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Released
  
1964

Artist
  
Wes Montgomery

Producer
  
Creed Taylor

Genre
  
Jazz

Movin' Wes (1964)
  
Bumpin' (1965)

Release date
  
1964

Label
  
Verve Records

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Recorded
  
November 11, 16, 1964 at A&R Studios, New York City

Similar
  
Wes Montgomery albums, Jazz albums

Movin' Wes is the twelfth album by American jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery, released in 1964. It reached number 18 on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart in 1967, his second album to reach the charts following the success of his later release Bumpin'.

Contents

History

Movin' Wes was Montgomery's debut album on the Verve label. Produced by Creed Taylor, the album sold more than 100,000 copies initially, Montgomery's biggest seller to this point in his career.

Reception

In his Allmusic review, music critic Scott Yanow wrote: "although better from a jazz standpoint than his later A&M releases, is certainly in the same vein. The emphasis is on his tone, his distinctive octaves, and his melody statements."

Track listing

  1. "Caravan" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Juan Tizol) – 2:39
  2. "People" (Bob Merrill, Jule Styne) – 4:23
  3. "Movin' Wes, Pt. 1" (Wes Montgomery) – 3:31
  4. "Moça Flor" (Durval Ferreira, Lula Freire) – 3:12
  5. "Matchmaker, Matchmaker" (Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick) – 2:52
  6. "Movin' Wes, Pt. 2" (Montgomery) – 2:55
  7. "Senza Fine" (Gino Paoli, Alec Wilder) – 3:28
  8. "Theodora" (Billy Taylor) – 3:58
  9. "In and Out" (Montgomery) – 2:53
  10. "Born to Be Blue" (Mel Tormé, Robert Wells) – 3:40
  11. "West Coast Blues" (Montgomery) – 3:12

Personnel

  • Wes Montgomery – guitar
  • Bob Cranshaw – bass
  • Grady Tate – drums
  • Willie Bobo – percussion
  • Bobby Scott – piano
  • Ernie Royal – trumpet
  • Clark Terry – trumpet
  • Snooky Young – trumpet
  • Jimmy Cleveland – trombone
  • Urbie Green – trombone
  • Quentin Jackson – trombone
  • Chauncey Welsch – trombone
  • Don Butterfield – tuba
  • Harvey Phillips – tuba
  • Jerome Richardson – flute, saxophone, woodwinds

    • Production notes:

  • Creed Taylor – producer
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
  • Phil Ramone – engineer
  • Johnny Pate – arranger, conductor

    • Songs

    1Caravan2:39
    2People4:23
    3Movin’ Wes (Part I)3:32

    References

    Movin' Wes Wikipedia
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