Jimmy Smith and Wes Montgomery were as influential in the Sixties as they were popular. Smith brought the Hammond organ out of the chicken shacks and into mainstream jazz. Guitarist Montgomery is legendary for his choruses of octaves and strummed chords. And the two have complementary personalities: Smith's rushed intensity make Montgomery seem serene by contrast. These sessions quickly took on legendary status, in part because they proved to be among Montgomery's last for Verve. Using the original-master tapes and newly edited, this CD provides the best picture yet of this great jazz partnership. Original recordings produced by Creed Taylor Recorded September 21 and 28, 1966 at Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey