Bags Meets Wes!

Bags Meets Wes! is an album by Milt Jackson and Wes Montgomery that was released in 1962 by Riverside. It was reissued in 1999 by the Original Jazz Classics label with additional takes and again in 2006.

Bags Meets Wes!
Studio album by
Milt Jackson and Wes Montgomery
Released1962
RecordedDecember 18–19, 1961
GenreJazz
Length55:07 (Reissue)
LabelRiverside
ProducerOrrin Keepnews
Milt Jackson chronology
Statements
(1961)		 Bags Meets Wes!
(1962)		 Big Bags
(1962)
Wes Montgomery chronology
SO Much Guitar!
(1961)		 Bags Meets Wes!
(1962)		 Full House
(1962)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Down Beat[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings [3]

In his Allmusic review, music critic Alex Henderson wrote: "Although Jackson and Montgomery prove what lyrical ballad players they could be on the standard 'Stairway to the Stars', ballads aren't a high priority on this album. Instead, the improvisers put more of their energy into the blues..."[1]

Track listing
  1. "S.K.J." (Milt Jackson) – 5:17
  2. "Stablemates" (Benny Golson) – 5:45
  3. "Stairway to the Stars" (Malneck, Parish, Signorelli) – 3:38
  4. "Blue Roz" (Wes Montgomery) – 4:46
  5. "Sam Sack" (Jackson) – 6:06
  6. "Jingles" (Montgomery) – 6:56
  7. "Delilah" (Victor Young) -6:07
1999 reissue:
  1. "S.K.J." (Jackson) – 5:17
  2. "Stablemates" (Golson) – 5:45
  3. "Stairway to the Stars [Take 3]" (Malneck, Parish, Signorelli) – 3:38
  4. "Blue Roz" (Montgomery) – 4:46
  5. "Sam Sack" (Jackson) – 6:06
  6. "Jingles [Take 9]" (Montgomery) – 6:55
  7. "Delilah [Take 4]" (Victor Young) – 6:12
  8. "Stairway to the Stars [Take 2]" (Malneck, Parish, Signorelli) – 3:47
  9. "Jingles [Take 8]" (Montgomery) – 6:54
  10. "Delilah" [Take 2] (Young) – 6:18

Credits

Music

Production
  • Tamaki Beck – mastering
  • Ken Deardoff – cover design
  • Ray Fowler – engineer
  • Joe Goldberg – liner notes
  • Orrin Keepnews – producer, liner notes

References
  1. Henderson, Alex. "Bags Meets Wes! > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 31, 2011.
  2. Down Beat: June 7, 1962 vol. 29, no. 12
  3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008) The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th edition). Penguin. p. 755
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