Monday, November 14, 2022

Charles Mingus


 

Artist:  Charles Mingus
Birth Name:  Charles Mingus Jr.
Born:  April 22 1922.  US Army Base In Nogales, Arizona, USA
Died:  January 5, 1979 (Aged 56).  Cuernavaca, Mexico
Genre:  Jazz, Hard Bop, Bebop, Avant-Garde Jazz, Post Bop, Free Jazz, Progressive Jazz, Jazz Instrument
Occupation:  Musician, Composer, Bandleader
Instruments:  Double Bass, Piano, Cello

Charles Mingus was an American Jazz Double Bassist, Pianist, Composer and Bandleader.  His music took elements from everything he had experienced, from Gospel, Blues, New Orleans Jazz, Swing, Bop, Latin Music, Modern Classical Music and Avant-Garde Jazz.  His touchstone was Duke Ellington.









Title:  Presents Charles Mingus (2022) 
Genre:  Jazz, Hard Bop, Bebop, Avant-Garde Jazz, Post Bop, Free Jazz, Progressive Jazz, Jazz Instrument
Label:  Candid Records
Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side A:

 1.  Folk Forms No. 1 (13:08)
 2.  Original Faubus Fables (9:19)

Side B:

 1.  What Love? (15:23)
 2.  All The Things You Could Be By Now If Sigmund Freud's Wife Was Your Mother (8:33)

Personnel:

Charles Mingus:  Bass
Ted Curson:  Trumpet
Eric Dolphy:  Alto Saxophone, Bass Clarinet
Dannie Richmond:  Drums


Presents Charles Mingus is an album by Charles Mingus, originally released on December 1960 by Candid Records, remastered and reissued on October 21, 2022 by Candid Records.  180 Gram Vinyl.






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