It's all about Jazz: Jimmy Smith and Wes Montgomery

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Jimmy Smith and Wes Montgomery - The Dynamic Duo (1966)

Jimmy Smith and Wes Montgomery - The Dynamic Duo (1966)
EAC | FLAC+CUE+LOG+Full Artwork -> 270 Mb
© 1997 Verve Master Edition 314521445-2
Hard Bop | Jazz-Funk | Soul Jazz | Crossover Jazz

Descripstion

Creed Taylor matched two of his most famous artists, Wes Montgomery and Jimmy Smith, on this session (Montgomery's last for Verve), and the results are incendiary -- a near-ideal meeting of yin and yang. Smith comes at your throat with his big attacks and blues runs while Montgomery responds with rounder, smoother octaves and single notes that still convey much heat. They are an amazing pair, complementing each other, driving each other, using their bop and blues taproots to fuse together a sound. The romping, aggressive big band charts -- Oliver Nelson at his best -- on "Down by the Riverside" and "Night Train," and the pungently haunting chart for Gary McFarland's "13" (Death March)" still leave plenty of room for the soloists to stretch out. "James and Wes" and "Baby, It's Cold Outside" include drummer Grady Tate and conguero Ray Barretto, with Smith's own feet working the organ pedals. The Verve Master Edition reissue also includes an alternate take of "O.G.D." with Tate and Barretto, a track previously surfacing on a long-gone Encyclopedia of Jazz anthology LP from the '60s -- a neat bonus that makes this the preferred version.

Tracklist

1. Down by the riverside
2. Night train
3. James and Wes
4. 13 (Death March)
5. Baby it's cold outside
6. O.G.D. (aka Road Song) alt take

Personel

Jimmy Smith – hammond organ
Wes Montgomery – guitar
Oliver Nelson - arranger
Jerome Richardson - clarinet
Bob Ashton - tenor sax, flute & clarinet
Phil Woods - baritone sax
Clark Terry - trumpet & flugelhorn
Richard Nixon - trombone
Ray Barretto - percussion
Grady Tate - drums
Ernie Royal - trumpet
Clark Terry - trumpet
Jimmy Cleveland - trombone
Melba Liston - trombone
Danny Bank - baritone sax, bass clarinet, flute & alto flute
Jerry Dodgion - alto sax, clarinet, flute & alto flute
Richard Davis - bass