“Days of Wine and Roses”ย is one of my favorite tunes. ย I have always loved the changes, and it’s got a great melody. ย Henry Mancini wrote the Days of Wine and Roses for a 1962 movie by the same name. ย Jazz musicians adapted the tune as their own, and now Days of Wine and Roses is now a very common and important jazz standard.
Wes Montgomery was one of the first jazz artists to record The Days of Wine and Roses on his album Boss Guitar. ย That’s probably one reason why many of the recordings I found while researching this tune were done by guitarists, such as Herb Ellis and Bill Frisell.