Goin’ Out of My Head

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"Goin’ Out of My Head" is a 1965 jazz album by guitarist Wes Montgomery that marked his successful crossover into more pop-oriented, orchestrated jazz.

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instanceOf album
studio album
arranger Oliver Nelson NERFINISHED
artist Wes Montgomery NERFINISHED
associatedWithArtistRole Wes Montgomery as jazz guitarist
associatedWithMovement 1960s crossover jazz
basedOnSong Goin’ Out of My Head (song) NERFINISHED
cataloguedIn jazz discographies
chronologicallyFollows Movin’ Wes NERFINISHED
chronologicallyPrecedes Bumpin’ NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
decadeOfRelease 1960s
featuresInstrument electric guitar
featuresStyle melodic guitar lines over orchestral backing
genre jazz
orchestrated jazz
pop jazz
hasCoverVersionOf Goin’ Out of My Head (Little Anthony and the Imperials song) NERFINISHED
hasCriticalReception noted for successful crossover appeal
sometimes criticized by jazz purists for commercial direction
hasInfluenceOn later smooth jazz guitar albums
hasNotableCharacteristic commercially oriented repertoire
pop-oriented sound
string and horn arrangements
hasNotableTrack Goin’ Out of My Head NERFINISHED
Spanish-flavored arrangements
hasType crossover jazz album
includesCover Goin’ Out of My Head (Little Anthony and the Imperials song) NERFINISHED
includesTitleTrack Goin’ Out of My Head (song) NERFINISHED
labelSeries Verve Wes Montgomery albums
language instrumental
mainInstrument guitar
marksCareerPhase Wes Montgomery’s crossover to pop-oriented jazz
orchestrator Oliver Nelson NERFINISHED
originalMedium vinyl record
partOf Wes Montgomery discography NERFINISHED
performer Wes Montgomery NERFINISHED
producer Creed Taylor NERFINISHED
recordedAt Van Gelder Studio NERFINISHED
recordingEngineer Rudy Van Gelder NERFINISHED
recordLabel Verve NERFINISHED
Verve Records
reissuedAs compact disc
digital release
releaseYear 1965
targetAudience mainstream jazz listeners
pop-oriented listeners

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Herb Alpert Presents Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 hasTrack Goin’ Out of My Head
this entity surface form: Going Out of My Head
The Greatest Hits – Why Try Harder hasTrack Goin’ Out of My Head
this entity surface form: Going Out of My Head
Brasil '66 notableWork Goin’ Out of My Head
this entity surface form: Going Out of My Head
Sérgio Mendes & Brasil '66 notableWork Goin’ Out of My Head
this entity surface form: Going Out of My Head
Wes Montgomery notableWork Goin’ Out of My Head
Lani Hall performed Goin’ Out of My Head
this entity surface form: "Going Out of My Head" with Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66