Wes Montgomery's Finest Hour
by Wes Montgomery
- Type: Compilation
- Released: 1 January 2000
- Label: Verve
- Country: United States
- Length: 1:05:18
- Community rating: 3.25/5 from 1 rating
Album Notes & Community Reviews
A Wes Montgomery volume in Verve's Finest Hour budget series. The compilation surveys the Indianapolis guitarist's recordings, centred on his melodic octave playing.
Genres
Descriptors: guitars, melodic, improvisation, virtuosic, soulful, instrumental
Tracklist
- Bumpin' On Sunset (4:49)
- The Shadow Of Your Smile (2:17)
- Up And At It (4:13)
- O Morro Nao Tem Vez (4:44)
- Milestones (4:08)
- Movin' Wes (Pt. 1) (3:29)
- Tequila (3:20)
- Watch What Happens (Instrumental) (2:43)
- Bumpin' (6:50)
- Impressions (5:03)
- Goin' Out Of My Head (2:12)
- Sunny (4:03)
- A Day In The Life (5:41)
- Down Here On The Ground (3:39)
- Twisted Blues (4:14)
- Road Song (3:53)
Credits
- Wes Montgomery - primary artist, guitar, written-by
- Peter Keepnews - booklet editor [notes added]
- Claus Ogerman - arranged by [strings]
- Johnny Pate - arranged by, conductor
- Jack Jennings - percussion, vibraphone
- Robert Appleton - art direction [series], design [series]
- Gene Lees - liner notes
- Jeff Willens - mastered by
- Katsuji Abe - photography by [back cover]
- Lee Tanner - photography by [front cover]
- Creed Taylor - producer
- Johnny Mandel - written-by
- Paul Francis Webster - written-by
- Antonio Carlos Jobim - written-by
- Vinicius De Moraes - written-by
- Miles Davis - written-by
- Chuck Rio - written-by
- Jacques Demy - written-by
- Michel Legrand - written-by
- Norman Gimbel - written-by
- John Coltrane - written-by
- Bobby Weinstein - written-by
- Teddy Randazzo - written-by
- Bobby Hebb - written-by
- Lennon-McCartney - written-by
- Gale Garnett - written-by
- Lalo Schifrin - written-by