Unpublished live recordings
1956-2020
Physical Description: 111
item(s)
Festival recordings
1956-2020
Physical Description: 111
box(es)
Arrangement note
Boxes 77-78 have been withdrawn and their contents distributed to other boxes in the
collection. Boxes 82-85 include preservation DVD access copies of original materials
in the collection, and are therefore not included here.
Scope and contents
Video and audio of live performances from the annual Monterey Jazz Festival. Also
included are interviews, and news coverage.
Box 1
0013-0029; 0038
1958-1960
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 2
0001-0012; 0030-0054
circa 1958-1964
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 3
0055-0056; 0101; 0112-0143
1964-1970
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 4
0057-0073
1964-1965
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 5
0074-0090
1965-1966
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 6
0091-0109
1966
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 7
0110-0111; 0153-0167
1966-1971
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 8
0144-0152; 0186-0189; 0212; 0218-0219; 0221-0222; 0226-0232; 0235-0238;
0249-0250; 0264-0265; 0273; 0276; 0279
1970-1973
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 9
0168-0183; 0185
1971
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 10
0188; 0190-0206
1972
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 11
0207-0211; 0213-0217; 0220; 0224-0226; 0233-0234; 0239-0240
1972
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 12
0241-0248; 0251-0260
1950-1972
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 13
0261-0263; 0266-0272; 0274-0275; 0277-0278; 0280-0283; 0289
1973
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 14
0290-0293; 0297; 0299-0300; 0302; 0308-0309; 0311-0312; 0314-0315; 0317;
0319-0322; 0324; 0327-0328; 0340; 0346; 0349-0350; 0354-0355; 0358;
0365-0372
1973-1976
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 15
0284-0288; 0294-0296; 0298; 0301; 0303-0307; 0310; 0313; 0316;
0318
1973-1974
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 16
0323; 0325-0326; 0329; 0331-0345; 0347
1974-1975
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 17
0348; 0351-0353; 0356-0357; 0359-0364; 0377-0384
1975-1977
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 18
0385-0402; 0404
1977
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 19
0403; 0405-0406; 0457-0471
1977-1979
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 20
0472-0489
1979-1980
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 21
0373-0376; 0407-0438
1976-1979
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 22
0439-0456; 0569; 0844-0853; 0876-0878; 0945-947
1976-1982
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 23
0490-0506
1980
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 24
0508-0523
1980
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 25
0524-0542
1980-1981
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 26
0543-0560
1981
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 27
0561-0568; 0570-0577; 0579
1981-1983
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 28
0580-0598
1983
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 29
0599; 0601-0617
1983-1985
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 30
0618-0636
1985-1986
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 31
0637-0654
1986
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 32
0655-0672
1986-1988
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 33
0673-0690
1988-1989
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 34
0691-0708
1989-1990
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 35
0709-0727
1990-1991
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 36
0728-0738; 0854-0861
1977-1991
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 37
0862-0875; 0879-0883
1977-1978
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 38
0884-0902; 0906
1978-1979
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 39
0903-0905; 0907-0911; 0914-0919
1979-1980
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 40
0912-0913; 0920-0931
1980-1981
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 41
0932-0944; 0948; 0950-0953
1981-1983
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 42
0949; 0954-0964; 0968-0973
1983-1985
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 43
0974-0978; 0983-0988; 1454-1461
1958-1985
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 44
1213-1222
1967
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 45
1223-1232
1967
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 46
0965-0967; 0979-0982; 1233; 1462-1473
1958-1985
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 47
0739-0790
1992-1994
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 48
0791-0843
1994-1995
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 49
1099-1122; 1154-1172; 1175-1182
1965-1997
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 50
1183-1212
circa 1993-1997
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 51
1303-1322; 1324-1325; 1327-1330; 1374-1395
1998-1999
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 52
1397; 1428-1430; 1432-1441; 1443-1453; 1512-1518; 1520-1523;
1582-1594
1999-2002
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 53
1595-1601
1979
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 54
1645-1652; 1654-1669
1982-2003
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 55
1755-1773
2005
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 56
1602-1609
1979
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 57
1173-1174; 1323; 1326; 1519; 1670-1675; 1677-1684; 1699-1724
1997-2004
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 58
0223; 1620-1633; 1635; 1638-1644
1956-1986
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 59
1498-1511; 1538-1556
2001-2002
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 60
1613-1619
1980
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 61
1421-1427; 1474-1497
1995-2001
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 62
1557-1565; 1610-1612
1980-2002
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 63
