Styles: Guitar And Piano Jazz
Year: 1965
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 41:07
Size: 94,3 MB
Art: Front
(12:56) 1. No Blues
( 8:25) 2. If You Could See Me Now
( 6:46) 3. Unit 7
( 6:46) 4. Four on Six
( 6:12) 5. What's New?
Smokin' at the Half Note is essential listening for anyone who wants to hear why Montgomery's dynamic live shows were considered the pinnacle of his brilliant and incredibly influential guitar playing. Pat Metheny calls this "the absolute greatest jazz guitar album ever made," and with performances of this caliber ("Unit 7" boasts one of the greatest guitar solos ever recorded) his statement is easily validated. Montgomery never played with more drive and confidence, and he's supported every step of the way by a genuinely smokin' Wynton Kelly Trio. In 1998, Verve reissued the complete show on disc two of Impressions: The Verve Jazz Sides, although the scrambled track order and some non-essential cuts don't diminish the appeal of the original album.~Jim Smith http://www.allmusic.com/album/smokin-at-the-half-note-mw0000188578
Personnel: Wes Montgomery (guitar); Wynton Kelly (piano); Paul Chambers (bass); Jimmy Cobb (drums).
Personnel: Wes Montgomery (guitar); Wynton Kelly (piano); Paul Chambers (bass); Jimmy Cobb (drums).
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Pat Metheny says this is the "greatest album ever made" so um... re-up? please?
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muchas gracias amigos
ReplyDeleteTHE REAL STORY OF THE SMOKIN AT HALF NOTE ALBUM:
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ONE:
only two cuts recorded live at the Half Note
during the June gig actually appeared on the
original vinyl release: 'No Blues' // 'If You
Could See Me Now'. And on a corresponding CD.
The other material was not issued.
instead, the producer made the musicians record
IN STUDIO three months later some **NEW** tracks
('Unit 7' // 'Four on Six' // 'What's New?'),
which had not been performed originally live at
the Half Note!
this trickery (2 live, 3 studio) was passed on
to its CD release.
**
TWO:
A) in 1968, Verve released a Wes posthumous
LP called "Willow Weep For Me", containing
the remainder of the unissued Half Note tracks
(i.e.: 'Willow Weep For Me'// 'Portrait of
Jennie'// 'Surrey With The Fringe On Top' //
'Oh, You Crazy Moon' // 'Misty' // 'Impressions').
B) of these in this album, the tracks: 'Willow
Weep For Me' // 'Portrait of Jennie' // 'Oh,
You Crazy Moon' // 'Misty', were released here
with an OVERDUBBED ORCHESTRA, thus completely
ruining the original live performances.
**
THREE:
finally this overdubbing was eliminated in the
following Verve releases:
-in "Wes Montgomery - The Verve Small Group
Recordings" (1976), on the following tracks:
'No Blues' // 'Willow Weep For Me' // 'If You
Could See Me Now' // 'Impressions' // 'Portrait
of Jennie' // 'Misty';
-in "Wynton Kelly Trio / Wes Montgomery - The
Complete Smokin at the Half Note, Vol.2" (1990,
Japanese release):
On the remaining overdubbed track: 'Oh, You
Crazy Moon'.
**
LAST:
tracks: 'Surrey With The Fringe On Top', and
'Impressions', were originally released without
overdubs, but track: 'Surrey With The Fringe
On Top' had been heavily edited; as much as
possible of the original live performance appeared
in the following album:
-"Wes Montgomery - Impressions: The Verve Jazz
Sides" (1995)
lastly the complete set without overdubs, eleven
cuts in total (of which 6 live bonus tracks were
not present in the original release), although
still containing the 3 studio cuts, was reissued as:
- "Wynton Kelly Trio, Wes Montgomery - Smokin at
the Half Note" (2005), Verve V6-8633 CD remastered,
digipak.
Thank you Daniel!
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