In the Beginning

~ Release by Wes Montgomery (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

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1Soft Winds
bass:
Flip Stewart (from 1949 until 1958)
drums (drum set):
Paul Parker (jazz drummer) (from 1949 until 1958)
electric guitar [guitar]:
Wes Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
piano:
Melvin Rhyne (from 1949 until 1958)
recording of:
Soft Winds (also attributed to Fletcher Henderson) (from 1949 until 1958)
composer:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader)
publisher:
Jewel Music Publishing Co., Inc. (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Twenty-Eighth Street Music
12:00
2Robbins' Nest
bass:
Monk Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
drums (drum set):
Paul Parker (jazz drummer) (from 1949 until 1958)
electric guitar [guitar]:
Wes Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
piano:
Richie Crabtree (from 1949 until 1958)
recording of:
Robbins’ Nest (from 1949 until 1958)
composer:
Illinois Jacquet (in 1947) and Sir Charles Thompson (jazz) (in 1947)
12:30
3A Night in Tunisia
bass:
Monk Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
drums (drum set):
Paul Parker (jazz drummer) (from 1949 until 1958)
electric guitar [guitar]:
Wes Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
piano:
Richie Crabtree (from 1949 until 1958)
recording of:
Night in Tunisia (instrumental) (from 1949 until 1958)
composer:
Dizzy Gillespie and Frank Paparelli
publisher:
Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US)
5:18
4Love for Sale
bass:
Monk Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
drums (drum set):
Sonny Johnson (US 1950s jazz drummer, cfr Art Farmer) (from 1949 until 1958)
electric guitar [guitar]:
Wes Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
piano:
Buddy Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
tenor saxophone:
Alonzo “Pookie” Johnson (saxophonist and flautist) (from 1949 until 1958)
instrumental recording of:
Love for Sale (from 1949 until 1958)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1930)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell Music Ltd., Harms, Inc. and Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!)
3:55
5Leila
bass:
Monk Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
drums (drum set):
Sonny Johnson (US 1950s jazz drummer, cfr Art Farmer) (from 1949 until 1958)
electric guitar [guitar]:
Wes Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
piano:
Buddy Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
tenor saxophone:
Alonzo “Pookie” Johnson (saxophonist and flautist) (from 1949 until 1958)
recording of:
Leila (from 1949 until 1958)
composer:
Wes Montgomery
publisher:
EMI Unart Catalog Inc., Taggie Music Co. (publisher) and Upam Music Co.
2:59
6Blues
bass:
Monk Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
drums (drum set):
Sonny Johnson (US 1950s jazz drummer, cfr Art Farmer) (from 1949 until 1958)
electric guitar [guitar]:
Wes Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
piano:
Buddy Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
tenor saxophone:
Alonzo “Pookie” Johnson (saxophonist and flautist) (from 1949 until 1958)
3:20
7Undecided
bass:
Monk Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
drums (drum set):
Sonny Johnson (US 1950s jazz drummer, cfr Art Farmer) (from 1949 until 1958)
electric guitar [guitar]:
Wes Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
piano:
Buddy Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
tenor saxophone:
Alonzo “Pookie” Johnson (saxophonist and flautist) (from 1949 until 1958)
instrumental recording of:
Undecided (from 1949 until 1958)
lyricist:
Sid Robin (US lyricist & composer) (in 1938)
composer:
Charlie Shavers (in 1938)
3:10
8Far Wes
bass:
Monk Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
drums (drum set):
Sonny Johnson (US 1950s jazz drummer, cfr Art Farmer) (from 1949 until 1958)
electric guitar [guitar]:
Wes Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
piano:
Buddy Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
tenor saxophone:
Alonzo “Pookie” Johnson (saxophonist and flautist) (from 1949 until 1958)
recording of:
Far Wes (from 1949 until 1958)
composer:
Wes Montgomery (in 1958)
3:24
9All the Things You Are
electric guitar [guitar]:
Wes Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
tenor saxophone:
Alonzo “Pookie” Johnson (saxophonist and flautist) (from 1949 until 1958)
instrumental recording of:
All the Things You Are (from “Very Warm for May”)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1939)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1939)
publisher:
Polygram Int. Publishing (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998) (ended), T.B. Harms Inc. (ended) and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
part of:
Broadway Rhythm (film)
12:05
10King Trotter
bass:
Roy Johnson (US jazz double bassist) (from 1949 until 1958)
drums (drum set):
Earl Walker (jazz drummer) (from 1949 until 1958)
electric guitar [guitar]:
Wes Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
piano:
Douglas Duke (from 1949 until 1958)
tenor saxophone:
Gene Morris (saxophonist) (from 1949 until 1958)
2:37
11Carlena's Blues
bass:
Roy Johnson (US jazz double bassist) (from 1949 until 1958)
drums (drum set):
Earl Walker (jazz drummer) (from 1949 until 1958)
electric guitar [guitar]:
Wes Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
piano:
Douglas Duke (from 1949 until 1958)
tenor saxophone:
Gene Morris (saxophonist) (from 1949 until 1958)
2:50
12Smooth Evening
bass:
Roy Johnson (US jazz double bassist) (from 1949 until 1958)
drums (drum set):
Earl Walker (jazz drummer) (from 1949 until 1958)
electric guitar [guitar]:
Wes Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
piano:
Douglas Duke (from 1949 until 1958)
tenor saxophone:
Gene Morris (saxophonist) (from 1949 until 1958)
vocals:
Sonny Parker (from 1949 until 1958)
2:54

Credits

Release

mastered at:Resonance Records Studios in Beverly Hills (ended)