SO Much Guitar! explained

SO Much Guitar!
Type:	studio
Artist:	Wes Montgomery
Cover:	So Much Guitar.jpg
Released:	October 1961^[1]
Recorded:	August 4, 1961
Studio:	Plaza Sound Studios, New York City
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	38:54
Label:	Riverside
Producer:	Orrin Keepnews
Prev Title:	Movin' Along
Prev Year:	1960
Next Title:	Bags Meets Wes!
Next Year:	1962

So Much Guitar! (stylized on the original album cover as SO Much Guitar!) is an album by American jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery, released by Riverside Records in 1961. It was reissued by Fantasy Records as a part of the Original Jazz Classics series.^[2]

All the tracks are available on the Wes Montgomery compilation CD The Complete Riverside Recordings.

Reception

AllMusic critic Scott Yanow called the album "one of Wes Montgomery's finest recordings... All eight performances are memorable in their own way." PopMatters journalist Neil Kelly wrote: "So Much Guitar! is Montgomery at his most comfortably virile ... one of the finest recordings you’ll ever put in your player."

Track listing

1. "Twisted Blues" (Wes Montgomery) – 5:31
2. "Cotton Tail" (Duke Ellington) – 3:38
3. "I Wish I Knew" (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) – 5:26
4. "I'm Just a Lucky So-and-So" (Ellington, Mack David) – 5:57
5. "Repetition" (Neal Hefti) – 3:48
6. "Somethin' Like Bags" (Montgomery) – 4:44
7. "While We're Young" (Morty Palitz, Alec Wilder) – 2:12
8. "One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 7:38

Personnel

• Wes Montgomery – guitar
• Hank Jones – piano
• Ron Carter – bass
• Ray Barretto – conga
• Lex Humphries – drums

Production

• Orrin Keepnews – producer
• Ray Fowler – engineer

External links

• Jazz Discography

Notes and References

1. Web site: Billboard. October 16, 1961.
2. AllMusic entry for So Much Guitar.