Wes Montgomery - Goin' Out Of My Head - UHQ CD
Japanese Import CD
UHQ CD
Goin' Out of My Head was Montgomery's first album with sales reaching near one million. It was producer Creed Taylor's idea that Montgomery should do a cover of the title song, a 1964 hit by Little Anthony and the Imperials. At the time Taylor brought the song to Montgomery, he was playing at the Half Note Club in New York City with the Wynton Kelly Trio—sessions that appeared on the guitarist's 1965 release Smokin' at the Half Note.
Taylor said in a later interview: "If you take away the R&B performance and just look at that song, it's an absolutely marvelous song to improvise on. For that time, it had sophisticated changes and the whole structure was great. I was thinking, 'This would be perfect for Wes Montgomery. But how am I going to overcome the fact that here's Wes and his background? He'd be about the last person to listen to Little Anthony and the Imperials.'"
(4988031555606)
| SKU | 4988031555606 |
| Barcode # | 4988031555606 |
| Brand | Verve / Universal Japan |
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