Bags Meets Wes! Explained

Bags Meets Wes!
Type:	studio
Artist:	Milt Jackson and Wes Montgomery
Cover:	Bags Meets Wes.jpg
Released:	1962
Recorded:	December 18–19, 1961
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	55:07 (Reissue)
Label:	Riverside
Producer:	Orrin Keepnews
Chronology:	Milt Jackson
Prev Title:	Statements
Prev Year:	1962
Next Title:	The Comedy
Next Year:	1962

Bags Meets Wes! is an album by Milt Jackson and Wes Montgomery, released in 1962 by Riverside. It was reissued in 1999 by the Original Jazz Classics label, with additional takes, and again in 2006.

Reception

In his AllMusic review, Alex Henderson wrote: "Although Jackson and Montgomery prove what lyrical ballad players they could be on the standard 'Stairway to the Stars', ballads aren't a high priority on this album. Instead, the improvisers put more of their energy into the blues..."

Track listing

1962 LP album:

1. "S.K.J." (Milt Jackson) – 5:17
2. "Stablemates" (Benny Golson) – 5:45
3. "Stairway to the Stars" (Malneck, Parish, Signorelli) – 3:38
4. "Blue Roz" (Wes Montgomery) – 4:46
5. "Sam Sack" (Jackson) – 6:06
6. "Jingles" (Montgomery) – 6:56
7. "Delilah" (Victor Young) – 6:07

1999 CD reissue:

1. "S.K.J." (Jackson) – 5:17
2. "Stablemates" (Golson) – 5:45
3. "Stairway to the Stars [Take 3]" (Malneck, Parish, Signorelli) – 3:38
4. "Blue Roz" (Montgomery) – 4:46
5. "Sam Sack" (Jackson) – 6:06
6. "Jingles [Take 9]" (Montgomery) – 6:55
7. "Delilah [Take 4]" (Victor Young) – 6:12
8. "Stairway to the Stars [Take 2]" (Malneck, Parish, Signorelli) – 3:47
9. "Jingles [Take 8]" (Montgomery) – 6:54
10. "Delilah" [Take 2] (Young) – 6:18

Personnel

Musicians

• Milt Jackson – vibraphone
• Wes Montgomery – guitar
• Wynton Kelly – piano
• Sam Jones – double bass
• Philly Joe Jones – drums

Production

• Tamaki Beck – mastering
• Ken Deardoff – cover design
• Ray Fowler – engineer
• Joe Goldberg – liner notes
• Orrin Keepnews – producer, liner notes