People in Jazz was a TV show that aired briefly in 1967 and '68 in Detroit and was hosted by Jim Rockwell, a local jazz radio disc jockey on WABX-FM. In early 1968, shortly before Wes Montgomery's death in June from a fatal heart attack, the guitarist appeared on Rockwell's TV show for a relaxed and revealing interview and to play two songs with his brothers—Buddy Montgomery (p) and Monk Montgomery (b). The drummer and conga player are unknown. The group performed Windy and California Nights—easily the finest Montgomery recording of this Marvin Hamlisch and Howard Liebling song written for Lesley Gore, who recorded it in 1967.
Here's Rockwell's interview with Montgomery in full, courtesy of reader Jimi Mentis...
And here's Lesley Gore's original, which went to #16 on Billboard's pop chart. In the video, Gore appears lip-syncing her hit on TV's Batman in early 1967, as Pussycat, Catwoman's feline sidekick. Apologies in advance to those who thought this song was a Montgomery original and will never be able to shake this image...