1399-1403; 1404-1420
2000
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 64
1346-1373
1999
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 65
1091-1097; 1123-1149
1996-1997
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 66
1026-1045
1983-1995
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 67
1286-1302; 1332-1345
1998-1999
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 68
1254-1285
1997-1998
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 69
1150-1153; 1234-1253
1991-1997
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 70
1072-1090
circa 1989-1996
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 71
1005-1025
1978-1983
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 72
1046-1048; 1057-1071
circa 1983-1993
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 73
1049-1056
1967-1978
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 74
1000-1004
1982
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 75
0988-0997; 0999
1975-1982
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 76
0998; 1032; 1796-1808
1982-2006
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 79
2337-2344
2006
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 80
2328-2331
2007
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 81
2332-2336
2008
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 86
1892-1904; 1939
2007-2008
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 87
1940-1952
2008
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 88
1987-1998
circa 2009
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 89
1999-2010
2009-2010
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 90
1980-1985; 2011-2038
circa 1978-2010
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 91
2041-2044
2009-2010
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 92
1816-1828; 1872-1891; 1919-1929
2006-2008
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 93
1676; 1953-1954; 2051-2092
2003-2010
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 94
1524-1537; 1566; 1570-1572; 1574-1581
2001-2002
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 95
1685-1698; 1725-1729; 1731-1737; 1739-1754; 1774-1776
2003-2005
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 96
1777-1786; 1905-1918; 1930-1938; 1955-1966; 1974-1979; 2039-2040;
2045-2050
2005-2009
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 97
1634; 1834-1842; 1851-1859; 1398
1958-1967
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 98
0330; 0906; 1860-1871; 1967-1973; 1986; 2098-2113; 2116-2121; 2135-2140;
2142-2146; 2165-2166; 2183-2185; 2205-2207; 2209-2211; 2223-2226; 2250-2254;
2283-2284; 2297-2298
1958-2008
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 99
2147-2159
2011
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 100
2160-2164; 2168-2182; 2186-2195
2011
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 101
2197-2204; 2208; 2212-2222; 2227-2231
2012
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 102
2232-2249; 2255-2261; 2327
1975-2010
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 103
2262-2282; 2285-2296
circa 1995-2010
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 104
1331; 2114-2115; 2122-2134; 2167; 2299-2302; 2304; 2321
circa 1958-1985
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 105
2322-2324
circa 1995
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 122
2345-2366
2013
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 125
2367-2388
2014
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 126
2389-2407
2015
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 129
2409-2425
1984 September
14-15
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 130
2426-2440
1984 September
15-16
Physical Description: 1
box(es)
Box 131
2441-2452
1984 September 16
Physical Description: 10 audiotape
reel(s)
Box 131
2453-2455
1975 September 21
Physical Description: 3 7"
audiotape reel(s)
Box 134
2456-2461
2016-2017
Physical Description: 1
box(es)(5) hard drives; 28 compact discs; 29
jewel cases
Box 135
2462-2466
2018-2020
Physical Description: 1
box(es)(5) hard drives
Box 137
2467-2485
1984-09-14-1984-09-16
Physical Description: 19
audiotape reel(s)
Custodial History
Obtained in 2022 through private donation.
Scope and Contents
No tape "16."
Box 138
2485-
1960-
Physical Description: 2 hard
drive(s) (external)
Physical Description: 10 optical
disc(s) (cd-r)
Physical Description: 1 audiotape
reel(s)
Scope and Contents
Includes audiotape of Sunday afternoon performances from 1960 festival and digital
recordings of the 2021 festival.
50th Anniversary Tour recordings
2008 June-July
Physical Description: 6
item(s)
Box 106
Monterey Jazz Festival 50th Anniversary Tour: Reference Mix. Live at
Purchase College, Purchase, NY.
2008 June 3
Physical Description: 2 optical
disc(s) (cd-r)
Box 106
Monterey Jazz Festival 50th Anniversary Tour: Reference Mix. Live at The
Tilles Center, Brookville, NY.
2008 July 3
Physical Description: 3 optical
disc(s) (cd-r)
Box 81
Monterey Jazz Festival 50th Anniversary Tour. Master multitrack files.
2008 March
Physical Description: 1 hard
drive(s)[Maxtor USB external hard
drive]
Copies note
Drive contents have been copied to SMPL preservation server:
dpgThumper2.stanford.edu/pool0/ARS0025_mjf/2008-5
Commercial recordings
1958-2009
Physical Description: 38
item(s)
Scope and contents
Commercial recordings from the Monterey Jazz Festival on compact disc, LP, and
videocassette.
Compact Discs
1958-2009
Physical Description: 15 optical
disc(s) (cd)
Box 106
Corea, Clarke and White: Forever
2009
Physical Description: 2 optical
disc(s) (cd)
Material Specific Details: Concord Records.
CRE-32627-02. Published 2011.
Scope and contents
Disc 2, Track 10 - 500 Miles High, recorded at Monterey Jazz Festival, 2009
September 30.
Box 106
Miles Davis Quintet: Live at the 1963 Monterey Jazz Festival
1963 September 20
Physical Description: 1 optical
disc(s) (cd)
Material Specific Details: MJF Records. MJFR-30310.
Published 2007.
Box 106
Louis Armstrong: Live at the 1958 Monterey Jazz Festival
1958 October 3
Physical Description: 1 optical
disc(s) (cd)
Material Specific Details: MJF Records. MJFR-30311.
Published 2007.
