Portrait of Wes

Portrait of Wes is one of the two issues of Wes Montgomery's last cut for Riverside Records. His performances in October and November 1963 are issued as two albums by Riverside. The other album is released as Guitar on the Go which is the last official album of Montgomery under his Riverside contract. Ironically, Montgomery worked with Melvin Rhyne for his first recordings for Riverside and with this performance, he again worked with Rhyne, but this time for his last recordings for soon to be bankrupt Riverside.^[1]

It has been reissued by Original Jazz Classics with additional alternate takes.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[2]

Allmusic jazz critic Scott Yanow said of Portrait of Wes: "The brilliant guitarist is in fine form on these appealing tunes with the highlights including "Freddie the Freeloader," "Blues Riff" and "Moanin.'"^[1]

Track listing

Original Issue by Riverside

Side 1:

"Freddie The Freeloader" - 5:14
"Lolita" - 6:32
"Movin' Along" - 6:16

Side 2:

"Dangerous" (Montgomery) – 7:03
"Yesterday's Child" (Charles DeForest) – 4:14
"Moanin'" (Bobby Timmons) – 5:48

Reissue By Original Jazz Classics

"Freddie Freeloader" (Miles Davis) – 5:16
"Lolita" (Barry Harris) – 6:36
"Blues Riff" (Wes Montgomery) – 6:18
"Blues Riff" [Alternate take] (Montgomery) – 8:14
"Dangerous" (Montgomery) – 7:03
"Yesterday's Child" (Charles DeForest) – 4:14
"Moanin'" (Bobby Timmons) – 5:48
"Moanin'" [Alternate take] (Timmons) – 4:35

Personnel

Wes Montgomery – guitar
Melvin Rhyne – organ
George Brown – drums

Production notes:

Orrin Keepnews – producer
Ray Fowler – engineer
Sam Alexander - Album Design
Carl Grassini - Cover Painting

References

1 2 3 Yanow, Scott. "Portrait of Wes > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved December 18, 2010.
↑ Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 146. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

External links

Jazz Discography

Montgomery Brothers

Wes Montgomery Buddy Montgomery Monk Montgomery

Albums	Almost Forgotten (1955) The Montgomery Brothers and Five Others (1957) Montgomeryland (1958) Groove Yard (1961) George Shearing and the Montgomery Brothers (1961) The Montgomery Brothers (1961) The Montgomery Brothers in Canada (1961) Love Walked In (1961) Wes, Buddy and Monk Montgomery (1961)

Wes solo	Fingerpickin' Far Wes The Wes Montgomery Trio The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery Movin' Along So Much Guitar Bags Meets Wes! Full House Fusion! Wes Montgomery with Strings Boss Guitar Portrait of Wes Guitar on the Go The Alternative Wes Montgomery Bumpin' Movin' Wes Smokin' at the Half Note Smokin' Guitar Goin' out of My Head California Dreaming Tequila A Day in the Life The Complete Riverside Recordings

Monk solo	It's Never Too Late (1969) Bass Odyssey (1971) Reality (1974) Monk Montgomery in Africa...Live! (1975)

Buddy solo	The Two-Sided Album (1968) This Rather Than That (1969) Ties of Love (1987) So Why Not? Live at Maybeck Recital Hall Here Again Icebreaker (2001) A Love Affair in Paris (2001) A Day in the Life (2006)

The Mastersounds	Jazz Showcase introducing The Mastersounds (1957) The King And I (1957) Kismet (1958) The Flower Drum Song (1958) Ballads and Blues (1959) The Mastersounds in Concert (1959) Happy Holidays from many lands (1959) The Mastersounds play Horace Silver (1960) Swinging with The Mastersounds (1961) The Mastersounds on Tour (1961) A Date with The Mastersounds (1961)

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