 At the Grammy Awards of 1970 "Willow Weep for Me" won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group.After Montgomery's death, Verve used recordings from the sessions that produced "Smokin' at the Half Note" and hired arranger Claus Ogerman to write string and brass arrangements for "Willow Weep for Me", "Portrait of Jennie," "Oh!You Crazy Moon," and "Misty."