Carnival (Randy Weston album)

Carnival is a live album by American jazz pianist Randy Weston recorded in 1974 at the Montreux Jazz Festival and originally released on the Freedom label in 1975.[1]

Carnival
Live album by
Released1975
RecordedJuly 5, 1974
VenueMontreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland
GenreJazz
Length38:02
LabelFreedom
FLP 40148
ProducerAlan Bates, Michael Cuscuna
Randy Weston chronology
Tanjah
(1973)
Carnival
(1975)
Informal Solo Piano
(1974)

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Christgau's Record GuideB+[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[4]

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars, with its review by Scott Yanow stating, "This is an enjoyable and well-rounded set, easily recommended".[2] Village Voice critic Robert Christgau wrote: "A delightful discovery. Weston applies the rigorous wit of Monk to easy rolling African polyrhythms, and they hold up. The title cut suggests a time when intellect is transcended rather than blotted out and makes Lonnie Liston Smith sound pretty sloppy."[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Randy Weston except as indicated

  1. "Carnival" - 12:42
  2. Introduction - 1:00
  3. "Tribute to Duke Ellington" - 7:25
  4. Introduction - 1:00
  5. "Mystery of Love" (Guy Warren) - 17:55

Personnel

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References

  1. Randy Weston catalog accessed August 17, 2012
  2. Yanow, S. Allmusic review, accessed August 17, 2012.
  3. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: W". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 22, 2019 via robertchristgau.com.
  4. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 206. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
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