Smokin' at the Half Note

Infobox Album
Name = Smokin' at the Half Note
Type = live
Artist = Wes Montgomery and the Wynton Kelly Trio


Released =
Recorded = 1965
Genre = Jazz
Length = 40:58
Label =
Producer =
Reviews = Allmusic Rating|5|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:bn8o1va8zz9a~T1 link]
Last album = "Bumpin'"
(1965)
This album = "Smokin' at the Half Note"
(1965)
Next album = "Goin' Out of My Head"
(1965)

"Smokin' at the Half Note" is a jazz album recorded by Wes Montgomery and the Wynton Kelly Trio in late June 1965 at the Half Note Club in New York City, and September 22, 1965 at Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.

The album is considered important to the history of jazz because it paired Miles Davis's rhythm section with Montgomery. The album's versions of "Unit 7" and "Four on Six" have helped to establish these songs as jazz standards, and remain important references for their interpretation.

Track listing

#"No Blues" – 13:00
#"If You Could See Me Now" – 6:45
#"Unit 7" – 7:30
#"Four on Six" – 6:45
#"What's New" – 6:00

Personnel

*Wes Montgomery – guitar
*Wynton Kelly – piano
*Paul Chambers – bass
*Jimmy Cobb – drums
*Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
*Val Valentin – engineering director