Wes Montgomery Trio - Guitar On The Go (1963)

Tracklist

1. Way You Look Tonight [Alternate Take]
2. Way You Look Tonight
3. Dreamsville
4. Geno
5. Missile Blues
6. For All We Know
7. Fried Pies
8. Unidentified Solo Guitar

personnel :

Wes Montgomery - guitar
Mel Rhyne - organ
George Brown, Paul Parker, Jimmy Cobb - drums

The final Riverside release of Wes Montgomery material (before the important label went completely bankrupt) was similar to his debut four years earlier: a trio with organist Melvin Rhyne and an obscure drummer (this time George Brown). The CD reissue even includes one leftover track from the earliest session ("Missile Blues") along with newer jams and a pair of "bonus tracks" -- an alternate take of "The Way You Look Tonight" and a brief "Unidentified Solo Guitar" piece. In general, the music swings hard (particularly the two versions of "The Way You Look Tonight"), and is a worthy if not essential addition to Wes Montgomery's discography. He would have a few straight-ahead dates for Verve, but this release was really the end of an era.~Scott Yanow