t anJ some heard, center •me stylistic I feel that ices is too a request from Riverside: stin; tos a<f I (and this a) that the the infinite please allow us to point with Toward the we are left simo string in the fore­ pride at Wes Montgomery suffice for nt. 1 don’t to say that at his dis- and Bill Evans didn’t use We know it’s not polite to point, but sometimes we just can’t help it. The specific occa­ disappoint- i say in all sion right now is the release of new albums by each of these two much-honored artists. The e enjoyable unique and thoroughly outstanding talents of both have long been recognized by the toughest at 1 ewis is critics of all—their fellow musicians. The ‘regular’ critics (the magazine and newspaper types) have also been most prolific with praise in reviews, feature articles and poll results; and so have those unofficial critics, the members of the jazz public, whose very basic critical function is to buy their albums and shout to their friends about them. reissue, period IF Bill and Wes have even more points in common. Each has a previous LP very brashly titled by us: Everybody Digs Bill Evans and The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery. Both ve 4049 heing extremely modest men, neither was particularly comfortable with our bragging about them—but they were strictly the only ones who didn’t consider these to be accurate descrip­ tions. (Vene And, as for further reason for our being proud, both artists began their climbs to record­ ing fame on RIVERSIDE, and both remain very much long-term members of the RIVER­ SIDE team. As for their latest albums, which are certain to bring still more laurel wreaths, they are— Much Guitar' Ì MONTGOMERY Juruiuy at the ! SO’Much Guitar’ < 'illude Ì 'angiutn WES MONTGOMERY SO Much Guitar* WES MONTGOMERY SO Much Guitar! WES MONTGOMERY Sunday at the Village Vanguard: BILL EVANS Trio The pianist’s first “live” recording finds him spurred on by possibly the hippest audience in New York, at a Vanguard Sunday session The album Evans’ remarkable bassist, the late Scott LaFaro. {RLP.176; Stereo 0.176) Have you heard RIVERSIDE’S latest hit jazz single (45 rpm) ? It’s JOHNNY GRIFFIN’S irresistible jazz version of the movie theme The Guns of Navarone (R 4506)!.