Released 1963 Artist Wes Montgomery Trio Producer Orrin Keepnews Genre Jazz | Length 42:21 (Reissue) Release date 1963 Label Original Jazz Classics | |
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Recorded 1959–1963 at Plaza Sound Studios, New York City Guitar on the Go
(1963) The Alternative Wes Montgomery
(1963) Similar The Wes Montgomery Trio, Portrait of Wes, Movin' Along, Boss Guitar, So Much Guitar! | ||
Guitar on the Go is the eleventh album by American jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery, released in 1963. It included tracks recorded in October and November 1963 as well as two from early 1959 sessions. It was Montgomery's last principal release for Riverside and he subsequently moved to the Verve label.
Contents
Guitar on the Go has been reissued on CD by Original Jazz Classics with an additional take of "The Way You Look Tonight" as well as a bonus track "Unidentified Solo Guitar". It was also released on the Fantasy label with the original track listing and the bonus track "Mi Cosa".
Reception
Jazz critic Scott Yanow called the release "a worthy if not essential addition to Wes Montgomery's discography" and, due to his later change of style to a more pop-oriented approach, "the end of an era."
Track listing
- "The Way You Look Tonight" [Alternate take] (Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields) – 5:48
- "The Way You Look Tonight" (Kern, Fields) – 9:08
- "Dreamsville" (Ray Evans, Jay Livingston, Henry Mancini) – 3:48
- "Geno" (Wes Montgomery) – 2:53
- "Missile Blues" (Montgomery) – 5:57
- "For All We Know" (J. Fred Coots, Sam M. Lewis) – 4:29
- "Fried Pies" (Montgomery) – 6:41
- "Unidentified Solo Guitar" (Montgomery) – 3:37
Personnel
Production notes:
Songs
1The Way You Look Tonight (take 2)5:53
2The Way You Look Tonight (take 1)9:12
3Dreamsville3:51