Wes Montgomery - Navy Swing (1964) [2004]

In the spring of 1964 Wes, at the highest peak of his successful career recorded this splendid session with the great Billy Taylor trio (Billy taylor piano, Ben Tucker double bass, Grady Tate drums) and Joe Williams on vocals (tunes 9-16). It is a wonderful studio date! The first eight tunes are instrumentals, with Wes in the leader's chair. The other tunes are sunged by Joe Williams and it's a delight for real. Don't think to buy this one only for the first eight tunes, Joe Williams sings in an extraordinary way here (Wes comps in those tunes very lightly adding some notes but never coming in the way of the piano which is the main background instrument).


Tracks:

01 - There Will Never Be Another You
02 - The More I See You
03 - It's A Grand Night For Swinging
04 - A Bientot
05 - Capricious
06 - Body And Soul
07 - Paraphrase
08 - Freedom
09 - Let's Mane The Most Of A Beautiful Thing
10 - More Than Likely
11 - Have A Good Time
12 - Until I Met You~Corner Pocket
13 - I Won't Cry Anymore
14 - S' Posin'
15 - All My Life
16 - Alone Together

Personnel:

Wes Montgomery - guitar
Billy Taylor - piano
Ben Tucker - bass
Grady Tate - drums
Joe Williams - vocal (9-16)