Riverside Records · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Portrait Of Wes
| Recorded | Oct 10 & Nov 27, 1963 |
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| Label | Riverside Records |
| Released | 1963 |
| Personnel | 3 credited players |
| Discogs | master 249507 |
The record
Reuniting with Rhyne, whose bluesy Hammond comping had shaped his earliest Riverside work, Montgomery settles into thumb-picked octaves and unhurried swing. It stands as one of the last records of him in a stripped-down small-group setting before the orchestral turn.
Session personnel
- George Brown — drums
- Wes Montgomery — guitar
- Mel Rhyne — organ
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 26 pressings on file.
| 1966 | Riverside Records · 492 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file |
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| 1966 | Riverside Records — STEREO |
| 1977 | Riverside Records · SMJ-6202 — Vinyl, LP, Stereo, Reissue, Album |
| 1984 | Original Jazz Classics · OJC-144 — Vinyl, LP, Stereo, Reissue, Album |
| 1984 | Original Jazz Classics · OJC-144 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Reissue |
| 1984 | Original Jazz Classics · OJC-144 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Reissue |
| 1984 | Original Jazz Classics · OJC-5144 — Cassette, Album, Reissue, Remastered, CrO2 |
| 1984 | Riverside Records · 98970 — CD, Album, Reissue |
| 1984 | Riverside Records · 78.970 — Cassette, Album, Reissue, Stereo, DOLBY SYSTEM |
| 1990 | Original Jazz Classics · OJCCD 144-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1990 | Original Jazz Classics · OJCCD-144-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo |
| 1990 | Original Jazz Classics · OJCCD-144-2 — CDr, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo |
| 1990 | Original Jazz Classics · 99 986 — CD, Album, Stereo |
| 1990 | Original Jazz Classics · CA 98970 — CD, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
Follow the players
George Brown also plays on
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