Discography
THE MONTGOMERY BROTHERS PLUS FIVE OTHERS (1957)
Wes Montgomery(G), Freddie Hubbard(Tr), Waymon "Punchie"
Atkinson(TS), Alonzo "Pookie" Johnson(TS), Buddy Montgomery(V), Monk
Montgomery(B), Joe Bradley(P), Paul Parker(D).
Sound Carrier; Lois Ann; Bud's Beaux Arts; Bock to Bock;
All the Things You Are; Billie's Bounce.
KISMET (1958)
The Mastersounds: Buddy Montgomery(V), Richard Crabtree(P), Wes Montgomery(G),
Monk Montgomery(B), Benny Barth(D).
Overture; Gesticulate + Rhyme Have I; Olive Tree; Not Since
Ninevah; Baubles, Bangles and Beads; Fate; And This My
Beloved; Stranger in Paradise.
THE MONTGOMERY BROTHERS (1958)
Wes Montgomery(G), Buddy Montgomery(V), Monk Montgomery(EB), Freddie
Hubbard(Tr), Waymon Atkinson(TS), Joe Bradley(P), Paul Parker(D), Harold Land(TS),
Tony Bazely(D).
Sound Carrier; Bock to Bock; Hymn for Carl; Baubles,
Bangles and Beads, Montgomer Land Funk, Stompin' at the Savoy.
MONTGOMERYLAND (1958/59)
Wes Montgomery(G), Monk Montgomery(B), Buddy Montgomery(P), Pony
Poindexter(AS), Louis Hayes(D), Harold Land(TS), Tony Bazely(D).
Monk's Shop; Summertime; Falling in Love with Love; Renie;
Far Wes; Leila; Old Folks; Wes' Tune.
A GOOD GIT-TOGETHER (1959)
Jon Hendricks(Vo), Wes Montgomery(G), Cannonball Adderley(AS), Pony
Poindexter(S&Vo), Nat Adderley(Co), Buddy Montgomery(V), Gildo Mahones (P),
Monk Montgomery(B), Jimmy Wormsworth(D), Walter Bolden(D).
Everything Started in the House of the Lord; Music in the Air;
Feed Me; I'll Die Happy; Pretty Strange; The Shouter;
Minor Catastrophe; Social Call; Out of the Past; A Good Git-Together;
I'm Gonna Shout.
THE WES MONTGOMERY TRIO (1959)
Wes Montgomery(G), Melvin Rhyne(O), Paul Parker(D).
Round Midnight; Yesterdays; The End Of a Love Affair;
Whisper Not; Ecorah; Satin Doll; Missile Blues; Too Late
Now; Jingles.
THE INCREDIBLE JAZZ GUITAR OF WES MONTGOMERY (1960)
Wes Montgomery(G), Tommy Flanagan(P), Percy Heath(B), Albert Heath(D).
D-Natural Blues; Polka Dots and Moonbeams; Four on Six;
West Coast Blues; In Your Own Sweet Way; Mister Walker; Gone
with the Wind.
WORK SONG (1960)
Nat Adderley(Co), Wes Montgomery(G), Bobby Timmons(P), Sam Jones(B&Ce),
Keeter Betts(B&Ce), Percy Heath(B), Louis Hayes(D).
Work Song; Pretty Memory; I've Got a Crush on You; Mean to
Me; Fallout; Sack of Woe; My Heart Stood Still; Violets
for Your Furs; Scrambled Eggs.
WEST COAST BLUES (1960)
Harold Land(TS), Joe Gordon(Tr), Wes Montgomery(G), Barry Harris(P), Sam
Jones(B), Louis Hayes(D).
Ursula; Don't Explain; Klactoveedestene; Terrain;
West Coast Blues; Compulsion.
CANNONBALL ADDERLEY AND THE POLL WINNERS (1960)
Cannonball Adderley(AS), Wes Montgomery(G), Victor Feldman(P), Ray Brown(B),
Louis Hayes(D).
The Chant; Lolita; Azule Serape; Au Privave; Yours Is
My Heart Alone; Never Will I Marry.
MOVIN' ALONG (1960)
Wes Montgomery(G), James Clay(F&TS), Victor Feldman(P), Sam Jones(B),
Louis Hayes(D).
Movin' Along; Tune Up; Ghost of a Chance; Sandu; Body
and Soul; So Do It; Says You.
THE MONTGOMERY BROTHERS (1960)
Wes Montgomery(G), Buddy Montgomery(P), Monk Montgomery(B), Lawrence
Marable(D).
Monterey Blues; June in January; Bud's Tune; Lover Man;
Jingles.
GROOVEYARD (1961)
Wes Montgomery(G), Buddy Montgomery(P), Monk Montgomery(B), Bobby Thomas(D).
