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Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus is a studio album by the American jazz composer and bassist Charles Mingus which was released on January 9, 1964.

Background

Mingus collaborated with arranger/orchestrator Bob Hammer to score the music for a large ensemble of brass and saxophones.

Most of the compositions on this album had been previously recorded or have since been rerecorded, some under different titles, on other albums:

• "II B.S." as "Haitian Fight Song" on Plus Max Roach and The Clown
• "I X Love" as "Duke's Choice" on A Modern Jazz Symposium of Music and Poetry.
• "Celia" on East Coasting
• "Mood Indigo" (Barney Bigard, Duke Ellington) on Mingus Dynasty
• "Better Get Hit in Yo' Soul" as "Better Git It in Your Soul" on Mingus Ah Um (also "Better Git Hit in Your Soul" on Mingus at Antibes)
• "Theme for Lester Young" as "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" on Mingus Ah Um
• "Hora Decubitus" as "E's Flat, Ah's Flat Too" on Blues & Roots
• "Freedom" on The Complete Town Hall Concert (1962)

Track listing

Adapted from 1995 CD reissue; many original LP copies have incorrect durations listed. All tracks composed by Charles Mingus, except where noted.

Personnel

Tracks #1 and 4–8, recorded on September 20, 1963:

• Eddie Preston – trumpet
• Richard Williams – trumpet
• Britt Woodman – trombone
• Don Butterfield – tuba
• Jerome Richardson – soprano and baritone saxophone, flute
• Dick Hafer – tenor saxophone, clarinet, flute
• Booker Ervin – tenor saxophone
• Eric Dolphy – alto saxophone, flute, bass clarinet
• Jaki Byard – piano
• Charles Mingus – bass, narration ("Freedom")
• Walter Perkins – drums
• Bob Hammer – arranger and orchestrator

Tracks #2 and 3, recorded on January 20, 1963:

• Rolf Ericson – trumpet
• Richard Williams – trumpet
• Quentin Jackson – trombone
• Don Butterfield – tuba
• Jerome Richardson – soprano and baritone saxophone, flute
• Dick Hafer – tenor saxophone, flute, oboe
• Charlie Mariano – alto saxophone
• Jaki Byard – piano
• Jay Berliner – guitar
• Charles Mingus – bass, piano
• Dannie Richmond – drums
• Bob Hammer – arranger and orchestrator

Production

• Bob Thiele – producer
• Michael Cuscuna – reissue Producer
• Bob Simpson – engineer
• Erick Labson – remastering

References

1. Charles Mingus
2. Mingus Ah Um
3. Mingus (Joni Mitchell album)
4. Dance Gavin Dance
5. Charles Mingus discography
6. Mingus
7. Mingus Big Band
8. Mingus at the Bohemia
9. Mingus Dynasty
10. Oh Yeah (Charles Mingus album)
11. Mingus in Europe Volume I
12. Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus
13. Charles Mingus in Paris: The Complete America Session
14. Changes One (Charles Mingus album)
15. Epitaph (Charles Mingus composition)
16. Mingus (Charles Mingus album)
17. Charles Mingus Sextet In Berlin
18. Mingus Dynasty (band)
19. Live at Jazz Standard (Mingus Big Band album)
20. Charles Mingus: Triumph of the Underdog