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Label:
  Fantasy - http://www.fantasyjazz.com/
Serial:
  RISA-1156-6
Title:
  Wes Montgomery: The Wes Montgomery Trio
Description:
  "The Wes Montgomery Trio"

Wes Montgomery
Track listing:
 
Genre:
  Jazz
Content:
  Stereo
Media:
  Hybrid
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Reviews: 2

Review by miguelito54 July 9, 2007 (5 of 5 found this review helpful)
Performance:   Sonics:
The first of West Montgomery's organ trio albums with Melvin Rhyne (who made his recording debut here) sounds definitely better in this SACD remastering. I had the OJCCD and still have the Riverside Montgomery box set, but here one gets better definition of the room ambience, better transients (you can hear the attack of the organ bass pedals!), more dynamics, a warm, detailed sound. Montgomery preferred a mellower approach to organ trio than most performers, so this is not as catching as some of his more energetic albums, but a lesson in subtlety.
The fadeouts Claude mentions are indeed a drag - either performance flaws in the end themes or they ran out of tape. The take of Round Midnight here is a guitar classic.

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Review by Claude November 6, 2005 (5 of 5 found this review helpful)
Performance:   Sonics:
Unlike the sonic disaster on the "Incredible Wes Montgomery" SACD (that album sounds bad on any reissue), the tapes of this session have aged well. It is one of the best-sounding Fantasy SACDs I've heard so far. The sound is mellow, detailed, airy and dynamic. The only flaw is that the drums have been captured in an excessively distant and diffuse way.

The two bonus tracks (alternate takes) seem to come from different tapes sources, as they are noisier than the other tracks. It is a bit annoying that a couple of tracks are faded out at the end.

Like most Wes Montgomery albums, this is a show of his virtuosity and improvisation talents. Melvin Rhyne has a few nice solos and drummer is limited to keeping the time. A very enjoyable album.

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