Box 106
Thelonious Monk: Live at the 1964 Monterey Jazz Festival
1964 September 20
Physical Description: 1 optical
disc(s) (cd)
Material Specific Details: MJF Records. MJFR-30312.
Published 2007.
Box 106
Shirley Horn: Live at the 1994 Monterey Jazz Festival
1994 September 18
Physical Description: 1 optical
disc(s) (cd)
Material Specific Details: MJF Records. MJFR-30313.
Published 2008.
Box 106
Dizzy Gillespie: Live the at the 1965 Monterey Jazz Festival
1965 September 19
Physical Description: 1 optical
disc(s) (cd)
Material Specific Details: MJF Records. MJFR-30337.
Published 2007.
Box 106
Sarah Vaughan: Live at the 1971 Monterey Jazz Festival
1971 September 19
Physical Description: 1 optical
disc(s) (cd)
Material Specific Details: MJF Records. MJFR-30351.
Published 2007.
Box 106
Live at the Monterey Jazz Festival: Highlights Vol.1
1958-1991
Physical Description: 1 optical
disc(s) (cd)
Material Specific Details: MJF Records. MJFR-30352.
Published 2007.
Box 106
Monterey Jazz Festival 50th Anniversary All-Stars
2007 September 23
Physical Description: 1 optical
disc(s) (cd)
Material Specific Details: MJF Records. MJFR-30433.
Published 2008.
Box 106
Jimmy Witherspoon: featuring Robben Ford
1959-1972
Physical Description: 1 optical
disc(s) (cd)
Material Specific Details: MJF Records. MJFR-30638.
Published 2008.
Box 106
50 years of Dave Brubeck
1958-1985
Physical Description: 1 optical
disc(s) (cd)
Material Specific Details: MJF Records. MJFR-30680.
Published 2008.
Box 106
Tito Puente and His Orchestra: Live at the 1977 Monterey Jazz Festival
1977 September 18
Physical Description: 1 optical
disc(s) (cd)
Material Specific Details: MJF Records. MJFR-30700.
Published 2008.
Box 106
The Best of Cal Tjader: Live at the Monterey Jazz Festival
1958-1980
1958-1980
Physical Description: 1 optical
disc(s) (cd)
Material Specific Details: MJF Records. MJFR-30701.
Published 2008.
Box 106
Art Blakey and the Giants of Jazz: Live at the 1972 Monterey Jazz
Festival
1972 September 16
Physical Description: 1 optical
disc(s) (cd)
Material Specific Details: MJF Records. MJFR-30882.
Published 2008.
LP
circa 1958-1980
Physical Description: 22 12" vinyl
disc(s)
Box 110
Woody Herman: Live at Monterey
1959 October 3
Physical Description: 1 12" vinyl
disc(s)
Material Specific Details: Atlantic, 900441. Published
1982. First published 1960 as Atlantic, 1328.
Tracklisting
Four brothers; Like some blues man; Skoobeedoobee; Monterey apple tree; Skylark;
The magpie.
Box 110
Woody Herman's Big New Herd at the Monterey Jazz Festival
1959 October 3
Physical Description: 2 12" vinyl
disc(s)[2 copies; 1 mono, 1 stereo]
Material Specific Details: Atlantic, 1328 (Mono).
Atlantic, SD 1328 (Stereo). Published 1959-1960.
Tracklisting
Four brothers; Like some blues man; Skoobeedoobee; Monterey apple tree; Skylark;
The magpie.
Box 110
Woody Herman: Live at Monterey
1959 October 3
Physical Description: 1 12" vinyl
disc(s)
Material Specific Details: Atlantic, ATL 50236.
Published 1976. Previously released as Atlantic, SD1328.
Tracklisting
Four brothers; Like some blues man; Skoobeedoobee; Monterey apple tree; Skylark;
The magpie.
Date note
This recording claims that the contents were recorded 1960 March 15. However, this
is a reissue of Atlantic, SD1328 which was recorded on 1959 October 3. This October
date is also backed up by a later 1982 reissue of the same recording, Atlantic,
900441.
Box 110
Forest Flower: Charles Lloyd at Monterey
1966 September 18
Physical Description: 1 12" vinyl
disc(s)
Material Specific Details: Atlantic, SD-1473.
Published 1967.
Tracklisting
Forest flower - sunrise; Forest flower- sunset; Sorcery; Song of her; East of the
sun.
Date note
This recording claims that the contents were recorded 1960 March 15. However, this
is a reissued of Atlantic, SD1328
Box 110
Evolution of the blues song
1960
Physical Description: 2 12" vinyl
disc(s)[2 copies; 1 mono, 1 stereo]
Material Specific Details: Columbia, CL 1583 (Mono).
Columbia, CS 8383 (Stereo). Published 1960-1961.
Tracklisting
Introduction; Amo ; Some stopped on de way; Swing low, sweet chariot; New Orleans;
I had my share; Please send me someone to love; Sufferin' blues; That's enough; Aw,
gal; See see rider; Jumpin' with Symphony Sid; Sun gonna shine in my door; W.P.A.
blues; Sometimes I feel like a motherless child.
