The Alternative Wes Montgomery

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| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web |first=Scott |last= Yanow |title= The Alternative Wes Montgomery > Review |url= {{AllMusic|class=album|id= r144198 |pure_url=yes}} |publisher=AllMusic |accessdate= December 17, 2010}}

| rev3 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide

| rev3Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{Cite book

|editor-last=Swenson

|editor-first=J.

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| year = 1985

| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide

| publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone

| location = USA

| isbn = 0-394-72643-X

| page = 146

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|rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

|rev2score = {{Rating|3|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=1028}}

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In his AllMusic review, Scott Yanow wrote that "the mistakes and flaws (such as they are) are minor on these performances and this CD gives one a good introduction into Montgomery's early recordings."

1. "Born to be Blue" (Mel Tormé, Robert Wells)
2. "S.O.S." (Wes Montgomery) (Take 2)
3. "Come Rain or Come Shine" (Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen) (Take 1)
4. "Fried Pies" (Montgomery) (Take 1)
5. "Besame Mucho" (Consuelo Velázquez, Sunny Skylar) (Take 2)
6. "The Way You Look Tonight" (Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields) (Take 2)
7. "Stairway to the Stars" (Malneck, Parish, Signorelli) (Take 2)
8. "Jingles" (Montgomery) (Take 8)
9. "Bock to Bock" (Montgomery) (Take 1)
10. "Doujie" (Take 7)
11. "Movin’ Along" (Montgomery) (Take 1)
12. "Body and Soul" (Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton, Johnny Green) (Take 2)
13. "Tune Up" (Miles Davis) (Take 9)
14. "Tune Up" (With Strings) (Take 2)

• Wes Montgomery – guitar
• Paul Chambers – bass (2, 3)
• Jimmy Cobb – drums (2, 3, 4, 5)
• Wynton Kelly – piano (2, 3, 7, 8)
• Johnny Griffin – saxophone (2, 3)
• Mel Rhyne – organ (4, 5, 6)
• George Brown – drums (6)
• Sam Jones – bass (7, 8, 11, 12, 13)
• Philly Joe Jones – drums (7, 8)
• Milt Jackson – vibraphone (7, 8)
• Monk Montgomery – bass (9, 10)
• Buddy Montgomery – piano (9, 10)
• Bobby Thomas – drums (9, 10)
• Louis Hayes – drums (11, 12, 13)
• James Clay – flute (11, 12, 13)
• Victor Feldman – piano (11, 12, 13)
• Milt Hinton – bass (14)
• Osie Johnson – drums (14)
• Kenny Burrell – guitar (14)
• Margaret Rose – harp (14)
• Dick Hyman – piano (14)
• Jimmy Jones – string arrangement (14)
• Gene Orloff – concertmaster (14)
• Phil Bodner – woodwinds (14)

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