Oh Yeah (Charles Mingus album)

Oh Yeah is a studio album by the American jazz bassist and composer Charles Mingus, released in April 1962 by Atlantic Records. It was recorded in 1961, and features Mingus (usually known to play bass) singing on three of the cuts and playing piano throughout.

Track listing

All compositions by Charles Mingus.

1. "Hog Callin' Blues" – 7:27
2. "Devil Woman" – 9:42
3. "Wham Bam Thank You Ma'am" – 4:43
4. "Ecclusiastics" – 6:59
5. "Oh Lord Don't Let Them Drop That Atomic Bomb on Me" – 5:43
6. "Eat That Chicken" – 4:38
7. "Passions of a Man" – 4:56

The 1999 Rhino CD reissue included three additional tracks recorded at the same session (and previously released on Tonight at Noon in 1964):

8. "'Old' Blues for Walt's Torin" – 7:58
9. "Peggy's Blue Skylight" – 9:49
10. "Invisible Lady" – 4:48

The 1988 Atlantic CD reissue included only one additional track, a 24-minute excerpt of an interview with Mingus conducted by Nesuhi Ertegün which was discovered in 1987. The full 77-minute interview appears as a bonus disc on the box set Passions of a Man: the Complete Atlantic Recordings (1956-1961).

Personnel

• Charles Mingus – piano and vocals
• Rahsaan Roland Kirk – flute, siren, tenor saxophone, manzello, and stritch
• Booker Ervin – tenor saxophone
• Jimmy Knepper – trombone
• Doug Watkins – bass
• Dannie Richmond – drums

Technical personnel

• Nesuhi Ertegün – producer
• Tom Dowd – recording engineer
• Phil Lehle – recording engineer

References

1. Oh Yeah
2. Mingus (Charles Mingus album)
3. Mingus Dynasty
4. Tonight at Noon (album)
5. Mingus (Joni Mitchell album)
6. Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus
7. Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus
8. Mingus Ah Um
9. Charles Mingus discography
10. Charles Mingus with Orchestra
11. Charles Mingus
12. Mingus Big Band
13. Mingus at Antibes
14. Mingus Plays Piano
15. Pithecanthropus Erectus (album)
16. The Jazz Experiments of Charlie Mingus
17. Mingus Moves
18. The Clown (album)
19. The Charles Mingus Quintet & Max Roach
20. Mingus Three