Bags Meets Wes!

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.

Bags Meets Wes!
Studio album by Milt Jackson and Wes Montgomery
Released	1962
Recorded	December 18–19, 1961
Genre	Jazz
Length	55:07 (Reissue)
Label	Riverside
Producer	Orrin Keepnews
Milt Jackson chronology
Statements (1961) Bags Meets Wes! (1962) Big Bags (1962)
Wes Montgomery chronology
SO Much Guitar! (1961) Bags Meets Wes! (1962) Full House (1962)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
DownBeat	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[3]

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..."^[1]

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

References

1. Henderson, Alex. "Bags Meets Wes! > Review". AllMusic. Retrieved July 31, 2011.
2. DownBeat: June 7, 1962 vol. 29, no. 12
3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008) The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th edition). Penguin. p. 755