The Festival Album
| The Festival Album | ||||
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| Live album by The Jazz Crusaders | ||||
| Released | 1966 | |||
| Recorded |
July 4 and October 8, 1966 Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, RI and Pacific Jazz Festival, Costa Mesa, CA | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 56:50 | |||
| Label |
Pacific Jazz PJ 10115 | |||
| Producer | Richard Bock | |||
| The Jazz Crusaders chronology | ||||
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The Festival Album is a live album by The Jazz Crusaders recorded in 1966 and released on the Pacific Jazz label.[1][2]
Reception
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [3] |
AllMusic rated the album with 3½ stars noting: "The Festival Album was the only live set by the Jazz Crusaders not recorded at the Lighthouse. As such, it is a compilation of performances recorded at the Pacific Jazz and Newport Festivals in 1966".[3]
Track listing
- "Introduction - 0:34
- "Trance Dance" (Kenny Cox) - 9:28
- "Summer's Madness" (Joe Sample, Wayne Henderson, Wilton Felder) - 10:06
- "Young Rabbits" (Henderson) - 7:49
- "Freedom Sound" (Sample) - 7:59
- "Wilton's Boogaloo" (Felder) - 11:35 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Half and Half" (Charles Davis) - 9:14 Bonus track on CD reissue
- Recorded at the Newport Jazz Festival in Newport, RI on July 4, 1966 (tracks 4 & 5), at the Pacific Jazz Festival in Costa Mesa, CA on October 8, 1966 (tracks 1-3) and at Shelly's Manne-Hole in Hollywood, CA on July 19, 1968 (tracks 6 & 7)
Personnel
- Wayne Henderson - trombone
- Wilton Felder - tenor saxophone
- Joe Sample - piano
- Jimmy Bond (tracks 1-3), Herbie Lewis (tracks 4 & 5), Buster Williams (tracks 6 & 7) - bass
- Stix Hooper - drums
References
- ↑ Pacific Jazz Records Catalog: 10100/20100 series accessed January 12, 2016
- ↑ Stix Hooper Discography accessed January 12, 2016
- 1 2 Jurek, Thom. The Festival Album – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
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