Samenvoeging uit 2006, op één CD, van albums die oorspronkelijk in 1967 en 1968 verschenen. De albums vallen op door de talrijke bewerkingen van toen actuele pophits die erop te vinden zijn. Montgomery speelt de melodieën in de meeste gevallen vrij straight, zij het in zijn herkenbare jazzgitaarspelstijl. Begeleid wordt hij enerzijds door vooraanstaande jazzcats als Herbie Hancock (piano), Ron Carter (contrabas) en latinpercussionist Ray Barretto - anderzijds door een orkest. Vooral op "A Day In The Life" zijn die orkestpartijen soms iets te prominent én te zoetig gearrangeerd. Op "Down Here On The Ground" wordt de rol van zijn jazzcollega's, zeker die van Hancock, beter uitgebuit. We horen o.a. de Beatles-nummers "Eleanor Rigby" en "A Day In The Life", Dionne Warwicks hit "I Say A Little Prayer For You", Ray Charles' "Georgia On My Mind" en Percy Sledge's "When A Man Loves A Woman".
Nederlands
| Titel | A Day In The Life ; Down Here On The Ground |
| Auteur | Wes (1923-1968) Montgomery |
| Type materiaal | CD |
| Uitgave | BGO Records (Beat Goes On), 1968 |
| Overige gegevens | 1 disc |
| Annotatie | Tracks: (1) Wes Montgomery, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Grady Tate, Ray Barretto, Stan Webb - A Day In The Life (original by The Beatles); (2) Wes Montgomery, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Grady Tate, Ray Barretto, Stan Webb - Watch What Happens (original by Michel Legrand); (3) Wes Montgomery, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Grady Tate, Ray Barretto, Stan Webb - When A Man Loves A Woman (originally performed by Percy Sledge); (4) Wes Montgomery, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Grady Tate, Ray Barretto, Stan Webb - California Nights (originally performed by Lesley Gore); (5) Wes Montgomery, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Grady Tate, Ray Barretto, Stan Webb - Angel; (6) Wes Montgomery, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Grady Tate, Ray Barretto, Stan Webb - Eleanor Rigby (original by The Beatles); (7) Wes Montgomery, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Grady Tate, Ray Barretto, Stan Webb - Willow Weep For Me (originally performed by Ted FioRito & His Orchestra'; (8) Wes Montgomery, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Grady Tate, Ray Barretto, Stan Webb - Windy (originally performed by The Association); (9) Wes Montgomery, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Grady Tate, Ray Barretto, Stan Webb - Trust In Me (originally performed by Wayne King and His Orchestra); (10) Wes Montgomery, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Grady Tate, Ray Barretto, Stan Webb - The Joker (original by Anthony Newley); (11) Wes Montgomery, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Grady Tate, Ray Barretto, Mike Mainieri, Hubert Laws - Wind Song (original by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass); (12) Wes Montgomery, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Grady Tate, Ray Barretto, Mike Mainieri, Hubert Laws - Georgia On My Mind (original by Hoagy Carmichael; made famous by Ray Charles); (13) Wes Montgomery, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Grady Tate, Ray Barretto, Mike Mainieri, Hubert Laws - The Other Man's Grass Is Always Greener (originally performed by Petula Clark); (14) Wes Montgomery, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Grady Tate, Ray Barretto, Mike Mainieri, Hubert Laws - Down Here On The Ground (Lalo Schifrin / Gale Garnett); (15) Wes Montgomery, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Grady Tate, Ray Barretto, Mike Mainieri, Hubert Laws - Up And At It; (16) Wes Montgomery, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Grady Tate, Ray Barretto, Mike Mainieri, Hubert Laws - Goin' On To Detroit; (17) Wes Montgomery, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Grady Tate, Ray Barretto, Mike Mainieri, Hubert Laws - I Say A Little Prayer For You (Bacharach/David; originally performed by Dionne Warwick); (18) Wes Montgomery, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Grady Tate, Ray Barretto, Mike Mainieri, Hubert Laws - When I Look In Your Eyes (Leslie Bricusse; made famous by Sammy Davis, Jr.); (19) Wes Montgomery, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Grady Tate, Ray Barretto, Mike Mainieri, Hubert Laws - Know It All (original title: Quem Diz Que Sabe, by João Donato & Paulo Valle); (20) Wes Montgomery, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Grady Tate, Ray Barretto, Mike Mainieri, Hubert Laws - The Fox (original by Lalo Schifrin). |
| Taal | Nederlands |
| Onderwerp algemeen | Gitaar Instrumentaal ; Amusement Instrumentaal |
