The first eight tracks here come from the album, which helped establish Wes Montgomery as a global guitar superstar. Though still unknown in New York, he and his brothers had won fans in California and every musician who had been through Indianapolis knew he was the real deal. The top-class studio trio led by Hank Jones, featuring the great bassist Ron Carter and boosted by leading latin percussionist Ray Barretto, held no terrors for Wes, who steams through ‘Cottontail’ like a demon.

Gentler numbers such as ‘I Wish I Knew’ and ‘While We're Young’, the latter unaccompanied, define him as a superb balladeer whose soulful notes seem to hover meaningfully in the air. ‘Somethin’ like Bags', dedicated to Milt Jackson, and ‘Twisted Blues’, not a true blues progression at all, are two examples of his prowess as a composer of originals made for blowing. The second session was in fact recorded earlier in Wes' chronology. It's a happy souvenir of the Montgomery brothers' west coast trip, which on this night extended to a club date just over the Canadian border in the beautiful city of Vancouver. Pianist Buddy sticks to vibes, a combination ideal for guitar, and the two instruments blend brilliantly on Parker's latin-tinged blues, ‘Barbados’. Wes' ballad choice, ‘You Don't Know What Love Is’, leavens the straightahead neobop of ‘Jeannine’ and ‘On Green Dolphin Street’ on a typically stylish and impressive session.