The Alternative

Wes Montgomery

Milestone

14 tracks from Wes Montgomery sessions for Riverside that did not get released on LPs at the time. Two tracks were omitted from the CD version of this release. Melvin Rhyne plays organ on three tracks.

Tracks

• Born to Be Blue (David / Maher / Reid / Torme / Wells)
• S.O.S. (Montgomery) *
• Come Rain or Come Shine (Arlen / Mercer)
• Fried Pies (Montgomery)
• Besame Mucho (Skylar / Velazquez)
• The Way You Look Tonight (Fields / Kern)
• Stairway to the Stars (Malneck / Parish / Signorelli)
• Jingles (Montgomery)
• Bock to Bock (Bulletboys / Montgomery)
• Doujie (Montgomery) *
• Movin' Along (Montgomery)
• Body and Soul (Eyton / Green / Heyman / Sour)
• Tune-Up (Davis)
• Tune-Up (Davis)

Musicians

On Fried Pies and Besame Mucho:

• Wes Montgomery - guitar
• Melvin Rhyne - organ
• Jimmy Cobb - drums

• Wes Montgomery - guitar
• Melvin Rhyne - organ
• George Brown - drums