Fingerpickin'

Fingerpickin' is an album by American jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery.

Fingerpickin'
Studio album by
Wes Montgomery
Released1958
RecordedDecember 30, 1957; April 1958
StudioIndianapolis, Indiana; Los Angeles, California
GenreJazz
Length56:09
LabelPacific Jazz
ProducerRichard Bock
Wes Montgomery chronology
Fingerpickin'
(1958)		 Far Wes
(1959)

Background

Most of the album was recorded in Indianapolis on December 30, 1957. From that session, six songs were released as the album The Montgomery Brothers and Five Others in 1957. The album is Indianapolis native Freddie Hubbard's recording debut. Three songs ("Stranger in Paradise", "Baubles, Bangles and Beads", and "Not Since Nineveh)" were recorded during a session in Los Angeles on April 22, 1958, and appeared on the album Kismet by The Mastersounds. Montgomery played solos only on these three songs. The Mastersounds was a group that included his brothers Buddy and Monk Montgomery. Wes Montgomery was invited to the session by Richard Bock, the album's producer at Pacific Jazz Records. His composition "Fingerpickin'" appeared on the album.[1]

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

In his Allmusic review, music critic Scott Yanow wrote "This CD reissues the complete album (which usually has appeared in piecemeal fashion) and finds Wes already quite recognizable. The pretty standard hard bop music... Although this reissue on a whole is not essential, the music is generally enjoyable and the CD will fill some gaps in one's Wes Montgomery collection."[2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Buddy Montgomery except where noted.

No.TitleLength
1."Sound Carrier"6:57
2."Bud's Beaux Arts"7:33
3."Bock to Bock"10:08
4."Billie's Bounce" (Charlie Parker)4:42
5."Lois Ann"4:45
6."All the Things You Are" (Jerome Kern/Oscar Hammerstein II)3:59
7."Fingerpickin'" (Wes Montgomery)2:32
8."Stranger in Paradise" (George Forrest/Robert Wright/Alexander Borodin)4:55
9."Baubles, Bangles, & Beads" (Forrest/Wright)3:29
10."Not Since Nineveh" (Forrest/Wright)7:24

Original release

The Montgomery Brothers and Five Others

  1. Sound Carrier – 6:55
  2. Lois Ann – 4:44
  3. Bud's Beaux Arts – 7:32
  4. Bock to Bock – 10:08
  5. All the Things You Are – 3:58
  6. Billie's Bounce – 4:41

Personnel
  • Wes Montgomery – guitar
  • Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
  • Waymon Atkinson – tenor saxophone
  • Alonzo Johnson – tenor saxophone
  • Buddy Montgomery – vibraphone
  • Joe Bradley – piano
  • Richard Crabtree – piano
  • Monk Montgomery – bass
  • Benny Barth – drums
  • Paul Parker – drums
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References
  1. Ingram, Adrian. Wes Montgomery. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England: Ashley Mark Pub. Co., 1985
  2. "Fingerpickin'". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
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