Bags Meets Wes!

Bags Meets Wes!
Bags Meets Wes!
Studio album by Milt Jackson and Wes Montgomery
Released	1962
Recorded	December 18–19, 1961
Genre	Jazz
Length	55:07 (Reissue)
Label	Riverside
Producer	Orrin Keepnews
Milt Jackson chronology
Wes Montgomery chronology

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

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
DownBeat	^[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[3]

In his AllMusic review, 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[]

"S.K.J." (Milt Jackson) – 5:17
"Stablemates" (Benny Golson) – 5:45
"Stairway to the Stars" (Malneck, Parish, Signorelli) – 3:38
"Blue Roz" (Wes Montgomery) – 4:46
"Sam Sack" (Jackson) – 6:06
"Jingles" (Montgomery) – 6:56
"Delilah" (Victor Young) -6:07

1999 reissue:

"S.K.J." (Jackson) – 5:17
"Stablemates" (Golson) – 5:45
"Stairway to the Stars [Take 3]" (Malneck, Parish, Signorelli) – 3:38
"Blue Roz" (Montgomery) – 4:46
"Sam Sack" (Jackson) – 6:06
"Jingles [Take 9]" (Montgomery) – 6:55
"Delilah [Take 4]" (Victor Young) – 6:12
"Stairway to the Stars [Take 2]" (Malneck, Parish, Signorelli) – 3:47
"Jingles [Take 8]" (Montgomery) – 6:54
"Delilah" [Take 2] (Young) – 6:18

Credits[]

Music[]

Milt Jackson – vibraphone
Wes Montgomery – guitar
Wynton Kelly – piano
Sam Jones – double bass
Philly Joe Jones – drums

Production[]

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

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Henderson, Alex. "Bags Meets Wes! > Review". AllMusic. Retrieved July 31, 2011.
^ DownBeat: June 7, 1962 vol. 29, no. 12
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008) The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th edition). Penguin. p. 755

[AM-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b Henderson, Alex. "Bags Meets Wes! > Review". AllMusic. Retrieved July 31, 2011.

[2] DownBeat: June 7, 1962 vol. 29, no. 12

[Penguin-3] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008) The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th edition). Penguin. p. 755

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