More of the Music of Wes Montgomery
- With solid Double Plus (A++) sound from start to finish, this copy will be very hard to beat
- These sides are rich and full-bodied but clear and spacious – the 1959 All Tube Analog sound is perfect for Wes’s organ trio format
- For some reason, the guitar sound from this era of All Tube Chain Recording seems to have died out with the times – it can only be found on the best of these vintage pressings, such as this one
- 4 stars: “Montgomery’s style, block chords and octaves, is already firmly in place, and he delivers lovely solos on ‘Round Midnight,’ ‘Whisper Not,’ and ‘Satin Doll.’ The choice of material, in fact, from classics like ‘Yesterdays’ to originals like Montgomery’s ‘Jingles,’ never falters.”
Old and New Work Well Together
This OJC reissue is spacious, open, transparent, rich and sweet. It’s yet another remarkable disc from the Golden Age of Vacuum Tube Recording Technology, with the added benefit of mastering using the more modern cutting equipment of the 70s and 80s. We are of course here referring to the good modern mastering of 40+ years ago, not the generally opaque, veiled and lifeless mastering so common today.
