Passions of a Man: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (1956-1961) (1956) more music like this

by Charles Mingus

Passions of a Man: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (1956-1961) presents an interesting problem. There's little arguing that the music on Passions of a Man is seminal, ranking among his very best recordings. The question is whether the six-disc set is indispensable, considering that it is low on unreleased material and boasts one full interview ...

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Mingus at Antibes (1960) more music like this

by Charles Mingus

During 1960, bassist Charles Mingus led one of his finest bands, a pianoless quartet with Eric Dolphy (on alto, flute, and bass clarinet), trumpeter Ted Curson, and drummer Dannie Richmond. For this live concert, the band is augmented by the great tenor Booker Ervin for some stirring music. All of the music is memorable: "Wednesday Night Prayer ...

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Pre-Bird (1960) more music like this

by Charles Mingus

This pair of 1960 studio sessions represents some of Charles Mingus' best arrangements. Leading the smaller of two groups, he interpolates "Exactly Like You" into a driving version of "Take the 'A' Train" and adds a soulful blues, "Prayer for Passive Resistance," both of which feature great solos by tenor saxophonists Booker Ervin, Yusef Lateef, ...

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Take the 'A' Train (2006) more music like this

by Charles Mingus

Essentially, this is the complete set of Mingus Revisited and Mercury's Pre-Bird, recorded on May 24 and 25 in 1960. There are five tracks with a tentet that includes Eric Dolphy, Ted Curson, Yusef Lateef, Dannie Richmond, Roland Hanna, Joe Farrell, and Jimmy Knepper, Booker Ervin, and Lorraine Cussen on vocals on "Weird Nightmare" and "Eclipse." ...

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Mingus Revisited (1960) more music like this

by Charles Mingus

This is an LP reissue of a set that was originally titled Pre Bird because it features some of the advanced originals that Charles Mingus wrote prior to hearing Charlie Parker. The bassist leads an undisciplined but colorful 25-piece orchestra on three titles including an Eric Dolphy feature on "Bemonable Lady" while the other five tracks are by a ...

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Live in Tokyo at the Blue Note (2006) more music like this

by Mingus Big Band

Nearly 15 years after its formation, the Mingus Big Band set up its microphones at Tokyo's Blue Note Club on New Year's Eve 2005-2006 and did what it's been doing so admirably all along: paying homage to its inspiration in a way that would have made him proud. Fourteen members strong, the ensemble for the event, most of them fairly recent ...

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20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Charles Mingus (2007) more music like this

by Charles Mingus

Tasked with assembling a Charles Mingus compilation for the discount-priced best-of series 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection by drawing selections from the multi-label archives of Universal Music, producer Pat Lawrence understandably has relied mostly on the Impulse! catalog in choosing tracks from albums originally released between ...

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Charles Mingus' Finest Hour (2002) more music like this

by Charles Mingus

Charles Mingus' Finest Hour, while a fine and eccentric collection of music, is only his finest hour of music on the labels owned by Universal-Emarcy, Mercury, Verve, and a few others. These include sessions where Lionel Hampton ( and not Mingus) was the bandleader. No matter. The majority, and the best of the material here, comes from the ...

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