Artist:  Jimmy Smith & Wes Montgomery

Title:  The Dynamic Duo

Date:  1966

Label:  Verve Records   V6-8678

Cover Design:  Acy R. Lehman

Cover Photo:  Charles Stewart

Notes:  Accompanied by a wealth of musicians throughout these sessions, including Clark Terry on trumpet, this duo holds the reins and drives this buggy straight up the middle. How can you miss with a massive talent on the organ and an equally weighty hand on the guitar? A it doesn't hurt that the material is all top notch and suits the setting very well. The guys are shown clowning around on the front cover, sharing a sandwich and a laugh. The inner cover photos show a more serious side. Another in the series of records in which Wes paired with another jazz musician of equal stature and they let the tapes roll. Fun stuff.

Line Up:

Jimmy Smith: Hammond organ
Wes Montgomery: guitar

Arranged and Conducted by Oliver Nelson
 

Track Listing

Side 1

Down by the Riverside
Night Train

Side 2

James and Wes
13 (Death March)
Baby, It's Cold Outside