Charlie Mingus Vital Savage Horizons (P) Alto Records Alto AL 714 LP (unauthorized)

Tracks

1. What Is This Thing Called Love (5:11) Porter
2. I'm Beginning To See The Light (5:12)
3. unknown title (titled 'Improvisation') (7:19)
4. Ecclusiastics (mistitled 'Ecclesiastes') (9:07)
5. Monk, Bunk and Vice Versa (mistitled 'Monk') (10:40)

   All compositions by Charles Mingus unless otherwise noted

Personnel

• 1, 2:
  • Billy Taylor - piano
  • Charles Mingus - bass
  • Marquis Foster - drums
• 3, 4:
  • Jimmy Knepper - trombone
  • Yusef Lateef - tenor sax
  • Rahsaan Roland Kirk - tenor sax, stritch, manzello
  • Doug Watkins - bass
  • Charles Mingus - piano
  • Dannie Richmond - drums
  • Pee Wee Marquette - announcer
• 5:
  • Richard Williams - trumpet
  • Charles McPherson - alto sax
  • Booker Ervin - tenor sax
  • Toshiko Akiyoshi - piano
  • Charles Mingus - bass
  • Dannie Richmond - drums
  • Symphony Sid - announcer

Information

Date and location

• 1, 2: November 6, 1951, Storyville, Boston (Billy Taylor Trio)
• 3, 4: October 21, 1961, Birdland, NYC
• 5: March 31, 1962, Birdland, NYC

Original issue

3, 4: Alto 714

Total time

37:37

See also

• Billy Taylor Trio
• The Birdland Broadcasts 1961-1962