In the Beginning

~ Release by Wes Montgomery (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Annotation

Credits from Bandcamp

Wes Montgomery, guitar all tracks except bass on Ralph’s New Blues
Buddy Montgomery, piano – tracks 1-13 & 18-22 /vibes on track 14
Monk Montgomery, bass – tracks 1-7, 9,12,13, 16-22
Alonzo “Pookie” Johnson, tenor sax – 1-9, 13 & 18-23
Sonny Johnson, drums – 1-14 & 18-22
John Dale, bass – tracks 8 & 10
Paul Parker, drums – tracks 15-17
Flip Stewart, bass – track 15
Melvin Rhyne, piano – track 15
Roy Johnson, bass – tracks 24-26
Douglas Duke, piana – tracks 24-26
Gene Morris, tenor sax – tracks 24-26
Earl “Fox” Walker, drums – tracks 24-26
Sonny Parker, vocals – track 26
Debbie Andrews – tracks 10 & 11
Richie Crabtree, piano – tracks 16 & 17
Unknown Musician, piano – track 14

Annotation last modified on 2025-04-21 18:03 UTC.

Tracklist

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1After You’ve Gone
bass:
Monk Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
drums (drum set):
Sonny Johnson (US 1950s jazz drummer, cfr Art Farmer) (from 1949 until 1958)
electric guitar [guitar]:
Wes Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
piano:
Buddy Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
tenor saxophone:
Alonzo “Pookie” Johnson (saxophonist and flautist) (from 1949 until 1958)
instrumental recording of:
After You’ve Gone (from 1949 until 1958)
lyricist:
Henry Creamer (Lyricist) (in 1918)
composer:
Turner Layton (in 1918)
publisher:
Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd. and Morley Music Corp.
part of:
For Me and My Gal (1942 movie)
5:01
2Fascinating Rhythm
bass:
Monk Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
drums (drum set):
Sonny Johnson (US 1950s jazz drummer, cfr Art Farmer) (from 1949 until 1958)
electric guitar [guitar]:
Wes Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
piano:
Buddy Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
tenor saxophone:
Alonzo “Pookie” Johnson (saxophonist and flautist) (from 1949 until 1958)
instrumental recording of:
Fascinatin’ Rhythm (from 1949 until 1958)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1924)
publisher:
WB Music Corp. (renewed) (1929–2019) and Harms, Inc. (in 1924)
part of:
Girl Crazy (1930 Musical)
part of:
Lady, Be Good (full musical)
4:23
3Brazil
bass:
Monk Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
drums (drum set):
Sonny Johnson (US 1950s jazz drummer, cfr Art Farmer) (from 1949 until 1958)
electric guitar [guitar]:
Wes Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
piano:
Buddy Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
tenor saxophone:
Alonzo “Pookie” Johnson (saxophonist and flautist) (from 1949 until 1958)
recording of:
Aquarela do Brasil (from 1949 until 1958)
lyricist and composer:
Ary Barroso
4:14
4What Is There to Say?
bass:
Monk Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
drums (drum set):
Sonny Johnson (US 1950s jazz drummer, cfr Art Farmer) (from 1949 until 1958)
electric guitar [guitar]:
Wes Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
piano:
Buddy Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
tenor saxophone:
Alonzo “Pookie” Johnson (saxophonist and flautist) (from 1949 until 1958)
instrumental recording of:
What Is There to Say? (from 1949 until 1958)
lyricist:
Yip Harburg
composer:
Vernon Duke
publisher:
BMG Songs, Next Decade Entertainment and T.B. Harms Co.
5:47
5Four
bass:
Monk Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
drums (drum set):
Sonny Johnson (US 1950s jazz drummer, cfr Art Farmer) (from 1949 until 1958)
electric guitar [guitar]:
Wes Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
piano:
Buddy Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
tenor saxophone:
Alonzo “Pookie” Johnson (saxophonist and flautist) (from 1949 until 1958)
recording of:
Four (original instrumental version) (from 1949 until 1958)
composer:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter)
5:30
6Wes' Tune
bass:
Monk Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
drums (drum set):
Sonny Johnson (US 1950s jazz drummer, cfr Art Farmer) (from 1949 until 1958)
electric guitar [guitar]:
Wes Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
piano:
Buddy Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
tenor saxophone:
Alonzo “Pookie” Johnson (saxophonist and flautist) (from 1949 until 1958)
6:07
7My Heart Stood Still
bass:
Monk Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
drums (drum set):
Sonny Johnson (US 1950s jazz drummer, cfr Art Farmer) (from 1949 until 1958)
electric guitar [guitar]:
Wes Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
piano:
Buddy Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
tenor saxophone:
Alonzo “Pookie” Johnson (saxophonist and flautist) (from 1949 until 1958)
instrumental recording of:
My Heart Stood Still (from 1949 until 1958)
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1927)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1927)
