This Rather Than That Explained

This Rather Than That
Type:	studio
Artist:	Buddy Montgomery
Cover:	This Rather Than That.jpg
Released:	1970
Recorded:	September 10 & 11, 1969
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	40:15
Label:	Impulse!
Producer:	Ed Michel
Chronology:	Buddy Montgomery
Prev Title:	The Two Sided Album
Prev Year:	1968
Next Title:	Ties of Love
Next Year:	1987

This Rather Than That is an album by American jazz vibraphonist and pianist Buddy Montgomery recorded in 1969 for the Impulse! label.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review awarded the album 3 stars.^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Buddy Montgomery except as indicated

1. "This Rather Than That" - 3:53
2. "Tin Tin Deo" (Chano Pozo) - 5:30
3. "Rose Bud" - 5:48
4. "Stormy" (Buddy Buie, J. R. Cobb) - 5:35
5. "Willy Nilly Blues" - 6:35
6. "Beautiful Love" (Egbert Van Alstyne, Haven Gillespie, Victor Young, Wayne King) - 5:22
7. "Didn't We" (Jimmy Webb) - 3:12
8. "Winding Up" - 4:20

• Recorded at Universal Recorders in Chicago, Illinois on September 10 & 11, 1969

Personnel

• Buddy Montgomery - vibraphone, piano
• Jodie Christian - piano (tracks 4 & 5)
• Melvin Rhyne - organ (tracks 1, 2, 6 & 8)
• Manty Ellis - guitar (tracks 4 & 5)
• Jimmy Rowser - bass (tracks 3 & 4)
• Monk Montgomery - Fender bass (tracks 1, 2, 5, 6 & 8)
• George Brown - drums

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/impulse-records/catalog-9100-series/#as-9192 Impulse! Records discography
2. http://www.allmusic.com/album/this-rather-than-that-r144192 Allmusic Review