Far Wes

~ Release by Wes Montgomery (see all versions of this release, 6 available)

Annotation

Originally issued on Pacific Jazz LPs PJ5 and PJ17.
Tracks 1 to 5 are in stereo, while 6 to 11 are in mono. The stereo takes had audio defects that made them unusable for this compilation.

Annotation last modified on 2023-06-30 17:45 UTC.

Tracklist

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1Far Wes
drums (drum set):
Tony Bazley (on 1958-04-18)
electric bass guitar:
Monk Montgomery (from 1958-04-18 until 1959-04-18)
guitar:
Wes Montgomery (on 1958-04-18)
piano:
Buddy Montgomery (from 1958-04 until 1959-10)
tenor saxophone:
Harold Land (US jazz tenor saxophonist) (from 1958-04 until 1959-10)
recording of:
Far Wes (on 1958-04-18)
composer:
Wes Montgomery (in 1958)
5:55
2Leila
drums (drum set):
Tony Bazley (on 1958-04-18)
electric bass guitar:
Monk Montgomery (on 1958-04-18)
guitar:
Wes Montgomery (on 1958-04-18)
piano:
Buddy Montgomery (on 1958-04-18)
tenor saxophone:
Harold Land (US jazz tenor saxophonist) (on 1958-04-18)
recording of:
Leila (on 1958-04-18)
composer:
Wes Montgomery
publisher:
EMI Unart Catalog Inc., Taggie Music Co. (publisher) and Upam Music Co.
43:31
3Old Folks
drums (drum set):
Tony Bazley (on 1958-04-18)
electric bass guitar:
Monk Montgomery (on 1958-04-18)
guitar:
Wes Montgomery (on 1958-04-18)
piano:
Buddy Montgomery (on 1958-04-18)
tenor saxophone:
Harold Land (US jazz tenor saxophonist) (on 1958-04-18)
instrumental recording of:
Old Folks (on 1958-04-18)
lyricist:
Dedette Lee Hill (in 1938)
composer:
Willard Robison (in 1938)
publisher:
Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!)
46:38
4Wes' Tune
drums (drum set):
Tony Bazley (from 1958-04 until 1959-10)
electric bass guitar:
Monk Montgomery (from 1958-04 until 1959-10)
guitar:
Wes Montgomery (from 1958-04 until 1959-10)
piano:
Buddy Montgomery (from 1958-04 until 1959-10)
tenor saxophone:
Harold Land (US jazz tenor saxophonist) (from 1958-04 until 1959-10)
4:11
5Hymn for Carl
drums (drum set):
Tony Bazley (on 1958-04-18)
electric bass guitar:
Monk Montgomery (on 1958-04-18)
guitar:
Wes Montgomery (on 1958-04-18)
piano:
Buddy Montgomery (on 1958-04-18)
tenor saxophone:
Harold Land (US jazz tenor saxophonist) (on 1958-04-18)
4:37
6Montgomeryland Funk
drums (drum set):
Tony Bazley (on 1958-04-18)
electric bass guitar:
Monk Montgomery (on 1958-04-18)
guitar:
Wes Montgomery (on 1958-04-18)
piano:
Buddy Montgomery (on 1958-04-18)
tenor saxophone:
Harold Land (US jazz tenor saxophonist) (on 1958-04-18)
4:04
7Stompin' at the Savoy
drums (drum set):
Tony Bazley (on 1958-04-18)
electric bass guitar:
Monk Montgomery (on 1958-04-18)
guitar:
Wes Montgomery (on 1958-04-18)
piano:
Buddy Montgomery (on 1958-04-18)
tenor saxophone:
Harold Land (US jazz tenor saxophonist) (on 1958-04-18)
recording of:
Stompin’ at the Savoy (on 1958-04-18)
lyricist:
Andy Razaf
composer:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader), Edgar Sampson and Chick Webb
publisher:
EMI Robbins Catalog (ASCAP), Ragbag Music (ASCAP), Razaf Music, Rytvoc (ASCAP), フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label)
4:25
8Monk's Shop
alto saxophone:
Pony Poindexter (on 1959-10-01)
drums (drum set):
Louis Hayes (on 1959-10-01)
electric bass guitar:
Monk Montgomery (on 1959-10-01)
guitar:
Wes Montgomery (on 1959-10-01)
piano:
Buddy Montgomery (on 1959-10-01)
recording of:
Monk's Shop (on 1959-10-01)
composer:
Wes Montgomery
publisher:
EMI U Catalog Inc. (publisher; do NOT use as release label), EMI Unart Catalog Inc. and Taggie Music Co. (publisher)
43:58
9Summertime
alto saxophone:
Pony Poindexter (on 1959-10-01)
drums (drum set):
Louis Hayes (on 1959-10-01)
electric bass guitar:
Monk Montgomery (on 1959-10-01)
guitar:
Wes Montgomery (on 1959-10-01)
piano:
Buddy Montgomery (on 1959-10-01)
instrumental recording of:
Summertime (American songbook standard from 1935 opera Porgy and Bess) (on 1959-10-01)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1934), Dorothy Heyward (playwright) (in 1934) and DuBose Heyward (in 1934)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1934)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Dubose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund Publishing, George Gershwin Music, New Dawn Music, Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.), Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09), Ira Gershwin Music (in 1935), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (from 1935 until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
version of:
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Summertime” (Clara)
44:54
10Falling in Love With Love
alto saxophone:
Pony Poindexter (on 1959-10-01)
drums (drum set):
Louis Hayes (on 1959-10-01)
electric bass guitar:
Monk Montgomery (on 1959-10-01)
guitar:
Wes Montgomery (on 1959-10-01)
piano:
Buddy Montgomery (on 1959-10-01)
instrumental recording of:
Falling in Love With Love (on 1959-10-01)
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1938)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1938)
publisher:
Chappell & Co. and Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA)
part of:
The Boys From Syracuse
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
46:17
11Renie
alto saxophone:
Pony Poindexter (on 1959-10-01)
drums (drum set):
Louis Hayes (on 1959-10-01)
electric bass guitar:
Monk Montgomery (on 1959-10-01)
guitar:
Wes Montgomery (on 1959-10-01)
piano:
Buddy Montgomery (on 1959-10-01)
recording of:
Mr. Walker (Renie) (on 1959-10-01)
composer:
Wes Montgomery
43:32