Back to Back (Bock to Bock); Groove Yard; If I Should Lose You;
Delirium; Just for Now; Doujie; Heart Strings; Remember.
SO MUCH GUITAR (1961)
Wes Montgomery(G), Hank Jones(P), Ron Carter(B), Les Humphries(D), Ray
Barretto(Per).
Twisted Blues; Cotton Tail; I Wish I Knew; I'm Just a Lucky
So and So; Repetition; Something Like Bags; While We're Young;
One for My Baby.
LOVE WALKED IN (1961)
Wes Montgomery(G), George Shearing(P), Buddy Montgomery(V), Monk Montgomery(B),
Walter Perkins(D), Armando Peraza(Per).
Love Walked In; Love for Sale; No Hard Feelings; Enchanted;
Stranger in Paradise; The Lamp Is Low; Double Deal; And Then I
Wrote; Darn That Dream; Lois Ann; Mambo in Chimes.
THE MONTGOMERY BROTHERS IN CANADA (1961)
Wes Montgomery(G), Buddy Montgomery(V), Monk Montgomery(B), Paul Humphries(D).
Jeanni; Snowfall; Angel Eyes; Barbados; This Love of
Mine; On Green Dolphin Street; You Don't Know What Love Is;
Beaux Arts.
BAGS MEETS WES (1961)
Milt Jackson(V), Wes Montgomery(G), Wynton Kelly(P), Sam Jones(B), Philly Joe
Jones(D).
"S.K.J."; Stablemates; Stairway to the Stars;
Blue Roz; Sam Sack; Jingles; Delilah.
FULL HOUSE (1962)
Wes Montgomery(G), Johnny Griffin(TS), Wynton Kelly(P), Paul Chambers(B),
Jimmy Cobb(D).
Full House; I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face; Blue 'n' Boogie;
Cariba; Come Rain or Shine; S.O.S.
FUSION (1963)
Wes Montgomery(G), Phil Bodner(R), Hank Jones(P), Dick Hyman(P), Kenny
Burrell(G), Milt Hinton(B), Osie Johnson(D), Gloria Agostini(H), Margaret Rose(H),
Gene Orloff(Vi), Harry Lookofsky(Vi), David Nadien(Vi), Winston Collymore(Vi),
Mac Ceppos(Vi), Arnold Eidus(Vi), Les Kruczek(Vi), Raow Poliakin(Vi), Isadore
Zir(Vi), Sam Rand(Vi), Sylvia Shulman(Vi), Paul Winter(Vi), Ralph Hersh(Vi),
Alfred Brown(Vi), Burt Fisch(Vi), Charles McCracken(Ce), George Ricci(Ce),
Lucien Schmit(Ce), Kermit Moore(Ce).
All the Way; Pretty Blue; In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning;
Prelude to a Kiss; The Girl Next Door; My Romance; God Bless
the Child; Tune Up; Somewhere; Baubles, Bangles and Beads.
BOSS GUITAR (1963)
Wes Montgomery(G), Mel Rhyne(O), Jimmy Cobb(D).
Besame Mucho; Dearly Beloved; Days of Wine and Roses; The
Trick Bag; Canadian Sunset; Fried Pies; The Breeze and I;
For Heaven's Sake.
GUITAR ON THE GO (1963)
Wes Montgomery(G), Mel Rhyne(O), George Brown(D), Paul Parker(D).
The Way You Look Tonight; Dreamsville; Geno; Missile Blues;
For All We Know; Fried Pies.
PORTRAIT OF WES (1963)
Wes Montgomery(G), Mel Rhyne(O), George Brown(D).
Freddie the Freeloader; Lolita; Movin' Along; Dangerous;
Yesterday's Child; Moanin'.
MOVIN' WES (1964)
Wes Montgomery(G), Jerome Richardson(R), Ernie Rowal(Tr), Clark Terry(Tr),
Snooky Young(Tr), Jimmy Cleveland(Tb), Urbie Green(Tb), Chauncey Welsh(Tb),
Quentin Jackson(Tb), Don Butterfield(Tu), Harvey Phillips(Tu), Bobby Scott(P),
Bob Cranshaw(B), Grady Tate(D), Willie Bobo(Per).
Caravan; Movin' Wes Part I; Moca Flor; Matchmaker,
Matchmaker; Movin' Wes Part II; Senza Fine; Theodora; In
and Out; Born to be Blue; West Coast Blues.
BUMPIN' (1965)
Wes Montgomery(G), Roger Kellaway(P), Bob Cranshaw(B), Grady Tate(D), Helcis
Milito(D), Candito Camero(Per), Harold Coletta(Vi), Davis Schwartz(Vi), Arnold
Eidus(Vi), Lewis Eley(Vi), Paul Gersham(Vi), Julius Held(Vi), Harry Lookefsky(Vi),
Jos Malignaggi(Vi), Gene Orloff(Vi), Sol Shapiro(Vi), Louis Haber(Vi), George
Ricci(Ce), Charles McCracken(Ce), Margaret Ross(H).
