Recorded Live at the Monterey Jazz Festival

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Recorded Live at the Monterey Jazz Festival
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Live album by
John Handy
ReleasedMay 21, 1966
RecordedSeptember 18, 1965
Venue Monterey Jazz Festival, Monterey
Genre Jazz
Length47:00
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)
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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! .

Contents

The album is mentioned in 1995 Charles Burnett's short film When It Rains. [2] Music critic Ralph J. Gleason called the lineup on the album "an exciting group and one of that will make jazz history". [3] Notwithstanding the praises and its relevance, Recorded Live at the Monterey Jazz Festival still remains a little-known album.[ citation needed ]

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

On bonus track

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References

  1. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 646. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  2. ↑ [ dead link ]
  3. ↑ Note on LP and CD cover
  4. ↑ "Jazzwise". Jazzwise.com. Retrieved August 9, 2024.
  5. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0195313734.
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