publisher:
Harms, Inc., Laurence Harms, Inc., Warner Bros. (holding: file NO releases), Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
part of:
One Dam Thing After Another
5:58
8How High the Moon
bass:
John Dale (bassist) (from 1949 until 1958)
drums (drum set):
Sonny Johnson (US 1950s jazz drummer, cfr Art Farmer) (from 1949 until 1958)
electric guitar [guitar]:
Wes Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
piano:
Buddy Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
tenor saxophone:
Alonzo “Pookie” Johnson (saxophonist and flautist) (from 1949 until 1958)
instrumental recording of:
How High the Moon (from 1949 until 1958)
lyricist:
Nancy Hamilton (in 1940)
composer:
Morgan Lewis (in 1940)
publisher:
Chappell (company that specialized in library and production music), Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
5:13
9Django
bass:
Monk Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
drums (drum set):
Sonny Johnson (US 1950s jazz drummer, cfr Art Farmer) (from 1949 until 1958)
electric guitar [guitar]:
Wes Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
piano:
Buddy Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
tenor saxophone:
Alonzo “Pookie” Johnson (saxophonist and flautist) (from 1949 until 1958)
recording of:
Django (from 1949 until 1958)
composer:
John Lewis (pianist, member of Modern Jazz Quartet) (in 1954)
publisher:
MJQ Music, Inc.
5:53
10Going Down to Big Mary's
bass:
John Dale (bassist) (from 1949 until 1958)
drums (drum set):
Sonny Johnson (US 1950s jazz drummer, cfr Art Farmer) (from 1949 until 1958)
electric guitar [guitar]:
Wes Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
piano:
Buddy Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
vocals:
Debbie Andrews (from 1949 until 1958)
3:26
11I Should Care
drums (drum set):
Sonny Johnson (US 1950s jazz drummer, cfr Art Farmer) (from 1949 until 1958)
electric guitar [guitar]:
Wes Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
piano:
Buddy Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
vocals:
Debbie Andrews (from 1949 until 1958)
recording of:
I Should Care (from 1949 until 1958)
writer:
Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl and Paul Weston
publisher:
Cahn Music Company, Dorsey Brothers Music, Hanover Music Corp., Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music), Peermusic (UK) Limited and Stordahl Music Publishing
sub-publisher:
ピアーミュージック (Peer Music Japan, Japan, subsidiary of Nichion)
3:24
12Caravan
bass:
Monk Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
drums (drum set):
Sonny Johnson (US 1950s jazz drummer, cfr Art Farmer) (from 1949 until 1958)
electric guitar [guitar]:
Wes Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
piano:
Buddy Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
recording of:
Caravan (from 1949 until 1958)
lyricist:
Irving Mills (in 1937)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1936) and Juan Tizol (in 1936)
publisher:
American Academy of Music, Inc., Duke Ellington Music, EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody), Mills Music, Inc., Sony/ATV Harmony and Lafleur Music Ltd. (from 1995-12-12 to present)
4:51
13Six Bridges to Cross
bass:
Monk Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
drums (drum set):
Sonny Johnson (US 1950s jazz drummer, cfr Art Farmer) (from 1949 until 1958)
electric guitar [guitar]:
Wes Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
piano:
Buddy Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
tenor saxophone:
Alonzo “Pookie” Johnson (saxophonist and flautist) (from 1949 until 1958)
instrumental recording of:
Six Bridges to Cross (from 1949 until 1958)
writer:
Jeff Chandler and Henry Mancini (US composer, conductor & arranger)
2:52
14Ralph's New Blues
bass:
Wes Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
drums (drum set):
Sonny Johnson (US 1950s jazz drummer, cfr Art Farmer) (from 1949 until 1958)
vibraphone:
Buddy Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
recording of:
Ralph's New Blues (from 1949 until 1958)
composer:
Milt Jackson
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships)
6:58
15Soft Winds
bass:
Flip Stewart (from 1949 until 1958)
drums (drum set):
Paul Parker (jazz drummer) (from 1949 until 1958)
electric guitar [guitar]:
Wes Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
piano:
Melvin Rhyne (from 1949 until 1958)
recording of:
Soft Winds (also attributed to Fletcher Henderson) (from 1949 until 1958)
composer:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader)
publisher:
Jewel Music Publishing Co., Inc. (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Twenty-Eighth Street Music
12:00
16Robbins’ Nest
bass:
Monk Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
drums (drum set):
Paul Parker (jazz drummer) (from 1949 until 1958)
electric guitar [guitar]:
Wes Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
piano:
Richie Crabtree (from 1949 until 1958)
recording of:
