All Artists:Wes Montgomery Title:Full House Members Wishing: 5 Total Copies: 0 Label:Riverside Original Release Date: 3/27/2007 Release Date: 3/27/2007 Album Type: Original recording remastered Genres:Jazz, Pop Style:Bebop Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPC:888072301290
John J. Shibley | East Coast, North America | 11/28/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Forget "The Incredible". This is Wes's masterwork, performed live with a band finally up to his genius. Despite all the praise he got as a player, I think this album makes the argument that he's STILL under-appreciated. His solo on "Blue N' Boogie" is as fine a piece of spontaneous composition as exists. If you like jazz guitar, if you like jazz... hell, if you like music, don't wait another second. Get it."
Wes' defining moment
Mark F. Montimurro | Montclair, New Jersey USA | 01/27/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I love guitar jazz. Real guitar jazz, not the watered down sap they play on 'smooth jazz' radio or the avantgarde dreck intellectuals play at their dinner parties. The category is chock full with wonderful players, both living and dead; alas, Wes is no longer with us, but his influence is all over the place. He was a great technician but also a brilliant interpreter who could achieve gorgeous tone, and sometimes slipping into schmaltzy pop modes. None of that on this disc, sparkling and freshly-remastered, that showcases Wes at the absolute top of his game...and of the guitar jazz heap."
WINGO
Hepcat | 08/12/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Well cats this is it. This is the Wes you want. Swinging, hip, and utterly musical. Solo on Cariba take 2 is one of those magic solos that is just transcendent."
Best jazz guitar live album I've ever heard!
Veerle Anthonis | Belgium | 10/28/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Recorded in 1962 and being digitally remastered, this live album still stands today, and how! Being a guitar player myself and loving the music of the new generation of players like Kurt Rosenwinkel, Adam Rogers, Jonathan Kreisberg, Brad Shepik amongst others, I had never bought a CD of Wes Montgomery.(except for his little contribution to the great 'Antonio Carlos Jobim Songbook-CD)...what a huge mistake that was! 'Full House'' is a diamont of a CD, it swings from the start and Wes plays so melodic and clean, seldom heard, ...and ...you can't be fooled with 'le nec plus ultra' in jazz land: Johnny Griffin, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, Jimmy Cobb! No more words for me, that's the avantage of self-explanatory music! Enjoy the swinging on 'Cariba'!"