Das Wes Montgomery Verve-Set scheint (wie schon das an sich supertolle Getz-Set) nicht perfekt zu sein – ein Bekannter hat sich das mal genauer angeschaut und hier berichtet – in Kürze:
I’m reconsidering – comparing the track lists linked above showed there might be a track missing on this set – I’m shocked!
The posthumous Willow Weep For Me LP included a live version of Four On Six (running 9:30 as compared to the 6:43 of the studio version) that was reissued on the double CD The Verve Jazz Sides – but I cannot find this on the box set track lists …
That twofer CD also included a second, re-edited version of The Surrey with the fringe on top which is a minute longer. And, IIRC, a Wynton Kelly trio track, Blues on Purpose, also belongs to these sessions.
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I looked into the data of the Half Note recordings and it’s a discographical mess. Obviously Creed Taylor was dissatisfied with the sound of the live recordings, that may have been the main reason why he had Wes and the Wynton Kelly Trio record three studio tracks a couple of months after the club date. The first LP Smokin‘ At The Half Note released these three and only two live tracks. The next LP Willow Weep For Me released four more, but with overdubbed orchestra to veil the inferior sound, and four unreleased studio tracks from previous sessions. More unreleased live tracks and the first two and the four without overdubs later appeared on the Verve twofer The Small Group Recordings and two Japanese Smokin‘ At The Half Note LPs (vol. 1 & 2 – the four studio tracks from the Willow Weep For Me LP plus four more unreleased tracks were on another Japanese LP release Just Walkin‘). All of these plus a re-edited version of The Surrey With The Fringe On Top (radio announcements were removed etc. on the initially released version) were included on the Verve double CD The Verve Jazz Sides.
Listening to the Half Note tracks it is not hard to understand why Taylor was not happy with the audio quality … often the guitar is too low in the mix, etc.
Der vollständige Titel der erwähnten Doppel-CD lautet: „Impressions: The Verve Jazz Sides“ (1995 erschienen).
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