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:  Pre-Bird (Verve Acoustic Sounds Series) (2023)

Genre:  Jazz, Hard Bop, Bebop, Avant-Garde Jazz, Post Bop, Free Jazz, Progressive Jazz, Jazz Instrument

Label:  Verve Records

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side A:

 1.  Take The "A" Train (3:40)

 2.  Prayer For Passive Resistance (3:57)

 3.  Eclipse (4:01)

 4.  Mingus Fingus No. 2 (3:39)

Side B:

 1.  Weird Nightmare (3:42)

 2.  Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me (3:41)

 3.  Bemoanable Lady (4:30)

 4.  Half-Mast Inhibition (8:14)

Personnel:

Charles Minus:  Bass

Max Roach:  Drums

Gunther Schuller:  Conductor

Marcus Belgrave:  Trumpet

Ted Curson:  Trumpet

Clark Terry:  Trumpet

Hobart Dotson:  Trumpet

Richard Williams:  Trumpet

Robert Di Domenica:  Flute

Harry Shulman:  Oboe

Eric Dolphy:  Alto Saxophone, Flute

Booker Ervin:  Saxophone

Yusuf Lateef:  Saxophone, Flute

John LaPorta:  Saxophone

Danny Bank:  Saxophone

Bill Barron:  Saxophone

Eddie Bert:  Trombone

Slide Hampton:  Trombone

Jimmy Knepper:  Trombone

Charles "Majeed" Greenlee:  Trombone

Paul Bley:  Piano

Roland Hanna:  Piano

George Scott:  Drums

Dannie Richmond:  Drums

Sticks Evans:  Drums

Lorraine Cusson:  Vocals

Pre-Bird is an album by Charles Mingus, originally released on September 1961 by Mercury Records, remastered and reissued on September 29, 2023 by Verve Records.  Audiophile Vinyl.