Box 110
Billie Holiday: at Monterey, 1958
1958 October 5
Physical Description: 1 12" vinyl
disc(s)
Material Specific Details: Black Hawk Records, BKH
50701. Published 1986.
Tracklisting
Ain't nobody's business but my own; Willow weep for me; When your lover has gone;
God bless the child; I only have eyes for you; Good morning heartache; Them there
eyes; Billie's blues; Oh, what a little moonlight can do; Trav'lin lights; Lover
come back to me.
Box 110
John Handy: Recorded Live at the Monterey Jazz Festival
1965
Physical Description: 1 12" vinyl
disc(s)
Material Specific Details: Columbia, CS 9262.
Published 1965-1966.
Tracklisting
Spanish lady; If only we knew.
Box 110
Woody and Friends
1979 September 15
Physical Description: 1 12" vinyl
disc(s)
Material Specific Details: Concord Jazz, CJ-170.
Published, 1981.
Tracklisting
Caravan; I got it bad and that ain't good; Count down; Better git it in your soul;
Woody'n you; What are you doing the rest of your life; Manteca.
Box 110
1959 Monterey Jazz Festival
1959 October 2
Physical Description: 1 12" vinyl
disc(s)
Material Specific Details: Everest Records, FS 239.
Published circa 1960.
Tracklisting
Ain't nobody's business; When I been drinkin'; No rollin' blues; Good rockin'
tonight; Big fine girl.
Box 110
Jimmy Witherspoon at the Monterey Jazz Festival
1959 October 2
Physical Description: 1 12" vinyl
disc(s)
Material Specific Details: Hifijazz, J 421.
Publication date unknown.
Tracklisting
No rollin' blues; Good rockin' tonight; Big fine girl; Ain't nobody's business;
When I been drinkin'.
Box 110
More Sorcery: Gabor Szabo
1967
Physical Description: 1 12" vinyl
disc(s)
Material Specific Details: Impulse, AS-9167.
Publication date unknown.
Tracklisting
Los Matodoros; People; Corcovado; Lucy in the sky with diamonds; Comin' back;
Spellbinder.
Recording locations
Side 1 (Los Matodoros; People; Corcovado) recorded a Jazz Workshop, Boston, 1967
April 14-15. Side 2 (Lucy in the sky with diamonds; Comin' back; Spellbinder)
recorded at the Monterey Jazz Festival, 1967 September 17.
Box 110
Mingus at Monterey
1964 September 20
Physical Description: 2 12" vinyl
disc(s)
Tracklisting
Duke Ellington medley: I've got it bad, In a sentimental mood, All too soon, Mood
indigo, Sophisticated lady, A train; Orange was the color of her dress, then blue
silk; Meditations on integration.
Publication details
Fantasy, JWS 001-JWS 002.
Box 110
Night Flight
circa 1960-1970
Physical Description: 1 12" vinyl
disc(s)
Material Specific Details: Pacific Jazz, PJ-10101.
Date of publication circa 1960-1970.
Tracklisting
Tin tin deo; I'm in the mood for love; Night flight; Our man Flint; Seesaw;
Batucada surgiu; 17 mile drive; A patch of blue; Latin lady; Blues for a debutante;
Sweets for my sweet; Wild chestnuts.
Box 110
Gil Fuller and the Monterey Jazz Festival Orchestra
1965
Physical Description: 1 12" vinyl
disc(s)
Material Specific Details: Pacific Jazz, T-90458.
Published circa 1965.
Tracklisting
Man from Monterey; Angel City; Love theme from the Sandpiper; Groovin' high; Be's
that way; Big Sur; Moontide; Things are here.
Box 110
Bola Sete at the Monterey Jazz Festival
1966 September
Physical Description: 1 12" vinyl
disc(s)
Material Specific Details: Verve, V6-8689. Published
circa 1966.
Tracklisting
Medley: Manha de carnaval, A felicidade, Samba de Orfeu; Soul samba; Flamenco.
Box 110
Jazz Monterey
1958-1980
Physical Description: 2 12" vinyl
disc(s)
Material Specific Details: Palo Alto Records,
PA8080-2. Published 1984.
Tracklisting
The sticks (The Cannonball Adderley Quintet); Green Dolphin Street (Toots
Thielemans); Body and soul (Woody Herman Orchestra); Isotope (Joe Henderson
Quartet); All of you (Jon Hendricks); Doxie (Jimmy Giuffre Three); The Jampfs are
coming (Johnny Griffin); Two bass hit - Ad hoc jam (Buddy Rich and his Orchestra
with Dizzy Gillespie); God bless the child (Clark Terry); You can depend on me (Joe
Williams with Prez Conference); I remember Clifford (Benny Golson); Remembering
(Joanne Brackeen Trio).
Box 110
Concerto for Herd
1967 September
Physical Description: 1 12" vinyl
disc(s)
Material Specific Details: Verve, V6/8764. Published
circa 1968.
