Monterey '66

Monterey '66
Monterey '66
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

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[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
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[]

^ Randy Weston catalog accessed August 17, 2012
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Campbell, A. Allmusic Review, accessed August 17, 2012.
^ Shoemaker, B. Monterey '66 Review, JazzTimes, December 1994, pp 123–124.

[1] Randy Weston catalog accessed August 17, 2012

[Allmusic-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Campbell, A. Allmusic Review, accessed August 17, 2012.

[3] Shoemaker, B. Monterey '66 Review, JazzTimes, December 1994, pp 123–124.

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show v t Randy Weston
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release. Some titles have been shortened.
As leader or 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)
With others	Duet in Detroit (Roy Brooks, 1984) Charles Mingus and Friends in Concert (1972)

show v t Booker Ervin
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except when this was delayed
As leader	The Book Cooks (1960) Cookin' (1960) That's It! (1961) Exultation! (1963) Gumbo! (with Pony Poindexter, 1963) The Freedom Book (1963) The Song Book (1964) The Blues Book (1964) The Space Book (1964) Groovin' High (1963–64) The Trance (1965) Setting the Pace (with Dexter Gordon, 1965) Heavy!!! (1966) Structurally Sound (1966) Booker 'n' Brass (1967) The In Between (1968) Tex Book Tenor (1968) Back from the Gig (with Horace Parlan, 2LP, 1963/68)
With Charles Mingus	Jazz Portraits: Mingus in Wonderland (1959) Mingus Ah Um (1959) Mingus Dynasty (1959) Blues & Roots (1959) Mingus (1960) Mingus at Antibes (1960 [1976]) Reincarnation of a Lovebird (1960) Oh Yeah (1961) Tonight at Noon (1961 [1964]) Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus (1963)
With others	Hot Line (Bill Barron, 1962) Out Front! (Jaki Byard, 1964) Urge (Ted Curson, 1965) Cracklin' (Roy Haynes, 1963) In the Land of the Giants (Eric Kloss, 1969) Havin' a Ball at the Village Gate (Lambert, Hendricks & Bavan, 1963) Up & Down (Horace Parlan, 1961) Happy Frame of Mind (Horace Parlan, 1963) The Exciting New Organ of Don Patterson (Don Patterson) Hip Cake Walk (Don Patterson, 1964) Patterson's People (Don Patterson, 1964) Tune Up! (Don Patterson, 1964 [1971]) Soul People (Sonny Stitt, 1964) The Quest (Mal Waldron, 1961) Highlife (Randy Weston, 1963) Randy/African Cookbook (Randy Weston, 1964) Monterey '66 (Randy Weston, 1966 [1994])