Charles Mingus - Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus

AVAILABLE ON OCTOBER 27TH

SPECIAL GATEFOLD EDITION 

180-GRAM VIRGIN VINYL RECORD

Having completed what he (and many critics) regarded as his masterpiece in The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady, Charles Mingus' next sessions for Impulse found him looking back over a long and fruitful career. Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus is a type of "greatest hits revisited" record, as the bassist reworks some of his best-known tunes here. The titles are altered as well. for instance, "|I B.S." is basically "Haitian Fight Song", while "Theme for Lester Young" is the well-known "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat." The 11-piece bands assembled here are among Mingus' finest, featuring some of the key personnel (Eric Dolphy, pianist Jaki Byard) that would make up the legendary quintet/ sextet with which Mingus toured Europe in 1964.

Tracklist

Side A

1. II B.S.
2. I X Love
3. Celia
4. Mood Indigo 

Side B.

1. Better Get Hit in Yo' Soul
2. Theme for Lester Young
3. Hora Decubitus

Personnel

Trumpet: Eddie Preston, Richard Williams, Rolf Ericson
Trombone: Britt Woodman, Quentin Jackson
Tuba: Don Butterfield
Soprano and baritone saxophone, flute: Jerome Richardson
Tenor saxophone, clarinet, flute: Dick Hafer
Tenor saxophone: Booker Ervin
Alto saxophone, flute, bass clarinet: Eric Dolphy
Alto saxophone: Charlie Mariano
Piano: Jaki Byard
Bass, piano, narration: Charles Mingus
Drums: Walter Perkins, Dannie Richmond
Arranger and orchestrator: Bob Hammer


Release Date: October 27th, 2023