3000 Best Albums [2311] Wynton Kelly Trio & Wes Montgomery - Smokin' at the Half Note (1965) Review
36.9/10 Jazz. Reasonably acceptable jazz at that. Only half of it is live as it claims though.
Streaming links for the album are at the bottom of this description text.
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Want to listen to this album?
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/2frSEIQat4tSS4nCcrW0Hy
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0q2VleZJVEmhGT8b7NQBIRHVjI-jDBBc
Apple: https://music.apple.com/us/album/smokin-at-the-half-note/1440846063
Want to find out more?
Wikipedia about the album: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smokin%27_at_the_Half_Note
Wikipedia page about the acts:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wynton_Kelly
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wes_Montgomery
Official Website: https://wesmontgomery.com/
All links were working when I published this video. I don't plan to maintain them.