Bumpin'; Tear It Down; A Quiet Thing; Con Alma; Love
Theme from "The Sandpiper" (Shadow of Your Smile); Mi Cosa;
Here's That Rainy Day; Musty.
SMOKIN' AT THE HALF NOTE (1965)
Wes Montgomery(G), Wynton Kelly(P), Paul Chambers(B), Jimmy Cobb(D).
No Blues; If You Could See Me Now; Unit 7; Four on Six;
What's New.
WILLOW WEEP FOR ME (1965)
Wes Montgomery(G), Wynton Kelly(P), Paul Chambers(B), Jimmy Cobb(D).
Willow Weep for Me; Impressions; Portrait of Jennie; Surrey
with the Fringe on Top; Oh You Crazy Moon; Four on Six; Misty.
GOIN' OUT OF MY HEAD (1965)
Wes Montgomery(G), Herbie Hancock(P), Roger Kellaway(P), Grady Tate(D), Sol
Gubin(D), George Duvivier(B), Wayne Andre(Tb), Quentin Jackson(Tb), Danny
Moore(Tb), Jimmy Cleveland(Tb), Tony Studd(Tb), Donald Byrd(Tr), Joe Newman(Tr),
Ernie Royal(Tr), Bob Ashton(R&F), Jerry Dodgion(R&F), Romeo Penque(R&F),
Don Bank(R&F), Candido(Per).
Goin' Out of my Head; O Morro; Boss City; Chim Chim Cheree;
Naptown Blues; Twisted Blues; End of a Love Affair; It Was a
Very Good Year; Golden Earrings.
TEQUILA (1966)
Wes Montgomery(G), Ray Barretto(Per), Ron Carter(B), Grady Tate(D), George
Devens(V), Bernard Eichen(Vi), Anold Eidus(Vi), Paul Gershman(Vi), Emanuel
Green(Vi), Gene Orloff(Vi), Joe Malin(Vi), Harry Lookefsky(Vi), Julius Held(Vi),
Abe Keffler(Ce), Charles McCracken(Ce), George Ricci(Ce), Harvey Shapiro(Ce).
Tequila; Little Child; What the World Needs Now; The Bir
Hurt; Bumpin' on Sunset; How Insensitive; The Thumb;
Midnight Mood.
CALIFORNIA DREAMING (1966)
Wes Montgomery(G), Al Casamenti(G), Bucky Pizzarelli(G), Herbie Hancock(P),
Wayne Andre(Tb), Bill Watrous(Tb), John Messner(Tb), Mel Davies(Tr), James
Nottingham(Tr), Bernie Glow(Tr), Ray Beckenstein(AS&F), Stan Webb(R&F),
Walter Kane(R), James Buffington(Fr. Horn), Jack Jennings(Per), Don
Butterfield(Tu), Richard Davis(B), Ray Barretto(Per), Grady Tate(D).
California Dreaming; Sun Down; Oh You Crazy Moon; More,
More, Amor; Without You; Winds of Barcelona; Sunny;
Green Peppers; Mr. Walker; South of the Border.
THE DYNAMIC DUO (1966)
Jimmy Smith(O), Wes Montgomery(G), Grady Tate(D), Ray Barretto(Per), Jimmy
Maxwell(Tr), Joe Newman(Tr), Ernie Royal(Tr), Clark Terry(Tr), Jimmy
Cleveland(Tb), Quentin Jackson(Tb), Melba Liston(Tb), Bob Ashton(R), Danny
Bank(R), Jerry Dodgion(R), Jerome Richardson(R), Phil Woods(R), Tony Studd(Tb).
Don by the Riverside; Night Train; James and Wes; 13 (Death
March); Baby It's Cold Outside.
FURTHER ADVENTURES OF JIMMY AND WES (1966)
Jimmy Smith(O), Wes Montgomery(G), Grady Tate(D), Ray Barretto(Per), Jimmy
Maxwell(Tr), Joe Newman(Tr), Ernie Royal(Tr), Clark Terry(Tr), Tony Studd(Tb),
Jimmy Cleveland(Tb), Quentin Jackson(Tb), Malba Jackson(Tb), Bob Ashton(R),
Danny Bank(R), Jerry Dogion(R), Jerome Richardson(R), Phil Woods(R), Richard
Davis(B).
King of the Road; Maybe Sepember; O-G-D; Call Me;
Milestones; Mellow Mood.
