child" (Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog Jr.) – 3:19
- "Tune Up" (Miles Davis) – 3:14
- "Tune Up" [Alternate take] (Davis) – 5:09
- "Tune Up" [Alternate take] (Davis) – 4:44
- "Somewhere" (Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim) – 3:30
- "Baubles, Bangles & Beads" (George Forrest, Robert Wright, Alexander Borodin) – 2:19
Personnel
Production notes:
Songs
1All the Way2:40
2Pretty Blue (Take 2)3:41
3Pretty Blue (Take 1)2:59