Recorded live at the Monterey Jazz Festival, 1966. This recording is sadly out of print.
An album awarded with 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”.  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.”

THE PLAYERS

• Randy Weston – piano
• Ray Copeland – trumpet, flugelhorn, arranger
• Booker Ervin – tenor saxophone – feature track 5
• Cecil Payne – baritone saxophone
• Bill Vishnu Wood – bass
• Lennie McBrowne – drums
• Big Black – percussion