Music Written for Monterey 1965
Live album by
Charles Mingus
Released1965
2006 CD reissue with bonus tracks
RecordedSeptember 25, 1965
Royce Hall, University of California, Los Angeles
GenreJazz
Length87:23
LabelJazz Workshop JWS 013/14
Sunnyside SSC 3041 - CD Reissue
ProducerCharles Mingus
Charles Mingus chronology
My Favorite Quintet
(1965) 		Music Written for Monterey 1965
(1965) 		Charles Mingus in Paris: The Complete America Session
(1970)
Original Album Cover

Music Written for Monterey 1965 (subtitled Not Heard... Played in its Entirety, at UCLA) is a live album by the American bassist, composer and bandleader Charles Mingus, recorded at Royce Hall in Los Angeles and released on Mingus's own Jazz Workshop label in 1966.[1] The album was rereleased by Sue Mingus on the Sunnyside label in 2006.

Reception

AllMusic's Jeff Tamarkin wrote that "as an adjunct to Mingus' lengthy discography, it's a fascinating and sometimes brilliant entry".[2] Samuel Chell of All About Jazz stated that "this recording of the enigmatic, volatile composer's UCLA performance could be regarded as an indispensable 'document,' filling in another piece of the puzzle that was Charles Mingus while providing privileged insights into the creative process as well as the private, elusive domain known as the 'self.'"[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[5]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Charles Mingus except as indicated

Disc One:

  1. Opening Speech – 0:42
  2. "Meditation on Inner Peace Part I" – 17:57
  3. Speech Introducing Musicians – 1:41
  4. "Meditation on Inner Peace Part II" – 0:51
  5. Speech – 0:15
  6. "Once Upon a Time There Was a Holding Corporation Called Old America" – 0:08
  7. Lecture to Band – 0:27
  8. "Once Upon a Time, There Was a Holding Corporation Called Old America" –1:22
  9. "Ode to Bird and Dizzy" [aka "Bird Preamble"] (Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Denzil Best, Fats Navarro, Max Roach, Oscar Pettiford, Tadd Dameron, Lonnie Hillyer, Charles McPherson, Danny Richmond) – 10:18
  10. Speech: Call Octet Back – 0:54
  11. "They Trespass the Land of Sacred Sioux" – 7:11

Disc Two:

  1. Speech: Introduction to Hobart Dotson/"The Arts of Tatum and Freddy Webster" – 10:01
  2. Speech – 1:24
  3. "Once Upon a Time, There Was a Holding Corporation Called Old America" – 11:01
  4. Speech: Introduction to Lonnie Hillyer – 0:35
  5. "Twelfth Street Rag" (misidentified on album as Muskrat Ramble (Kid Ory, Ray Gilbert) – 3:11
  6. Pause – 0:11
  7. "Don't Be Afraid, The Clown's Afraid Too" – 8:21
  8. "Don't Let It Happen Here" – 10:53

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Charles Mingus discography accessed November 29, 2012
  2. ^ a b Tamarkin, J. AllMusic Review accessed November 29, 2012
  3. ^ Chell, S. Charles Mingus at UCLA: Extended Analysis, All About Jazz, September 27, 2006
  4. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 142. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  5. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1004. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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