Wes Montgomery - Fusion! (1963) 320 kbps+CD Rip

Tracklist

01 - All The Way
02 - Pretty Blue (take 2)
03 - Pretty Blue (take 1)
04 - In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning
05 - Prelude To A Kiss
06 - The Girl Next Door
07 - My Romance
08 - God Bless The Child
09 - Tune Up (take 5)
10 - Tune Up (take 2)
11 - Tune Up (take 4)
12 - Somewhere
13 - Baubles, Bangles And Beads

personnel :

Wes Montgomery - guitar
Jimmy Jones - conductor
Phil Bodner - woodwinds
Hank Jones - piano

Although most Wes Montgomery fans associate his playing with strings with his later A&M and Verve recordings, the influential guitarist actually fronted a string section for the first time on this Riverside date from 1963, which had the ironic name of Fusion. As with his later albums, Montgomery's guitar solos here are brief and melodic but the jazz content is fairly high even if the emphasis is (with the exception of "Tune Up") on ballads. This CD has three additional performances not included on the original LP and is worth picking up; the music is quite pretty and pleasing.~Scott Yanow