Live at the 1972 Monterey Jazz Festival (CD - 2008)

Personnel: Jimmy Witherspoon (vocals); Robben Ford (guitar, alto saxophone); Woody Herman (clarinet); Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster (tenor saxophone); Roy Eldridge (trumpet); Earl Hines (piano); Paul Nagel (Fender Rhodes piano); Vernon Alley, Stanley Poplin (bass instrument); Mel Lewis (drums, drum); Jim Baum (drums); Jim Baum (drum).

Recording information: The Monterey Jazz Festival (09/16/1972/10/02/1959).

Authors: Jim Baum; Tim "T-Bone" Jackson; Jason Olaine; Robben Ford; Stanley Poplin; Paul Nagel.

Arranger: Jimmy Witherspoon.

In 1972 Jimmy Witherspoon blew away the Monterey Jazz Festival with a line-up helmed by blues guitar master Robben Ford. On this live recording from that performance, Ford covers an impressive emotional gamut with his fretboard that matches Spoon's slow-burning soul vocals note for note. Rarely have two giants been so ably matched and MJF LIVE 1972 captures their bond at its creative peak. minimize