Wes Montgomery - A Day In The Life (1981 Japanese A&M Vinyl LP)

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Wes Montgomery - A Day In The Life | Vinyl LP - 1981 Japanese A&M Reissue (AMS-20014, Fusion 2000 Series, manufactured by Victor Musical Industries)

Wes Montgomery had spent the 1960s moving steadily from the hard bop trio recordings on Riverside into the orchestrated Verve sessions with Oliver Nelson, and by 1967 Creed Taylor had a clear plan for him. Sign him to A&M, put him in front of a full string section, give him pop material to play, send the singles to Top 40 radio. It worked. "Windy" cracked the Hot 100, the album sat at number one on the jazz chart for months, and a template was set that Taylor would use across the CTI catalogue for the rest of the decade. Wes himself plays mostly melody, mostly in his signature octaves, with the kind of restraint that infuriated jazz purists and made the record a crossover hit. The rhythm section is Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter and Grady Tate, which tells you all you need to know about the level of musicianship in the room even when nobody's stretching out.

The Fusion 2000 Series was Alfa Records' early-1980s mid-priced programme for the A&M Japan catalogue, with this Wes title sitting alongside Quincy Jones, George Benson, and the broader Creed Taylor stable. Victor Musical Industries handled the manufacturing, which means the quiet vinyl and careful mastering Japanese pressings of the period are known for. The source material is Rudy Van Gelder's original Englewood Cliffs tapes, and Sebesky's strings and the percussion overdubs are exactly the kind of dense arrangement that benefits from a clean pressing. This is the 1981 Japanese A&M Fusion 2000 Series reissue, manufactured by Victor Musical Industries.