Tracklisting
Concerto for herd: First movement, Second movement, Third movement; Big Sur echo
(Don Rader, composer); The horn of the fish (Bill Holman, composer); Woody's
boogaloo (Kenny Ascher, composer).
Box 110
The Real Ambassadors
1962
Physical Description: 1 12" vinyl
disc(s)
Material Specific Details: Columbia, OL 5850.
Published 1962.
Tracklisting
Everybody's comin'; Cultural exchange; Good reviews; Remember who you are; My one
bad habit; Summer song; King for a day; Blow Satchmo; The real ambassador; In the
lurch; The moment worth years; They say I look like God; Since love had its way; I
didn't know until you told me; Swing bells - Blow Satchmo - Finale.
Videocassettes
1958-1998
Physical Description: 1
videotape(s)
Box 106
Monterey Jazz Festival: 40 Legendary Years
1958-1998
Physical Description: 1
videotape(s)
Material Specific Details: Warner Home Video. 36494.
Published 1998.
Non-Festival recordings
circa 1955-1979
Physical Description: 37 audiotape
reel(s)
Box 107, reel 1
To Jimmy Lyons from Don Lanphere and Jon Pugh. Wenatchee, WA 98801.
1979 November 19
Physical Description: 1 audiotape
reel(s)[Quarter inch tape]
Scope and contents
Audio message from Saxophonist Don Lanphere to Jimmy Lyons. Recalls his father
sending him tapes of Lyon's radio broadcasts and his 1959 MJF performance with Woody
Herman. Tape contains musical selections that trumpet player John Peters recorded in
his home studio. Tunes are interspersed with Lanphere comments.
Additionally, Lanphere tells Lyons of his recent (1979) gigs and upcoming events.
Also includes performances of Lanphere with John Peters and Central Washington State
Jazz Band.
Box 107, reel 2
Red Norvo Trio at Sunset. Disco #1.
undated
Physical Description: 1 audiotape
reel(s)[Quarter inch tape, 7.5 ips]
Tracklisting
Lover come back to me; Perdido; Tenderly; Rosetta; In the midst of time; Exactly like
you; Body and soul; I get a kick out of you; Dancing on the ceiling; My heart stood
still; I surrender dear.
Disco # 1 is written in different ink over the information for the Red Norvo Trio
set.
Box 107, reel 3
Ella Fitzgerald at Sunset Auditorium
1956 September 1
Physical Description: 1 audiotape
reel(s)[Quarter inch tape, half track, 7.5 ips,
mono]
Tracklisting
Intro by Jimmy Lyons; Little boy; It might as well be spring; Same old Saturday night
/ Dont get around much anymore; Hard hearted Hannah - The vamp of Savannah, GA; I cant
give you anything but love, baby; Cry me a river; Love and marriage; Lullaby of
Birdland; I've got a crush on you; Sixteen tons; The tender trip; Air mail special;
Trio instrumental; This cant be love; Someone to watch over me; Cow cow boogie; Angel
eyes; That old black magic; How high the moon; Roll em pete; My funny valentine;
Autumn leaves; A tisket, a tasket; St. Louis blues.
Box 107, reel 4
Excerpts from Concert by the Sea - Erroll Garner
1955 September 19
Physical Description: 1 audiotape
reel(s)[Quarter inch tape]
Tracklisting
Mambo Carmel; Teach me tonight; three clips ending with Will you still be mine; I
cover the waterfront; Bernie's tune; How could you do a thing like that to me; Laura;
Red top; April in Paris.
Additional content
Side two features interviews with Erroll Garner, Denzil Best, and Eddie Calhoun.
Box 107, reel 5B, Box 107, reel 5A
Andre Previn at Sunset Auditorium
circa 1958
Physical Description: 2 audiotape
reel(s)[Quarter inch tape, half track, 7.5 ips]
Tracklisting
Untitled; Untitled; A hundred years from today; Sometimes I'm happy; Angel eyes;
Bernie's tune; Untitled; My funny valentine; Lets get away from it all; three formal
pieces (Previn, solo piano).
Box 107, reel 6
Reseda and Burbank High School Bands
undated
Physical Description: 1 audiotape
reel(s)[Quarter inch tape]
Scope and contents
A note accompanying this reel mentions that this recording is from a High School band
competition for Monterey Jazz Festival. The date and location however are unknown, as
is the set list.
Box 107, reel 7
High School Winning Band and Combo 1974
1974
Physical Description: 1 audiotape
reel(s)[Quarter inch tape]
Tracklisting (Grant Union)
Valencia; Parker's mood and Moody's mood; Naiesha; Bag's groove
Tracklisting (Eagle Rock)
Caissons go rolling along; Untitled; Untitled; Untitled; Bluegatta.
Box 107, reel 8
Stu Williamson
1960
Physical Description: 1 audiotape
reel(s)[Quarter inch tape]
Scope and contents
Appears to be a studio produced demo tape.
Tracklisting
Cool Breeze; Hungary Child; Rosebud.
