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Road Song

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Released
  
1968

Length
  
29:44

Producer
  
Creed Taylor

Genre
  
Pop

Label
  
A&M

Recorded
  
May 7 – 9, 1968 at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

Road Song is the twentieth album by guitarist Wes Montgomery, released in 1968. It reached number one on the Billboard Jazz album chart and number 39 on the R&B chart. It also reached number 94 on the Billboard 200. It was his final recording before his death of a heart attack on June 15, 1968.

Contents

Reception

In his Allmusic review, music critic Scott Yanow wrote "The great guitarist sticks to simple melody statements (with a lot of octaves thrown in) while backed by Don Sebesky's unimaginative arrangements for an orchestra; commercially the combination was a big success… this strictly for-the-money effort can be safely passed by."

Track listing

  1. "Road Song" (Wes Montgomery) – 3:53
  2. "Greensleeves" (Public Domain, Traditional) – 2:04
  3. "Fly Me to the Moon" (Bart Howard) – 2:53
  4. "Yesterday" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 3:26
  5. "I'll Be Back" (Lennon, McCartney) – 2:33
  6. "Scarborough Fair/Canticle" (Paul Simon, Art Garfunkel, Traditional) – 4:55
  7. "Green Leaves of Summer" (Dimitri Tiomkin, Paul Francis Webster, Montgomery) – 3:58
  8. "Serene" (Montgomery) – 3:10
  9. "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" (Pete Seeger) – 3:06

Personnel

  • Wes Montgomery – guitar
  • Herbie Hancock – piano
  • Richard Davis – bass
  • Grady Tate – drums
  • Ed Shaughnessy – drums
  • Ray Barretto – percussion
  • Jack Jennings – percussion
  • Bernie Glow – trumpet
  • Marvin Stamm – trumpet
  • Wayne Andre – trombone
  • Paul Faulise – trombone
  • Donald Ashworth – flute, clarinet, oboe, recorder, English Horn
  • James Buffington – French Horn
  • Harvey Estrin – flute, recorder
  • Stan Webb – flute, clarinet, oboe, recorder
  • George Marge – flute, clarinet, oboe
  • Don Hammond – flute, recorder
  • Hank Jones – harpsichord, piano
  • Walter Kane – bassoon
  • Bernard Krainis – recorder
  • Eric Leber – harpsichord, recorder
  • Bernard Eichen – violin
  • Charles Libove – violin
  • Tosha Samaroff – violin
  • Charles McCracken – cello
  • George Ricci – cello
  • Alan Shulman – cello
  • Emanuel Vardi – viola

    • Production notes:

  • Creed Taylor – producer
  • Don Sebesky – arranger, conductor
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
  • Pete Turner – cover photo, photography
  • Sam Antupit – design

    • References

    Road Song Wikipedia
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