"So Do It!" is an original composition by guitarist Wes Montgomery, written for his 1960 Riverside album Movin' Along. The tune features an unusual extended structure that sets it apart from the standard jazz forms Montgomery typically employed, giving soloists an expanded harmonic canvas for improvisation. Montgomery recorded it in Los Angeles on October 12, 1960, with a quintet featuring James Clay on tenor saxophone, Victor Feldman on piano, Sam Jones on bass, and Louis Hayes on drums, a group that blended members of Cannonball Adderley's rhythm section with West Coast-based players. The composition showcases Montgomery's ability to craft original material that balances melodic accessibility with structural ambition, reflecting the hard bop idiom's emphasis on blues-rooted themes delivered with rhythmic vitality. Like several of Montgomery's lesser-known originals from his prolific Riverside period, "So Do It!" has remained a deep cut rather than entering the commonly performed jazz standard repertoire, overshadowed by more widely recognized Montgomery compositions such as "Four on Six" and "West Coast Blues." Nevertheless, the tune demonstrates the breadth of Montgomery's writing beyond his most famous pieces, offering a distinctive framework for the kind of extended blowing session that characterized the relaxed, swinging atmosphere producer Orrin Keepnews cultivated for the Movin' Along date.
