A live performance from the Monterey Jazz Festival by the late smooth jazz saxophonist Grover Washington Jr. will be released on July 31st as the debut disc from Monterey Jazz Festival Records, the new label created to celebrate the festival's 50th anniversary this fall. The album is yet to be titled.
The performance was Washington's only one at the legendary festival, just five years prior to his death from a heart attack on December 17, 1999 at the age of 56. On the never-before-heard recording, Washington plays tenor, alto and soprano sax, and he is joined by music director Bill Jolly on keyboards and vocals, Donald Robinson on keys, Richard Lee Steacker on guitar, Lanar Brantley on bass, Steven Wolf on drums, and Pablo Batista on congas and percussion.
Live Monterey Jazz Festival records featuring Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, Thelonius Monk and Shirley Horn will also be released on July 31st and additional releases are slated for September.
The track listing for Grover Washington Jr.'s Live CD includes:
"Black Frost"
"Gramercy Park"
"Brand New Age"
"When I Fall in Love"
"Please Send Me Someone to Love"
"Take Five (Take Another Five)"
MEDLEY:
"Winelight"
"Inner City Blues"
"Jammin'"
"Ain't No Sunshine"
"East River Drive"
"Inside Moves"
"Lock It in the Pocket"
"Just the Two of Us"
"Sausalito"
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