History The Wynton Kelly Trio

This was a pairing of Miles Davis' rhythm section, Wynton Kelly (piano), Paul Chambers (bass) and Jimmy Cobb (drums) with Wes Montgomery (guitar). They only recorded one album, Smokin' at the Half Note released in 1965.

Although Montgomery had performed numerous times previously with Kelly, he began his association with the Wynton Kelly Trio in the summer of 1965. Together they toured the major jazz clubs in the US and also appeared at the Newport Jazz Festival on the afternoon of Sunday, 4 July. Drummer Jimmy Cobb had previously toured briefly with Montgomery in an organ trio with Melvin Rhyne in 1963.[1] The trio of Kelly, Cobb and bassist Paul Chambers had already appeared on other Montgomery albums for Riverside Records such as Bags Meets Wes and Full House.

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