Box 107, reel 9
John Lewis
undated
Physical Description: 1 audiotape
reel(s)[Quarter inch tape, 7.5 ips,
mono]
Tracklisting
Lyon head; Mirjana of my soul; Beach head; Mirjana of my heart.
Scope and contents
Date and location of recording unknown
Box 107, reel 10
Blood, Sweat, and Tears
undated
Physical Description: 1 audiotape
reel(s)[Quarter inch tape, quarter track, 7.5
ips]
Tracklisting
Applause; Yesterday's music (Someone belongs to everyone); Naked man (Beware of the
naked man); Got to get you into my life; Takin it home.
Scope and contents
Appears to be a studio session, possibly captured (according to a note on the reel's
container) at: "Record Plant Studios, 321 West 44th Street, New York, NY, 10036".
Date of session is unknown.
Box 107, reel 11
Jimmy Lyons: Crosstalk, with Jon Faddis and Dizzy Gillespie
undated
Physical Description: 1 audiotape
reel(s)[Quarter inch tape, 3.75
ips]
Scope and contents
Jimmy Lyons interviews trumpeters Jon Faddis and Dizzy Gillespie for the radio
program Crosstalk, broadcast on KEST (San Francisco).
Date of broadcast unknown.
Box 107, reel 12
Jimmy Lyons Radio Show
1975 April 12
Physical Description: 1 audiotape
reel(s)[Quarter inch tape, 3.75
ips]
Scope and contents
A radio show by Jimmy Lyons, broadcast on KEST (San Francisco). Mr Lyons explains at
the start of the broadcast that his show airs on Saturday evenings between 8-10pm.
Includes tunes by Woody Herman (Hitch Hike On The Possum Trot Line), Duke Ellington
(Love you madly), Chuck Mangione Quartet (Legend of the one-eyed sailor), Carmen McRae
(Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most), Oscar Peterson (Easy listening blues), John
Coltrane (Naima), and Wes Montgomery (West coast blues).
Box 108, reel 13
Heritage Jazz Festival 1977: Ella Fitzgerald with The Tommy Flanagan
Trio
1977
Physical Description: 1 audiotape
reel(s)[Quarter inch tape]
Tracklisting
Too close for comfort; Ain't got nothing but the blues; Satin doll; I never knew;
Feelings; One note samba; Ordinary dream; Mr. Pagganini; You are the sunshine of my
life.
Also included are three spot announcements for the National Public Radio broadcast of
the above.
Box 108, reel 14
Montreux Jazz Festival - I
undated
Physical Description: 1 audiotape
reel(s)[Quarter inch tape]
Scope and contents
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Quartet with Ray Brown, Oscar Peterson, and Jimmy Smith: Blue
Lou.
Dave Brubeck Quartet with Darius, Christopher and Daniel Brubeck: [no setlist].
Joe Venuti: Autumn lesson and a violin lesson progression.
Box 108, reel 15
Montreux Jazz Festival - II
undated
Physical Description: 1 audiotape
reel(s)[Quarter inch tape]
Tracklisting
Sweet Georgia brown; The nearness of you; Hum scat with the bass; Improvisation on
all blue; there will never be another you; You ain't gonna bother me no more; Stella
by starlight; Roll' em Pete.
Also included: Jazz Alive - two spot announcements for the above.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
National Public Radio (U.S.)
Box 108, reel 16
Heritage Jazz Festival 1977: Al Belletto Septet; Roy Eldridge and the Tommy
Flanagan Trio
1977
Physical Description: 1 audiotape
reel(s)[Quarter inch tape]
Tracklisting
Al Belleto Septet: Falling in love with love; No.64; Basically Blues. Roy Eldridge
and the Tommy Flanagan Trio: Sometimes I'm happy; St.James infirmary; Let me off
uptown. Interview with Tommy Flanagan.
Box 107, reel 17
Sergio Mendes: Brazil 65 and 66
circa 1965-1966
Physical Description: 1 audiotape
reel(s)[Quarter inch tape]
Tracklisting
Brazil 65: So nice; Favela; Berimban; Tristeya em mim; Aquarius; One note samba; So
nice; Ninto a vontade; Let me; Consola cao; Reza. Brazil 66: Mas que nada; One note
samba; Spanish flea; The joker; Going out of my head; Tim dom dom; Day tripper; Aqua
de beber; Slow hot wind; O pato; Berimban.
Box 107, reel 18
Bob Dorough at Concerts by the Sea, with Bill Takus.
1976 April
Physical Description: 1 audiotape
reel(s)[Quarter inch tape]
Tracklisting
Simon Smith and his dancing bear; Better than anything; I'm beginning to see the
light; A hundred years from today; I'm hip; Nothing like you; Small day tomorrow;
Norwegian wood; Just because were kids; Just about everything.
Scope and contents
Includes a handwritten note to '"Jimmy'"(presumably Jimmy Lyons), dated "9 June", in
which David Smith writes that this reel is a cut from a new album by Bob Dorough, that
he (Smith) helped produce. Smith suggests that Dorough "would be a great addition to
this years festival".
