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Bags Meets Wes

Bags Meets Wes!
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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)Statements1961
Bags Meets Wes!
(1962)
Big Bags
(1962)Big Bags1962
Wes Montgomery chronology
So Much Guitar
(1961) So Much Guitar1961
Bags Meets Wes!
(1962) Bags Meets Wes!1962
Full House
(1962) Full House1962
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars
Down Beat 3/5 stars

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.

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..."


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