Movin' Along
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 1961[1]
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
(1961)
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.[2] All the tracks are available in the Wes Montgomery compilation CD-set The Complete Riverside Recordings.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[4]

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

(*) Bonus tracks on CD reissue in 1988

Personnel

Production

References

  1. "Billboard". April 24, 1961.
  2. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. "Movin' Along > Review". AllMusic. Retrieved June 26, 2011.
  3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1026. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 146. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
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