NEW LP
New sealed copy. 2025 Verve Acoustic Sounds Series remastered reissue. Mastered by Matthew Lutthans at The Mastering Lab from the original master tape. 180-gram LPs pressed at Quality Record Pressings. Stoughton Printing gatefold old-style tip-on jacket.
Bumpin' is a 1965 album by Wes Montgomery. It marked Montgomery’s first appearance on the Billboard Top LPs chart, where it reached number one hundred sixteen. Released during a period when Montgomery was expanding his audience, the album sits within his mid nineteen sixties run of orchestrated jazz recordings.
The record pairs Montgomery’s guitar with arrangements and conducting by Don Sebesky, placing his playing within a larger ensemble setting. The material reflects a blend of jazz with Latin and pop influenced orchestration that was characteristic of this phase of his career. Bumpin is often noted for the contrast between Montgomery’s melodic guitar lines and the surrounding orchestral textures.
The album received favourable critical response and is generally regarded as an accessible entry in Montgomery’s catalog that helped introduce his work to a broader listening audience.
TRACKLIST:
A1 Bumpin'
A2 Tear It Down
A3 A Quiet Thing
A4 Con Alma
B1 Love Theme From "The Sandpiper" (The Shadow Of Your Smile)
B2 Mi Cosa
B3 Here's That Rainy Day
B4 Musty
