SO Much Guitar!
So Much Guitar! is an album by American jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery, released by Riverside Records in 1961. It was reissued by Fantasy Records as a part of the Original Jazz Classics series.
All the tracks are available on the Wes Montgomery compilation CD The Complete Riverside Recordings.
Reception
AllMusic critic Scott Yanow called the album "one of Wes Montgomery's finest recordings... All eight performances are memorable in their own way." 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."Track listing
- "Twisted Blues" – 5:31
- "Cotton Tail" – 3:38
- "I Wish I Knew" – 5:26
- "I'm Just a Lucky So-and-So" – 5:57
- "Repetition" – 3:48
- "Somethin' Like Bags" – 4:44
- "While We're Young" – 2:12
- "One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)" – 7:38
Personnel
- Wes Montgomery – guitar
- Hank Jones – piano
- Ron Carter – bass
- Ray Barretto – conga
- Lex Humphries – drums
- Orrin Keepnews – producer
- Ray Fowler – engineer