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Tracklist (Vinyl)
A1 | | A Foggy Day | | 5:35 | A2 | | Drums | | 5:25 | A3 | | Haitian Fight Song | | 5:20 | A4 | | Ladybird | | 6:00 | B1 | | I'll Remember April | | 13:20 | B2 | | Love Chant | | 7:35 |
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Review This two-record set is the last remnant of Mingus' brave and profoundly mad attempt to revive for a time the Big Band format. In February, 1972, he gathered 22 of the best working jazzmen in New York, including the members of his own quintet and special friends Gene Ammons, Dizzy Gillespie, Gerry Mulligan and Randy Weston, and sold out Philharmonic Hall on a freezing winter night. The concert was Mingus' first appearance on a New York stage in ten years and from first note to last was an eclectic, jumbled, confusing affair. The producer and master… Read More of ceremonies, Bill Cosby, patronized Mingus' audience and distracted the musicians with his buffoonery. Vocalist Honey Gordon was undermiked and inaudible. There was confusion among the under-rehearsed musicians about the order of solos, and there was a general complaint that Mingus didn't make enough display of his artistry on the bass. In spite of all these headaches, this selectively edited and I suspect heavily remixed version of the concert is a gas, at once a tribute to the genius and vision of Mingus and a fine modern Big Band recording. The program consists of a general Mingus retrospective retooled for the large ensemble, combined with single numbers and suites that Mingus wrote especially for the big band. Classics such as "Jump Monk," "Ecclusiastics" and "E's Flat" are all given new arrangements and sound fresh and ripe. The featured soloist on all three is Gene Ammons on tenor, playing a husky bluesy mix to which the audience often responded audibly. Also to be found here is the rarely played "Eclipse," the deep blue, sexually earthy ballad that Mingus wrote for Billie Holiday. Honey Gordon's deep alto is a sharp contrast to Holiday's style, but she combines with the lowing instrumental section to make this one of the highlights of the album. What makes this set worth the price of admission is a little mingling of Mingusiana with Ellingtonia called "Us Is Two"; it was the theme that Mingus wrote for his big band and for some reason didn't put on the unsuccessful orchestral album Let My Children Hear Music. It's a gorgeous and swinging trifle with sensation, definitely one of the most pleasing tunes that Mingus has ever composed and it's evident that the musicians liked it too, as it gets the most rousing performance of the night. This isn't one of Mingus' best albums and is the other direction from the jazz avant-garde, but this music is just fun to get high with and a good look at the latest chapter of the never dull adventures of Charles Mingus. And check out Gene Ammonsto these ears it's the best recording he's ever made. (RS 135) STEPHEN DAVIS |
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Charles Mingus - Epitaph
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Charles Mingus And Friends In Concert
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Charles Mingus And Friends In Concert
Disc 2 Is Vg++. The Cover Has Some Light Ring Wear Us, Columbia, Kg31614, 1973 |
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Charles Mingus And Friends In Concert
With Obi And Insert (a Bit Of Foxing On Both). Professionally Cleaned With "gläss Vinyl Cleaner Pro" And Playgraded: Records Sound Strong Vg+, But Have Some Hairlines... |
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Charles Mingus And Friends In Concert
Gatefold Cover Shows 3-4 Tears And Light Ringwear Usa, Columbia, Kg 31614, 1973 |
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Charles Mingus Charles Mingus (1972 Us 12-track Double Lp Of The Chazz & Mingus Quartet Plus Max Roach Albums Collected Together Here & Also Starring Mal Waldron Edd... |
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Charles Mingus: The Jazz Experiments Of Charles Mingus - Lp 180g Mono Vinyl
The Jazz Experiments Of Charlie Mingus Is An Album By Jazz Bassist And Composer Charles Mingus Released On The Bethlehem Label. The Album Is A Compilation Of Tracks Origina Us, ...2 copies |
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Charles Mingus: Oh Yeah - Lp 180g Vinyl, Remastered
"oh Yeah" - Charles Mingus (p, Voc); Booker Ervin (ts); Roland Kirk (fl, Ts, Siren, Manzello, Stritch); Jimmy Knepper (tb); Doug Watkins (b); Dannie Richmond (dr) Atla...9 copies |
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Charles Mingus: The Clown - Lp 180g Mono Vinyl, Remastered
Who Hasn't Got An Ancient, Worn-out Copy Of "the Clown" On His Shelf, With A Tatty Cover And Torn Inner Sleeve? Or Maybe One Of The Rare Re-releases Made Of Cheap Germ...9 copies |
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Charles Mingus: Tijuana Moods - Lp 180g Vinyl, Remastered
When This Lp Was Released In 1962, It Was Honoured With The Maximum Number Of Stars That Downbeat, The Most Famous Of All Jazz Magazines, Could Award. And Nota Bene The Rec Germ...7 copies |
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Charles Mingus: Presents Charles Mingus - Lp 180g Mono Vinyl, Limited, Remastered
Charles Mingus Has A Fascinating Way Of Offering Music That Is Grounded In Tradition While Remaining Startlingly Original. The Freshness Of A Piece Like "charles Mingu Uk, ...4 copies |
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Charles Mingus Jazz Workshop: Pithecanthropus Erectus - Lp 180g Mono Vinyl, Remastered
It Was A Fairly Ordinary Quintet That Entered The Audio-video Studios In New York City On 30 January 1956: One Tenor Saxophone, One Alto Saxophone, A Pianist, A Drummer And Germ...5 copies |
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Charles Mingus And His Jazz Group: Mingus Dynasty - 2x Lp 180g Vinyl, Remastered
"mingus Dynasty", Like Its Predecessor And Columbia Companion "mingus Ah Um", Was Recorded In 1959, A Watershed Year For The Insuperable, Eruptive Bassi Uk, ...5 copies |
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