Monterey '66
Monterey '66 | ||||
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Live album by Randy Weston | ||||
Released | 1994 | |||
Recorded | September 18, 1966 | |||
Venue | Monterey Jazz Festival, Monterey, California | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 73:33 | |||
Label | Verve 519 698-2 | |||
Producer | Randy Weston | |||
Randy Weston chronology | ||||
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Monterey '66 is a live album by American jazz pianist Randy Weston recorded in 1966 at the Monterey Jazz Festival but not released on the Verve label until 1994.[1]
Reception
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Allmusic | [2] |
Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars, with its review by Al Campbell stating: "All compositions are Weston originals and feature a strong African thematic influence. The 25-minute heated finale is the percussion laden 'African Cookbook,' in which everyone contributes strong and inspired soloing".[2] The JazzTimes review by Bill Shoemaker said: "In a program containing some of Weston's most well-loved compositions Monterey '66 reveals the working of one of the great unherealded bands of the '60s and the sublime chemistry that existed between Weston and Booker Ervin".[3]
Track listing
All compositions by Randy Weston
- Introduction by Jimmy Lyons - 0:49
- "The Call" - 2:18
- "Afro Black" - 14:24
- "Little Niles" - 6:50
- "Portrait of Vivian" - 10:26
- "Berkshire Blues" - 6:52
- "Blues for Strayhorn" - 7:17
- "African Cookbook" - 25:27
Personnel
- Randy Weston - piano
- Ray Copeland - trumpet, flugelhorn, arranger
- Booker Ervin - tenor saxophone - feature track 5
- Cecil Payne - baritone saxophone
- Bill Wood - bass
- Lennie McBrowne - drums
- Big Black - percussion
References
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co-leader
- Cole Porter in a Modern Mood (1954)
- The Randy Weston Trio (1955)
- Get Happy (1955)
- With These Hands... (1956)
- Trio and Solo (1955–56)
- Jazz à la Bohemia (1956)
- The Modern Art of Jazz (1956)
- Piano á la Mode (1957)
- New Faces at Newport (split with Lem Winchester, 1958)
- Little Niles (1958)
- Destry Rides Again (1959)
- Live at the Five Spot (1959)
- Uhuru Afrika (1960)
- Highlife (1963)
- Randy (1964; aka, African Cookbook, Atlantic)
- Berkshire Blues (1965)
- Monterey '66 (1966)
- African Cookbook (Polydor, 1969)
- Niles Littlebig (1969)
- Blue Moses (1972)
- Tanjah (1973)
- Carnival (1974)
- Blues to Africa (1974)
- The Healers (with David Murray, 1987)
- The Spirits of Our Ancestors (1991)
- Khepera (1998)
others
- Duet in Detroit (Roy Brooks, 1984)
- Charles Mingus and Friends in Concert (1972)