California Dreaming is an album by the jazz guitarist
Wes Montgomery, released in 1967. It reached No. 1 on the Billboard magazine jazz album chart and No. 4 on the
R&B chart. It was reissued on CD in 2007 with an alternate take of "Sunny".
In his review for
AllMusic, jazz critic
Scott Yanow wrote: "The material is strictly pop fluff of the era and the great guitarist has little opportunity to do much other than state the melody in his trademark octaves. This record was perfect for AM radio of the period."[2]The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings wrote that, despite starting with a recent pop hit, the album allowed some glimpses of Montgomery’s jazz playing.[4]