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| 1. | A Day in the Life
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| 2. | Watch What Happens
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| 3. | When a Man Loves a Woman
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| 4. | California Nights
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| 5. | Angel
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| 6. | Eleanor Rigby
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| 7. | Willow Weep for Me
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| 8. | Windy
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| 9. | Trust in Me
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| 10. | The Joker
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Jazz
Recorded at Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, New Jeresey on June 6-8 & 26, 1967.
Wes Montgomery - Vocals
Alan Shulman - Celli
Charles McCracken - Celli
Emanuel Vardi - Viola
Gene Orloff - Violin
George Marge - Flute (Bass)
Grady Tate - Drums
Harold Coletta - Viola
Harry Glickman - Violin
Harry Katzman - Violin
Harry Urbont - Violin
Herbie Hancock - Piano
Jack Jennings - Percussion
Jack Zayde - Violin
Joe Soldo - Flute (Bass)
Joe Wohletz - Percussion
Julius Brand - Violin
Leo Krucczek - Violin
Lewis Eley - Violin
Mac Ceppos - Violin
Margaret Ross - Harp
Peter Buonconsigilio - Violin
Phil Bodner - Woodwind
Ray Alonge - French Horn
Ray Barretto - Percussion
Romeo Penque - Flute (Bass)
Ron Carter - Bass
Stanley Webb - Flute (Bass), Woodwind
Sylvan Shulman - Violin
Tosha Samaroff - Violin
As is usual on Wes Montgomery's later recordings, underneath all the orchestrated strings, horns, and windwinds, there's a killer rhythm section hard at work, and A DAY IN THE LIFE is no exception, with Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, and Grady Tate holding everything together. It's hard not to measure everything Montgomery did after 1963 against the four years of cooking, small-group albums he made for Riverside starting in 1959; the later, more arranged material is certainly less pure in terms of jazz content.
But the Verve and A&M albums were conscious attempts to market the guitarist to a wider audience, and as successful pop records, they gave Montgomery some degree of financial security after years of struggling to support a family of six on a jazzman's income. What's remarkable in retrospect is the amount of blowing that does occur here. On "Eleanor Rigby," of all places, the band lays down a groove for Wes to riff over before the strings come cascading back in, and good things happen also on the two standards, "Watch What Happens," and "Willow Weep For Me."
• Creed Taylor - Producer
• Johnny Mangus - Liner Notes
• Rudy Van Gelder - Engineer
By the time Wes Montgomery recorded this album (his debut for A&M), he was a major name in the pop world. Montgomery's melodic renditions of current pop hits caught on and were played regularly on Top 40 radio. In most cases the guitarist did little more than play the melody, using his distinctive octaves, and it was enough to make him saleable. Of his three A&M recordings, A Day in the Life (the first one) was by far the best and, although the jazz content is almost nil, the results are pleasing as background music. "Windy" was a bit of a hit; the other selections (which find Montgomery backed by muzaky strings arranged by Don Sebesky) include "Watch What Happens," "California Nights," "Eleanor Rigby" and the title cut.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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