Wes Montgomery, guitar
Monk Montgomery, bass (3)
Buddy Montgomery, piano (3)
Mingo Jones, bass (6, 7, 8 & 9)
Earl Van Riper, piano (6, 7, 8 & 9)
Sonny Johnson, drums (6, 7 & 8)
Melvin Rhyne, piano (1 & 4), organ (2 & 5)
Paul Parker, drums (1, 2, 4 & 5)

Limited edition 2 LP, 180 gram 2nd pressing
With a lot of sleuthing and a team of experts on the case, long lost tapes of Wes Montgomery have been discovered and restored. Resonance Records will release Echoes of Indiana Avenue - the first full album of previously unheard Montgomery music in over 25 years - on March 6, 2012, which would have been Montgomery's 88th birthday. Over a year and a half in the making, the release will provide a rare, revealing glimpse of a bona fide guitar legend. The tapes are the earliest known recordings of Montgomery as a leader, pre-dating his auspicious 1959 debut on Riverside Records. The album showcases Montgomery in performance from 1957-1958 at nightclubs in his hometown of Indianapolis, Indiana, as well as rare studio recordings. The release is also beautifully packaged, containing previously unseen photographs and insightful essays by noted music writers and musicians alike, including guitarist Pat Martino and Montgomery's brothers Buddy and Monk.

" This newly discovered collection of recordings captures not only the magic that was Wes, but also the wonderful Indianapolis jazz scene of which he was so proudly a part. " - Dr. David N. Baker

Winyl to limitowana, kolekcjonerska edycja (1000 ręcznie numerowanych egz.) 180 gramowych płyt winylowych gitarzysty, o którym Pat Metheny powiedział (…) One of the most inspired and consistent improvisers of all time and one of the most transcendent inventors of melody ever (…)

6 marca 2012 roku Wes Montgomery skończył by 88 lat, amerykańska wytwórnia Resonance Records uświetniła rocznicę wydaniem limitowanego, kolekcjonerskiego wydawnictwa „Echoes Of Indiana Avenue”.
Nigdy niepublikowany, po raz pierwszy dostępne nagrania na żywo w Indianapolis w latach 1957-1958. Zawiera cztery utwory zarejestrowane w słynnym The Hub Bub.
24-stronicowa książka zawierająca rzadkie fotografie dostarczone przez rodzinę Montgomery.
Liner notes napisały same sławy jazzu jak Michael Cuscuna, Pat Martino, Dan Morgenstern, David N. Baker, Bill Milkowski i inni.
Dodatkowo słynne fotografie legendarnego fotografa Duncana Scheidta.
Ngdy niepublikowany esej brata Wesa – Buddy’ego Montgomery oraz wywiad, jakiego udzielił Monk Montgomery, drugi brat Wesa w latach 80.

Płyta otrzymała wyśmienite noty w opiniotwórczych muzycznych mediach jak JazzTimes, Guitar Word, allaboutjazz.com, popmatters.com


(…) Dla miłośników gitary, „Echoes Of Indiana Avenue” to jak sześciostrunowy odpowiednik Świętego Graala (…) elementsofjazz.com

(…) Resonance Records otrzymuje 5 gwiazdek za fenomenalną pracę w dotarciu do muzycznego artefaktu (…) criticaljazz.com

Limited edition 2 LP, 180 gram 2nd pressing
With a lot of sleuthing and a team of experts on the case, long lost tapes of Wes Montgomery have been discovered and restored. Resonance Records will release Echoes of Indiana Avenue - the first full album of previously unheard Montgomery music in over 25 years - on March 6, 2012, which would have been Montgomery's 88th .......
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