SO Much Guitar!
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| SO Much Guitar! | ||||
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| Studio album by Wes Montgomery | ||||
| Released | 1961 | |||
| Recorded | August 4, 1961 at Plaza Sound Studios, New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 38:54 | |||
| Label | Riverside | |||
| Producer | Orrin Keepnews | |||
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SO Much Guitar! is the sixth album by American jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery, released in 1961. It has been reissued by Original Jazz Classics.[1]
All the tracks are available on the Wes Montgomery compilation CD The Complete Riverside Recordings.
Reception
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| PopMatters |   [3] |
| Down Beat |  [4] |
AllMusic critic Scott Yanow called the album "one of Wes Montgomery's finest recordings... All eight performances are memorable in their own way"[2] PopMatters journalist Neil Kelly wrote "SO Much Guitar! is Montgomery at his most comfortably virile ... one of the finest recordings you’ll ever put in your player."[3]
Track listing
- "Twisted Blues" (Wes Montgomery) – 5:31
- "Cotton Tail" (Duke Ellington) – 3:38
- "I Wish I Knew" (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) – 5:26
- "I'm Just a Lucky So-and-So" (Ellington, Mack David) – 5:57
- "Repetition" (Neal Hefti) – 3:48
- "Somethin' Like Bags" (Montgomery) – 4:44
- "While We're Young" (Morty Palitz, Alec Wilder) – 2:12
- "One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 7:38
Personnel
- Wes Montgomery – guitar
- Ron Carter – bass
- Lex Humphries – drums
- Ray Barretto – conga
- Hank Jones – piano
Production notes:
- Orrin Keepnews – producer
- Ray Fowler – engineer
