| Monterey '66 | |
| Type: | Live |
| Artist: | Randy Weston |
| Cover: | Monterey '66.jpg |
| 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 |
| Chronology: | Randy Weston |
| Prev Title: | Blues |
| Prev Year: | 1964-65 |
| Next Title: | African Cookbook |
| Next Year: | 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]
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]
All compositions by Randy Weston