Box 107, reel 19
An American Concerto
1976 May 26
Physical Description: 1 audiotape
reel(s)[Quarter inch tape, quarter track, 7.5
ips, stereo]
Box 107, reel 20
Berkeley High School Jazz Quintet, Reno 78
1978
Physical Description: 1 audiotape
reel(s)[Quarter inch tape]
Box 107, reel 21
Radio broadcast, KOCN-FM
undated
Physical Description: 1 audiotape
reel(s)[Quarter inch tape]
Scope and contents
Poorly spliced mixture of different tunes.
Tracklisting
Reel appears to have been auditioned. Tunes highlighted: Just friends (Marmarosso,
piano; Thompson, Marshall, drums; Jones, Sam, bass); Cold Duck Time (Harris, Eddie);
Queen Mother stomp (Ray Brown Big Band); The kid (Ousley, Harold); Come back
Charleston blue (Jones, Quincy; Hathaway, Donna); Hearse to the graveyard;
Box 107, reel 22
Festival suite: in memoriam. Premiere.
1976 April 2
Physical Description: 1 audiotape
reel(s)[Quarter inch tape, quarter track, 3.75
ips, stereo]
Additional content
Includes a note from Clausen, Alf to Lyons, Jimmy that outlines that the recording is
a "good tape of Fri. afternoon's premiere of my Festival Suite. This should present it
in a little better light. Let me know what you decide and if you need anything
else".
Box 107, reel 23
Jimmy Lyons at Cerritos
undated
Physical Description: 1 audiotape
reel(s)[Quarter inch tape]
Additional content
Includes a note that reads "Cerritos broadcast. No music".
Box 107, reel 24
Disco #2
undated
Physical Description: 1 audiotape
reel(s)[Quarter inch tape, 7.5 ips]
Box 107, reel 25
Disco #3
undated
Physical Description: 1 audiotape
reel(s)[Quarter inch tape, 7.5 ips]
Box 107, reel 26
Disco #4
undated
Physical Description: 1 audiotape
reel(s)[Quarter inch tape, 7.5 ips]
Box 107, reel 27
Kanin Knog / Bengt Hallberg
undated
Physical Description: 1 audiotape
reel(s)[Quarter inch tape, 7.5 ips, CCIR,
stereo]
Tracklisting
It ain't nobody's business; I was doing all right; I'm singing this song to you.
Box 107, reel 28
Ted Curson
undated
Physical Description: 1 audiotape
reel(s)[Quarter inch tape, 3.75 ips, 2 track]
Scope and Contents
The Jazz Set (PBS), 1972: Typical Ted; The leopard; Reeva's waltz. Ode to Booker
Ervin (LP): Airi's tune, LSD takes a holiday. Flip flop (LP). Reeva's waltz (live at
U.C. Berkeley, 1972 April). Still life.
Box 107, reel 29
Untitled
undated
Physical Description: 1 audiotape
reel(s)[Quarter inch tape]
General note
Scotch 140, tartan series tape. Contents unknown.
Box 107, reel 30
Concert Jazz for Stage Bands
undated
Physical Description: 1 audiotape
reel(s)[Quarter inch tape, 4" open reel tape]
Scope and contents
Demo tape of arrangement and original compositions by Richmond, Kim, designed for
college stage bands. Tape container includes accompanying cover letter and
tracklisting.
Tracklisting
Real George (CJ-208); Sister Sadie (CJ-110); Gems (CJ-309); Indian summer (CJ-109);
City of LA (CJ-406); Days of wine and roses (CJ-305); Then came Bronson (CJ-205); Mini
tiger (CJ-210); Sojourn (CJ-111); In a mellowtone (CJ-108); Nice (CJ-307); Under the
loop (CJ-209); You'll never know (CJ-211); Yesterday (CJ-308); Mayo (CJ-212).
Box 107, reel 31
Nine Piece Band Dubs
1961 December 19
Physical Description: 1 audiotape
reel(s)[Quarter inch tape. 15 ips]
Tracklisting
Going going gone; Song for Carl; Green Dolphin; Contiki.
Recording venue
Recorded at United Recording.
Box 107, reel 32
KJAZ
1960 June 28
Physical Description: 1 audiotape
reel(s)[Quarter inch tape]
Scope and contents
Contents unknown.
Box 107, reel 33
Mood Music - Personal Property - Lyons
undated
Physical Description: 1 audiotape
reel(s)[Quarter inch tape]
Scope and contents
Contents unknown.
Box 107, reel 34
Untitled
undated
Physical Description: 1 audiotape
reel(s)[Quarter inch tape]
Box 107, reel 35
When Jeremiah Sang the Blues
1974 August 6
Physical Description: 1 audiotape
reel(s)[Quarter inch tape, quarter track, 7.5
ips, stereo]
Box 108, reel 36
Skelton - Tape 1 - Set 1
undated
Physical Description: 1 audiotape
reel(s)[Quarter inch tape]
Box 132, reel 1
Monterey Pop Festival Film
1967
Physical Description: 1 film
reel(s) (16mm)
General
Digitally preserved in the Stanford Digitial Repository. DRUID: wn366vq8604.
