Wes Montgomery - Bumpin' (1965) [rapidshare/jazz/mp3 download]

Wes Montgomery - Bumpin' (1965)
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Allmusic.com:
Taking the listener on a smoother, rather than bumpier, ride down the moonlight highway of jazz is Wes Montgomery, a chief architect of the world's guitar virtuoso scene. Not only is his brilliant command of the six-string present here, so is the vivid color tones of notes and blue notes played between. Backed up by a hauntingly beautiful and mesmerizing orchestra conducted and arranged by Don Sebesky, the music almost lifts the listener off his feet into a dreamy, water-like landscape. The atmosphere is serene and enchanting, such as a romantic evening for two under starlight, and certainly a romantic eve merits the accompaniment of this record. The sounds are soft, smooth, and silky, and Montgomery addresses full leadership of his graceful melodic style, fronting close to 20 members of a orchestra perhaps best described resonant and sweeping. So too are the sweeping note flows of Montgomery's guitar, and his surprising fluidness towards the art of comping, a necessary trait of the jazz guitar virtuoso. Even the unforgettable Jim Hall can be tickled and intrigued through a listen of these influential records, as for all amateur and professional guitar musicians. "A Quiet Thing" is perhaps the most somber, peaceful, and smooth piece on the record, demonstrating Montgomery's love of quiet, and how much the idea of not playing at all brings music to the listeners. The charming sounds of orchestral violas, violins, cellos, and harp are sent ablaze to create a pleasant atmosphere, either for a quick morning get up, get ready for work, or evening dining setting. "Here's That Rainy Day" is an up-tempo bossa nova tune that resonates with Montgomery's enticing chordal changes and blissful phrasing, not to mention the blend of harp and strings lays the groundwork for a perfect rainy day inside, with drops pattering at the windows and fires aglow. The recording engineer did a wonderful job with this album. The sound quality is clear and lush, and, overall, this collection of mid-'60s cool jazz is a delight to listen too, once and again.

vervemusicgroup.com:
This was the first in a series of LP collaborations among Wes Montgomery, Don Sebesky, and Creed Taylor. It established not just a way of collaborating -- where the soloist creates freely and then the arranger provides the orchestration using the musician's licks -- but a whole sound. As Sebesky says in his liner note, Bumpin' was the template from which dozens of recordings were and still are being made.

Sebesky recalls that this LP augured a golden era, where so much good music was made: "We were working in a 'family business' atmosphere." Here is the great LP restored -- with three bonus tracks.

cduniverse.com:
In his liner notes for the reissue of BUMPIN', arranger Don Sebesky describes how intimidated Wes Montgomery got by the presence of all the Juilliard-trained musicians in the studio. So Sebesky and producer Creed Taylor had Montgomery go in and record with just a rhythm section, keeping sketches on hand of where the orchestrations would fill things out after the fact. This, says Sebesky, put Montgomery's well-known smile back on his face, and you can hear this in the tracks.

Here the guitarist sounds relaxed and extroverted, like he's got room to play. Montgomery always included original tunes and other jazz composers' work in among the standards he chose: here it's Dizzy Gillespie's "Con Alma," along with his own title cut, and "Tear It Down," recorded with just the rhythm section of Roger Kellaway, Bob Cranshaw and Grady Tate. While you don't quite get the fire-breathing interaction and stretching out of Montgomery's Riverside releases, there's cool, low-flame cooking going on during the title track, the Gillespie tune, Sebesky's blues "Musty," and others. The ballads give Montgomery a chance to provide some lush chord-melody work, particularly on the original "Mi Cosa."

Personnel:
Wes Montgomery, Guitar
Harry Lookofsky, Violin
David Schwartz, Viola
Charles McCracken, Cello
Margaret Ross, Harp
Roger Kellaway, Piano
Bob Cranshaw, Bass
Grady Tate, Drums
Don Sebesky, Arranger, Conductor

Tracks:
1. Bumpin'
2. Tear It Down
3. A Quiet Thing
4. Con Alma
5. The Shadow Of Your Smile
6. Mi Cosa
7. Here's That Rainy Day
8. Musty
9. Just Walkin'
10. My One And Only Love
11. Just Walkin' (Previously Unissued)

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