In August 1966, “Verve” label released “Tequila”, the 17^th Wes Montgomery album. It was recorded in March 1966, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.

Personnel:

• Wes Montgomery – guitar
• Ron Carter – bass
• Grady Tate – drums
• Ray Barretto – conga
• George Devens – vibraphone
• Bernard Eichen – violin
• Arnold Eidus – violin
• Paul Gershman – violin
• Emanuel Green – violin
• Julius Held – violin
• Gene Orloff – violin
• Harry Lookofsky – violin
• Joseph Malin – violin
• Abe Kessler – cello
• Charles McCracken – cello
• George Ricci – cello
• Harvey Shapiro – cello
• Claus Ogerman – arranger, conductor
• Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

Track listing:

1. Tequila – Chuck Rio
2. Little Child (Daddy Dear) – Wayne Shanklin
3. What the World Needs Now Is Love – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
4. The Big Hurt – Wayne Shanklin
5. Bumpin’ on Sunset – Wes Montgomery
6. Insensatez (How Insensitive) – Vinicius De Moraes, Norman Gimbel, Antônio Carlos Jobim
7. The Thumb – Wes Montgomery
8. Midnight Mood – Ben Raleigh, Joe Zawinul