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Melvin Rhyne:
Remembering Wes
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Savant SCD 2016 |
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November 1996 in Rutherford, NJ/USA
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01: Jingles
02: The Days Of Wine And Roses
03: Cariba
04: For All We Know
05: Geno
06: Bock To Bock
07: I Remember Wes
08: Yesterdays
09: Wes
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It was Wes Montgomery, this famous guitar player, who, in 1958, led Mel to the organ.
In the years to follow, between 1959 and 1964, Mel cooperated with Wes and was part
of his trio (guitar/organ/drums). Two of the best albums were "Boss Guitar" (1963)
and "Portrait of Wes".
Who will be surprised about this fine album "Remembering Wes", as it is for sure that
Mel got important impulses for his further career as artist from the encounter with
Wes. As man of low tones, Mel does not push his organ to exaggerated loudness, and thus
hitted the fine phrasings of Wes' acoustic guitar. Mel's style to play the organ
somewhat remembers his early career as boogie-woogie pianist.
This CD reminds us in many respects the old days with Wes: the instrumentation of organ/guitar/drums,
but also some of the tunes: "The Days Of Wine And Roses" (recorded on "Boss Guitar"), "For All
We Know" (recorded on "Guitar On The Go"), "Yesterdays" and "Jingles" (recorded on "W.M. Trio").
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