Wynton Kelly / Wes Montgomery - Smokin' at the Half Note

AVAILABLE ON MARCH 29TH

SPECIAL GATEFOLD EDITION - 180-GRAM LP

"The absolute greatest jazz guitar album ever made. It is also the record that taught me how to play." Pat Metheny (The New York Times, 2005).

Recorded by Wes Montgomery and the Wynton Kelly Trio in 1965, Smokin' at the Half Note showcases Montgomery with the Miles Davis rhythm section of 1959- 1961, featuring Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, and Jimmy Cobb. Montgomery had performed numerous times with Kelly, the four musicians had all recorded the guitarist's 1962 album Full House together, and in the summer of 1965 they toured the United States. Although it was presented as a live album, only two of the original LP's five tracks were actually recorded at the Half Note: "No Blues"" and "If You Could See Me Now." At the behest of producer Creed Taylor, the other three tracks were remade three months later at Rudy Van Gelder's studio in New Jersey. The album's versions of "Unit 7" and "Four on Six" established these pieces as jazz standards.

Tracklist:

Side A

1. No Blues

2. If you Could See me Now

Side B

1. Unit 7

2. Four on Six

3. What´s New

Personnel:

Wynton Kelly - Piano

Wes Montgomery - Guitar

Paul Chambers - Bass

Jimmy Cobb - Drums

Recorded June 1965 at the Half Note, New York City; and September 22, 1965 at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.