Bags Meets Wes!

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)

Bags Meets Wes! is a collaboration jazz album by Milt Jackson and Wes Montgomery, released in 1962 (see 1962 in music). It was reissued in 1999 with additional takes and again in 2006 with 11 tracks.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

In his Allmusic review, music critic Alex Henderson wrote of the album "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

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

1999 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 [*]" (Victor Young) – 6:12
8. "Stairway to the Stars [*]" (Malneck, Parish, Signorelli) – 3:47
9. "Jingles [*]" (Montgomery) – 6:54
10. "Delilah" [*] (Young) – 6:18

Credits

Music

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

Production

• Tamaki Beck – Mastering
• Ken Deardoff – Cover Design
• Ray Fowler – Engineer
• Joe Goldberg – Liner Notes
• Orrin Keepnews – Producer, Liner Notes

References