Robbins’ Nest (from 1949 until 1958)
composer:
Illinois Jacquet (in 1947) and Sir Charles Thompson (jazz) (in 1947)
12:30
17A Night in Tunisia
bass:
Monk Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
drums (drum set):
Paul Parker (jazz drummer) (from 1949 until 1958)
electric guitar [guitar]:
Wes Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
piano:
Richie Crabtree (from 1949 until 1958)
recording of:
Night in Tunisia (instrumental) (from 1949 until 1958)
composer:
Dizzy Gillespie and Frank Paparelli
publisher:
Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US)
5:18
18Love for Sale
bass:
Monk Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
drums (drum set):
Sonny Johnson (US 1950s jazz drummer, cfr Art Farmer) (from 1949 until 1958)
electric guitar [guitar]:
Wes Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
piano:
Buddy Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
tenor saxophone:
Alonzo “Pookie” Johnson (saxophonist and flautist) (from 1949 until 1958)
instrumental recording of:
Love for Sale (from 1949 until 1958)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1930)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell Music Ltd., Harms, Inc. and Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!)
3:55
19Leila
bass:
Monk Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
drums (drum set):
Sonny Johnson (US 1950s jazz drummer, cfr Art Farmer) (from 1949 until 1958)
electric guitar [guitar]:
Wes Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
piano:
Buddy Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
tenor saxophone:
Alonzo “Pookie” Johnson (saxophonist and flautist) (from 1949 until 1958)
recording of:
Leila (from 1949 until 1958)
composer:
Wes Montgomery
publisher:
EMI Unart Catalog Inc., Taggie Music Co. (publisher) and Upam Music Co.
2:59
20Blues
bass:
Monk Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
drums (drum set):
Sonny Johnson (US 1950s jazz drummer, cfr Art Farmer) (from 1949 until 1958)
electric guitar [guitar]:
Wes Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
piano:
Buddy Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
tenor saxophone:
Alonzo “Pookie” Johnson (saxophonist and flautist) (from 1949 until 1958)
3:20
21Undecided
bass:
Monk Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
drums (drum set):
Sonny Johnson (US 1950s jazz drummer, cfr Art Farmer) (from 1949 until 1958)
electric guitar [guitar]:
Wes Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
piano:
Buddy Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
tenor saxophone:
Alonzo “Pookie” Johnson (saxophonist and flautist) (from 1949 until 1958)
instrumental recording of:
Undecided (from 1949 until 1958)
lyricist:
Sid Robin (US lyricist & composer) (in 1938)
composer:
Charlie Shavers (in 1938)
3:10
22Far Wes
bass:
Monk Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
drums (drum set):
Sonny Johnson (US 1950s jazz drummer, cfr Art Farmer) (from 1949 until 1958)
electric guitar [guitar]:
Wes Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
piano:
Buddy Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
tenor saxophone:
Alonzo “Pookie” Johnson (saxophonist and flautist) (from 1949 until 1958)
recording of:
Far Wes (from 1949 until 1958)
composer:
Wes Montgomery (in 1958)
3:24
23All the Things You Are
electric guitar [guitar]:
Wes Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
tenor saxophone:
Alonzo “Pookie” Johnson (saxophonist and flautist) (from 1949 until 1958)
instrumental recording of:
All the Things You Are (from “Very Warm for May”)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1939)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1939)
publisher:
Polygram Int. Publishing (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998) (ended), T.B. Harms Inc. (ended) and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
part of:
Broadway Rhythm (film)
12:05
24King Trotter
bass:
Roy Johnson (US jazz double bassist) (from 1949 until 1958)
drums (drum set):
Earl Walker (jazz drummer) (from 1949 until 1958)
electric guitar [guitar]:
Wes Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
piano:
Douglas Duke (from 1949 until 1958)
tenor saxophone:
Gene Morris (saxophonist) (from 1949 until 1958)
2:37
25Carlena's Blues
bass:
Roy Johnson (US jazz double bassist) (from 1949 until 1958)
drums (drum set):
Earl Walker (jazz drummer) (from 1949 until 1958)
electric guitar [guitar]:
Wes Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
piano:
Douglas Duke (from 1949 until 1958)
tenor saxophone:
Gene Morris (saxophonist) (from 1949 until 1958)
2:50
26Smooth Evening
bass:
Roy Johnson (US jazz double bassist) (from 1949 until 1958)
drums (drum set):
Earl Walker (jazz drummer) (from 1949 until 1958)
electric guitar [guitar]:
Wes Montgomery (from 1949 until 1958)
piano:
Douglas Duke (from 1949 until 1958)
tenor saxophone:
Gene Morris (saxophonist) (from 1949 until 1958)
vocals:
Sonny Parker (from 1949 until 1958)
2:54