Recorded Live at the Monterey Jazz Festival

Recorded Live at the Monterey Jazz Festival
Live album by John Handy
Released	May 21, 1966
Recorded	September 18, 1965
Venue	Monterey Jazz Festival, Monterey
Genre	Jazz
Length	47:00
Label	Columbia CS 9262
Producer	John H. Hammond
John Handy chronology
Jazz (1962) Recorded Live at the Monterey Jazz Festival (1966) The 2nd John Handy Album (1966)

Recorded Live at the Monterey Jazz Festival is a live album by saxophonist John Handy, recorded in 1965 and released in 1966. It is Handy's most famous album,^{[ citation needed ]} and his debut on Columbia. The original album only features two long instrumental pieces, notable for their "free form", a peculiar use of harmonies and unusual instruments (violin and guitar along with more "classic" jazz instruments are uncommon in jazz music). The bonus track "Tears of Ole Miss (Anatomy of a Riot)", which was added to the now out-of-print 1996 CD edition, was originally featured on New View! .

The album is mentioned in 1995 Charles Burnett's short film When It Rains. ^[1] Music critic Ralph J. Gleason called the lineup on the album "an exciting group and one of that will make jazz history". ^[2] Notwithstanding the praises and its relevance, Recorded Live at the Monterey Jazz Festival still remains a little-known album.^{[ citation needed ]}

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[3]

This album is number 67 in a list titled "The 100 Jazz Albums That Shook the World", published by Jazzwise . ^[4]

It was accorded five stars in The Encyclopedia of Popular Music . ^[5]

Track listing

All compositions by John Handy.

1. "If Only We Knew" - 27:29
2. "Spanish Lady" - 19:31
3. "Tears of Ole Miss (Anatomy of a Riot)" - 23:37 Bonus track on CD reissue, recorded on June 28, 1967 at Village Gate, New York City

Personnel

• John Handy – alto saxophone
• Mike White – violin
• Jerry Hahn – guitar
• Don Thompson – bass
• Terry Clarke – drums

On bonus track

• John Handy – alto saxophone
• Bobby Hutcherson - vibraphone
• Pat Martino - guitar
• Albert Stinson - bass
• Doug Sides - drums

References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20160516215447/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec6vNeyICio
2. Note on LP and CD cover
3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 646. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
4. "Jazzwise". Jazzwise.com. Retrieved August 9, 2024.
5. Larkin, Colin (2007). the Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0195313734.