A DAY IN THE LIFE (1967)
Wes Montgomery(G), Herbie Hancock(P), Ron Carter(B), Grady Tate(D), Ray
Barretto(Per), Jack Jennings(Per), Joe Wohletz(Per), George Marge(F), Romeo
Pengue(F), Joe Solds(F), Stan Webb(F), Phil Bodner(R&F), Stan Webb(R&F),
Peter Buonconsiglio(Vi), Julius Brand(Vi), Mac Ceppos(Vi), Lewis Eley(Vi), Harry
Hickman(Vi), Harry Katzman(Vi), Jack Zayde(Vi), Leo Kruczek(Vi), Gene Orloff(Vi),
Tosha Samaroff(Vi), Sylvan Shulman(Vi), Harry Urbont(Vi), Ray Alonga(Fr. Horn),
Harold Colatta(Vi), Emanuel Vardi(Vi), Charles McCracken(Ce), Alan Shulman(Ce),
Margaret Ross(H).
A Day in the Life; Watch What Happens; When a Man Loves a Woman;
California Nights; Angel; Eleanor Rigby; Willow Weep for Me;
Windy; Trust in Me; The Joker.
DOWN HERE ON THE GROUND (1967/68)
Wes Montgomery(G), Ron Carter(B), Grady Tate(D), Herbie Hancock(P), Bobby
Rosengarden(Per), Ray Barretto(Per), Mike Mainieri(V), Gene Orloff(Vi), Raoul
Poliakin(Vi), George Ricci(Ce), Emanuel Vardi(Vi), Hubert Lawes(R&F), George
Marge(R&F), Romeo Penque(R&F).
Wind Song; Georgia on my Mind; The Other Man's Grass Is Always
Greener; Down Here on the Ground; Up and At It; Goin' Out to
Detroit; I Say A Little Prayer for You; When I look in Your Eyes;
Know It All; The Fox.
ROAD SONG (1968)
Wes Montgomery(G), Herbie Hancock(P), Hank Jones(P), Sivert Johnson, Jr.(Per),
Eric Leber(Per&R), Ed Shaughnessy(D), Grady Tate(D), Ray Barretto(Per), Jack
Jennings(Per), Richard Davis(B), Don Ashworth(F&R), Harvey Estrin(F&R),
Don Hammond(F), George Marge(F&R), Stan Webb(F&R), Shelly Estrin(R),
Benard Kraimis(R), Morris Newman(R), Marvin Stamm(Tr), George Marge(R), Wayne
Andre(Tb), Paul Fauline(Tb), Bernard Eichen(Vi), Charles Libore(Vi), Marvin
Morganstern(Vi), Tosha Samaroff(Vi), Charles McCracken(Ce), George Ricci(Ce),
Alan Shulman(Ce), James Buffington(Fr. Horn), Emanuel Vardi(Vi).
Road Song; Greensleeves; Fly Me to the Moon; Yesterday;
I'll Be Back; Scarborough Fair; Green Leaves of Summer;
Serene; Where Have All the Flowers Gone
SELECTED
POSTHUMOUS RELEASES:
IMPRESSIONS
(Affinity AFF 13)
Recorded Live in Paris, France, March 27th 1965
Personnel:
Wes Montgomery: guitar, Harold Mabern, Arthur Harper: bass, Jimmy Lovelace:
drums
Songs:
Four on Six, Wes' Rhythm, Impressions, To When
SOLITUDE
(Affinity AFF 18)
Recorded Live in Paris, France, March 27th 1965
Personnel:
Wes Montgomery: guitar, Harold Mabern, Arthur Harper: bass, Jimmy Lovelace:
drums, *Johnny Griffin: tenor sax
Songs:
Mister Walker, For Django, Here's That Rainy Day, *Round Midnight
LIVE AT JORGIES JAZZ CLUB
(VGM 0001)
Recorded Live at Jorges in St. Louis, Missouri, August 19th 1961
Personnel:
Wes Montgomery: guitar, Buddy Montgomery: piano/vibes, Monk Montgomery: bass,
Billy Hart: drums
Songs:
All of You, Heartstrings, Summertime, Bach to Bock
LIVE AT JORGIES AND MORE
(Volume 2 VGM 0008)
Recorded Live at Jorges in St. Louis, Missouri, August 19th 1961
Personnel:
Wes Montgomery: guitar, Buddy Montgomery: piano/vibes, Monk Montgomery: bass,
Billy Hart: drums
Songs:
Starlight, Round Midnight, Windy, California Nights, Interview with Wes
THE ALTERNATIVE WES MONTGOMERY
(Milestone 68138)
alternate takes from various Riverside recordings
| (E)B = (Electric)Bass |
H = Harp |
Tb = Trombone |
| Ce = Cello |
O = Organ |
Tr = Trumpet |
| Co = Cornet |
P = Piano |
Tu = Tuba |
| D = Drums |
Per = Percussion |
V = Vibes |
| F = Flute |
R = Reeds |
Vi = Violin/Viola |
| G = Guitar |
(T, A)S = (Tenor, Alto) Sax |
Vo = Vocal |