Monterey '66

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]

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
Blues (1964-65) Monterey '66 (1994) African Cookbook (1969)

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

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

• 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

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