Wes Montgomery - 1966 [1999] "Tequila"

Tequila is the seventeenth jazz album recorded by guitarist Wes Montgomery and released in 1966.

Tequila is a mixture of tracks using just a jazz quartet with Ron Carter, Grady Tate and Ray Barretto and the rest with a string section arranged by Claus Ogerman. It is mainly a Latin-flavored album, the first Montgomery recorded without a keyboardist.
It was reissued on CD in 1999 and 2008 with alternate takes that are listed below.

1. Tequila 3:23
2. Little Child (Daddy Dear) 2:30
3. What The World Needs Now Is Love 5:00...
4. The Big Hurt 4:34
5. Bumpin' On Sunset 4:52
6. Insensatez (How Insensitive) (Album Version) 3:47
7. The Thumb 4:51
8. Midnight Mood 5:36
9. Wives And Lovers 3:00
10. Tequila 2:41
11. The Big Hurt 3:30
12. Bumpin' On Sunset

Guitar – Wes Montgomery
Bass – Ron Carter
Cello – Abe Kessler, Charles McCracken, George Ricci, Harvey Shapiro
Congas – Ray Barretto
Design [Cover] – Acy Lehman
Drums – Grady Tate
Engineer [Director] – Val Valentin
Engineer, Mastered By – Rudy Van Gelder
Photography By [Cover] – Rudy Lequame
Producer – Creed Taylor
Vibraphone – George Devens
Violin – Arnold Eidus, Bernard Eichen, Emanuel Green, Gene Orloff, Harry Lookofsky, Joe Malin, Julius Held, Paul Gershman

Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, on March 17, 21, & May 18, 1966.