Documentation
circa 1958-2019
Physical Description: 13
box(es)
Box 111
Ephemera
circa 1995-2008
Physical Description: 1
box(es)[2 folders and 1 QIC data
tape]
Scope and contents
Limited edition commemorative stamps, assorted advertising materials, and information
documenting ticket sales from 1994.
Box 112
Board minutes and financial records. Archive formation.
1958-1983
Physical Description: 1
box(es)[14 folders, 1 book]
Scope and contents
Board meeting minutes 1958-1968. Balance sheets and income statements 1958-1980.
Archive records circa 1980-1983.
Box 114, Box 113, Box 115, Box 123, Box 124, Box 136
Programs
1958-2019; 2021
Monterey Jazz Festival Programs
Physical Description: 6
box(es)
Arrangement
1958-1995 (Box 113). 1996-2018 (Box 114). 2019- (Box 136)
Duplicates
Boxes 115, 123, and 124 contains duplicate copies of programs found in boxes 113,
114, and 136.
Box 116
Container materials and annotated program copies.
circa 1958-2005
Physical Description: 1
box(es)[9 folders]
Scope and contents
Photocopied and original paper based materials found inside sound recording
containers for item numbers MJF0001-MJF1072. Photocopies of programs with annotations
for festivals between 1958-2005. Photocopies of discarded tape boxes.
Box 117
Monterey Jazz Festival - Archive of Recorded Sound correspondence. Collection
loans and requests.
circa 1990-2012
Physical Description: 1
box(es)[21 folders]
Scope and contents
Correspondence between the Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound and the Monterey Jazz
Festival between 1990-2012. Also included are documents related to Monterey Jazz
Festival Collection's formation, access conditions, duplication, circulation, and
early arrangement work.
Box 118
Media content documentation
1958-2005
Physical Description: 1
box(es)[11 folders]
Scope and contents
Recording engineer notes for a number of live recordings in the collection between
1958-2005. These notes tend to include a rundown/set list with timings for each
performance.
Box 119
Collection processing and NHPRC grant documentation
circa 2004-2011
Physical Description: 1
box(es)[5 folders]
Scope and contents
Barcodes and various inventories. Contents of videos 1650s. Inserts from duplicate
cassettes. NHPRC, letters of support, originals. NHPRC, grant documentation.
Box 120, Box 121
Performer index cards 1958-1978
1958-1978
Physical Description: 2
box(es)
Scope and contents
Index of performance dates by artist, between 1958-1978 . Includes details of
accompanying performers in each instance.
Arrangement note
A-Z by artist surname. Box 120, A-J. Box 121, K-Z.
Photographs
2008
Physical Description: 2
item(s)
Box 106
Monterey Jazz Festival 50th Anniversary Tour.
June-July 2008
Physical Description: 1 optical
disc(s) (dvd)
Scope and contents
Photos of concerts at Purchase College, Purchase, NY (2008 June 3) and Tilles Center,
Brookville, NY (2008 July 03).
Box 106
MJF50 Allstars 2008 Tour jpegs
2008
Physical Description: 1 optical
disc(s) (cd-r)
Books and periodicals
1978-2007
Physical Description: 3
item(s)
Box 109
Dizzy, Duke, The Count and Me: The Story of the Monterey Jazz Festival
1978
Physical Description: 1
book(s)
Material Specific Details: San Francisco Examiner. A
California Living Book. ISBN 0-89395-005-X. Published 1978.
Box 109
Monterey Jazz Festival: Forty Legendary Years
1997
Physical Description: 1
book(s)
Material Specific Details: Angel City Press. ISBN
1-883318-40-8. First published 1997.
Box 109
Monterey Jazz Beat - Vol 6, Issues 1 and 2
2007
Physical Description: 1
folder(s)[2 issues]
Box 109
The art of jazz : Monterey Jazz Festival/50 years / Keith and Kent
Zimmerman
2007
Physical Description: 1
volume(s)
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Jazz -- United States.
Performing arts festivals -- California.
Monterey Jazz Festival posters
Monterey Jazz Festival Posters: 1958-10-03-
Related Materials
Posters from the 1980, 1982, 1983, and 1987 festivals can also be found in the John and
Lois Davies Collection of Monterey Jazz Festival Posters, ARS-0208.
General
Posters from 1958 onward available digitally.
Box 127
Oversize Jazz Festival Posters from selected years
1965-2004
Scope and Contents
Oversize Folder containing festival posters from the following years: 1965, 1970,
1981, 1983, 1997, 1999, 2001, and 2004. Folder also contains poster forof "Jazz
Appreciation Month : First Annual Celebration, April 2002"
Box 128
Jazz Festival posters from selected years
Scope and Contents
Oversize folder contains festival posters of various sizes from the following years:
1984-1985, 1993-1996, 1998, 2000, 2002- 2003, 2006-2016, and 2017 (2 copies).
