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Monterey '66

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Monterey '66
Live album by
Released1994
RecordedSeptember 18, 1966
VenueMonterey Jazz Festival, Monterey, California
GenreJazz
Length73:33
LabelVerve
519 698-2
ProducerRandy Weston
Randy Weston chronology
Blues
(1964-65)
Monterey '66
(1994)
African Cookbook
(1969)

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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Professional ratings
Review scores
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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

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All compositions by Randy Weston

  1. Introduction by Jimmy Lyons - 0:49
  2. "The Call" - 2:18
  3. "Afro Black" - 14:24
  4. "Little Niles" - 6:50
  5. "Portrait of Vivian" - 10:26
  6. "Berkshire Blues" - 6:52
  7. "Blues for Strayhorn" - 7:17
  8. "African Cookbook" - 25:27

Personnel

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References

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