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.

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

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