Wynton Kelly Trio, Wes Montgomery
Smokin' At The Half Note
LabelVerve Records, UmeboshiGenreJazz & Improvisation
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180g Vinyl LP! Remastered & Pressed at Quality Record Pressings! Mastered by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound from Original Analog Tapes! This important historic jazz record pairs guitar virtuoso Wes Montgomery with Miles Davis' rhythm section - featuring Paul Chambers on bass, Jimmy Cobb on drums and Wynton Kelly on piano. This is timeless music that has inspired innumerable jazz guitarists and aficionados. In fact, jazz guitar great Pat Metheny has said, "I learned to play listening to Wes Montgomery's Smokin' at the Half Note." Metheny additionally said that the solo on "If You Could See Me Now" is his favorite of all time. This legendary session was recorded at a New York nightclub. It captures Montgomery at the height of his improvisational powers. Many consider it the best performance on record by one of the most inventive guitarists in jazz history. Highlights include the Miles Davis opener, "No Blues," and the following track, Tadd Dameron's "If You Could See Me Now." And the album's versions of "Unit 7" and "Four on Six" have helped to establish these songs as jazz standards. Seeking to offer definitive audiophile-grade versions of some of the most historic and best jazz records ever recorded, Verve Label Group and Universal Music Enterprises' audiophile Acoustic Sounds vinyl reissue series utilizes the skills of top mastering engineers and the unsurpassed production craft of Quality Record Pressings. All titles are mastered from the original analog tapes, pressed on 180-gram vinyl and packaged by Stoughton Printing Co. in high-quality gatefold sleeves with tip-on jackets.
Format
Recorded June 1965 at the Half Note, New York City; and September 22, 1965 at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
A Verve Records release; Originally released in 1965 on Verve Records © 2023 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Distributed by Universal Music Enterprises, A Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
A Universal Music Company
Runouts are etched except "STERLING" is stamped.
Release notes
Recorded June 1965 at the Half Note, New York City; and September 22, 1965 at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. A Verve Records release; Originally released in 1965 on Verve Records © 2023 UMG Recordings, Inc. Distributed by Universal Music Enterprises, A Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. A Universal Music Company Runouts are etched except "STERLING" is stamped.
| A1 | No Blues | 13:00 | |
| A2 | If You Could See Me Now | 6:45 | |
| B1 | Unit 7 | 7:30 | |
| B2 | Four On Six | 6:45 | |
| B3 | What's New? | 6:00 |
- Paul Chambers
- Bass
- Acy Lehman
- Design [Cover Design], Cover [Cover Design]
- Jimmy Cobb
- Drums
- Val Valentin
- Engineer [Director of Engineering]
- Rudy Van Gelder
- Engineer [Engineered By]
- Wes Montgomery
- Guitar
- RKS
- Lacquer Cut By, Mastered By [Reissue Mastering]
- Chuck Taylor
- Liner Notes [Notes By]
- Jon Henry
- Photography By [Cover Photo], Cover [Cover Photo]
- Wynton Kelly
- Piano
- Creed Taylor
- Producer [Produced By]
- Chad Kassem
- Supervised By [Reissue Supervisor, Acoustic Sounds]





















































