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Guitar on the Go

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Guitar on the Go
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 1966[1]
Recorded1959–1963
StudioPlaza Sound Studios, New York City
GenreJazz
Length42:21 (Reissue)
LabelRiverside
ProducerOrrin Keepnews
Wes Montgomery chronology
Portrait of Wes
(1963)
Guitar on the Go
(1966)
The Alternative Wes Montgomery
(1963)

Guitar on the Go is an album by American jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery that released in 1966. It includes tracks recorded in 1959 and October and November 1963. The album was Montgomery's last for Riverside before signing with Verve.[2]

Guitar on the Go was reissued in the Original Jazz Classics series with an additional take of "The Way You Look Tonight" and the bonus track "Unidentified Solo Guitar".[3]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[5]

Jazz critic Scott Yanow called the release "a worthy if not essential addition to Wes Montgomery's discography" and, due to his later change of style to a more pop-oriented approach, "the end of an era."[2]

Track listing

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  1. "The Way You Look Tonight" [Alternate take] (Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields) – 5:48
  2. "The Way You Look Tonight" (Kern, Fields) – 9:08
  3. "Dreamsville" (Ray Evans, Jay Livingston, Henry Mancini) – 3:48
  4. "Geno" (Wes Montgomery) – 2:53
  5. "Missile Blues" (Montgomery) – 5:57
  6. "For All We Know" (J. Fred Coots, Sam M. Lewis) – 4:29
  7. "Fried Pies" (Montgomery) – 6:41
  8. "Mi Cosa (Take 1)" (Montgomery) – 3:37

Personnel

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Production notes:

References

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  1. ^ "Billboard". November 5, 1966.
  2. ^ a b c Yanow, Scott. "Guitar on the Go > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved December 18, 2010.
  3. ^ Jazz Discography entry for Wes Montgomery. Retrieved November 2009.
  4. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 146. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  5. ^ 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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