Movin' Along

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Movin' Along
Movin Along Wes Montgomery.jpg
Studio album by
Wes Montgomery
Released1960 (1960)
RecordedOctober 12, 1960
StudioUnited Recording Studios, Los Angeles
GenreJazz
Length52:51 (Reissue)
LabelRiverside
ProducerOrrin Keepnews
Wes Montgomery chronology
The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery
(1960) 		Movin' Along
(1960) 		SO Much Guitar!
(1961)

Movin' Along is an album by American jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery, released in 1960. It was reissued in the Original Jazz Classics series with two alternate takes.[1] All the tracks are available in the Wes Montgomery compilation CD-set The Complete Riverside Recordings.

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4.5/5 stars[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings3.5/4 stars[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide3/5 stars[2]

In his AllMusic review, Scott Yanow stated: "Wes Montgomery made many of his finest jazz recordings originally for Riverside, and this is an often overlooked gem."

Track listing[]

  1. "Movin' Along" (Wes Montgomery) – 5:40
  2. "Tune-Up" (Miles Davis) – 4:27
  3. "Tune-Up [Alternate take]" (Davis) – 4:39
  4. "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You" (Victor Young, Ned Washington, Bing Crosby) – 5:02
  5. "Sandu" (Clifford Brown) – 3:23
  6. "Body and Soul" (Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton, Johnny Green) – 7:19
  7. "Body and Soul [Alternate take]" (Heyman, Sour, Eyton, Green) – 11:17
  8. "So Do It!" (Montgomery) – 6:05
  9. "Says You" (Sam Jones) – 4:59

Personnel[]

Production

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Yanow, Scott. "Movin' Along > Review". AllMusic. Retrieved June 26, 2011.
  2. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 146. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1026. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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