Wes Montgomery-A Day In The Life

A Day in the Life" has been covered and referenced numerous times by other artists. Jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery covered the song and used it as the title track to his instrumental album "A Day in the Life" (arranged and conducted by Don Sebesky).[

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[musiclido]

Love It ! I'ts not Wes at his most burning but i'ts cool Ilike the way Jazzers picked pop tunes of the day and jazzified them up a bit like hip hop guys who pick well known samples then take them some where else.

You can't call this crap lexo just listen to the string arrangements!! Classic jazz pop

Wes has nothing to prove and who would deny him some renumeration for picking these type of tunes.It got him out the chicken factory!!

[breaks4rm88]

@musiclido well said.

[brobenz]

This takes me back to the time when I was a kid, my dad who worked hard all week, would sleep on weekends to rest, and when he got up to eat or talk to us.. he put on this album.. (yes a RECORD) I didn't like it then.. I wanted Motown. years later, I found this on CD and bought it for him as a gift. He didn't know how to use it. so I bought him a CD player.. I then bought a CD for me... I've loved this music ever since. Dad is gone, Wes is gone they both still live in my heart.

[KrupaDrums]

Best tone.

[scottlerock]

I grew up in Indy with his family and love my respect for his outpouring of music to the world. This song is only a small part of his respect to music and his admiration of fellow musicians. Scott Soltermann

[MrThatwentwell]

i like.

[crimsoncitizen]

2 questions (assume I know nothing about jazz):

1. What kind of jazz is this? Like, the specific genre? Cool? Fusion? Third stream?

2. Who else sounds like this specific song? Where should I look?

Thanks!

[BMuse]

@brobenz This was the song I loved so much from this album my dad used to play on 8 track. Then Album, cassette, cd, now I listen to it on my iPhone. Like you, my Dad is gone, but this music keeps him with me.

[tonygumbrell22]

Thanks for posting, this particular piece of music defined a point in time for me if not a brief era.

[Richardbr1000]

Wes Montgomery was one of the first to really do his thing on that guitar in the jazz arena. He was a bad man. 

[chevymikedc]

Its funny how sometimes, artists originals are made better by other people covering them, hmmmmm. I love that all jazz musicians back in the day dressed sharp as a Ginzu

[fess1914]

Wes is the baddest jazz guitarist that ever lived! or will be!

[TheTgmoraes]

Maravilha! Vale a pena ouvir de novo!!!