Wes Montgomery California Dreaming

Vital Vinyl Series 180g Vinyl LP Reissue!

Verve and Impulse! Records launch the new Vital Vinyl series with UMe, celebrating essential jazz LPs from the enduring catalogues of the two iconic labels. Throughout 2019, Verve and Impulse! will be making no fewer than 40 key albums from the 1950s, '60s and '70s available again on 180-gram vinyl. Each will feature their original cover artwork, track listings and liner notes. Some of these albums will become available for the first time in years, while others that are already in print will now be perennially available.

There is no one that his picked up a guitar and played jazz that has not been influenced by Wes Montgomery. His work is characterized by the way he built his solos from the melodies. His original imagination created seemingly simple solos that often surprises the listener but always felt just right. After a stint with the West Montgomery Trio and Riverside, he was signed by Verve in late 1964. A career highlight for the guitarist, recorded at Rudy Van Gelder's studio during September 1966, the Creed Taylor-produced California Dreaming was an artistic and commercial smash, reaching No. 1 on the US Billboard Jazz chart. There is plenty of soulful righteousness to savor here!