Road Song is an album by the jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery, released in 1968. It reached number one on the Billboard Jazz album chart and number 39 on the R&B album chart. It also reached number 94 on the Billboard Top LP's chart. It was his final recording before his death of a heart attack on June 15, 1968.
Reception
In his AllMusic review, Scott Yanow wrote: "The great guitarist sticks to simple melody statements (with a lot of octaves thrown in) while backed by Don Sebesky's unimaginative arrangements for an orchestra; commercially the combination was a big success… this strictly for-the-money effort can be safely passed by."
Track listing "Road Song" (Wes Montgomery) – 3:53 "Greensleeves" (Public Domain, Traditional) – 2:04 "Fly Me to the Moon" (Bart Howard) – 2:53 "Yesterday" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 3:26 "I'll Be Back" (Lennon, McCartney) – 2:33 "Scarborough Fair/Canticle" (Paul Simon, Art Garfunkel, Traditional) – 4:55 "Green Leaves of Summer" (Dimitri Tiomkin, Paul Francis Webster, Montgomery) – 3:58 "Serene" (Montgomery) – 3:10 "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" (Pete Seeger) – 3:06
Personnel Musicians Wes Montgomery – guitar Herbie Hancock – piano Richard Davis – bass Grady Tate – drums Ed Shaughnessy – drums Ray Barretto – percussion Jack Jennings – percussion Bernie Glow – trumpet Marvin Stamm – trumpet Wayne Andre – trombone Paul Faulise – trombone Donald Ashworth – flute, clarinet, oboe, recorder, English horn James Buffington – French horn Harvey Estrin – flute, recorder Stan Webb – flute, clarinet, oboe, recorder George Marge – flute, clarinet, oboe Don Hammond – flute, recorder Hank Jones – harpsichord, piano Walter Kane – bassoon Bernard Krainis – recorder Eric Leber – harpsichord, recorder Bernard Eichen – violin Charles Libove – violin Tosha Samaroff – violin Charles McCracken – cello George Ricci – cello Alan Shulman – cello Emanuel Vardi – viola
Production Creed Taylor – producer Don Sebesky – arranger, conductor Rudy Van Gelder – engineer Pete Turner – cover photo, photography Sam Antupit – design
Charts Chart (1968)PeakpositionUS Billboard Top LP's 94US Billboard Best-Selling Jazz LP's 1US Billboard Hot R&B LP's 39US Cashbox Top 100 Albums 42US Record World Top 20 Jazz LP's 1
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