Wes Montgomery

• DELUXE 180-GRAM REISSUE

• SPECIAL GATEFOLD LIMITED EDITION

Reissue of the debut album on A&M Records by jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery, released in 1967. It reached #1 on the Billboard Jazz Album chart and #2 on the R&B chart. Considered by far the best of his three albums on A&M (in partnership with Creed Taylor’s CTI Records), A Day in the Life features a plethora of star sidemen, such as Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Ray Barretto, and Grady Tate, among others, as well as superb arrangements by Don Sebesky. The LP was masterfully engineered by Rudy Van Gelder.

PERSONNEL:

• Herbie Hancock - piano
• Ron Carter - bass
• Grady Tate - drums
• Ray Barretto, Jack Jennings, Joe Wohletz - percussion

• ORCHESTRA:
• Bass Flutes
• George Marge
• Romeo Penque
• Joe Soldo
• Stan Webb

• Woodwinds
• Phil Bodner
• Stan Webb

• French Horn
• Ray Alonge

• Violins
• Julius Brand
• Peter Buonconsiglio
• Mac Ceppos
• Lewis Eley
• Harry Glickman
• Harry Katzman
• Leo Kruczek
• Gene Orloff
• Tosha Samaroff
• Sylvan Shulman
• Harry Urbont
• Jack Zayde

• Viola
• Harold Coletta
• Emanuel Vardi

• Celli
• Charles McCracken
• Alan Shulman

• Harp
• Margaret Ross

Recorded at Van Gelder Studios, June 6, 7, 8, and 26, 1967

TRACKS:

• SIDE A:
• 01. A DAY IN THE LIFE
• 02. WATCH WHAT HAPPENS
• 03. WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN
• 04. CALIFORNIA NIGHTS
• 05. ANGEL

• SIDE B:
• 01. ELEANOR RIGBY
• 02. WILLOW WEEP FOR ME
• 03. WINDY
• 04. TRUST IN ME
• 05. THE JOKER