Charles Mingus Me Myself An Eye / Something Like A Bird (P) 2001 Atlantic Recording Corporation Collectables COL-CD 6840 2CD

Tracks

• Disc 1 (Me Myself An Eye)
  
  1. Three Worlds Of Drums (30:18)
  2. Devil Woman (9:21)
  3. Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting (9:47)
  4. Carolyn "Keki" Mingus (7:45)
• Disc 2 (Something Like A Bird)
  
  1. Something Like A Bird (31:10)
  2. Farewell, Farwell (6:56)

  All compositions by Charles Mingus

Personnel

• 'Three Worlds Of Drums':
  • Ken Hitchcock - alto sax, soprano sax
  • Akira Ohmori - alto sax
  • Daniel Block - tenor sax
  • Michael Brecker - tenor sax
  • George Coleman - tenor sax
  • Ricky Ford - tenor sax
  • Pepper Adams - baritone sax
  • Ronnie Cuber - baritone sax
  • Craig Purpura - baritone sax
  • Randy Brecker - trumpet
  • Mike Davis - trumpet
  • Jack Walrath - trumpet
  • Jimmy Knepper - trombone
  • Slide Hampton - trombone
  • Larry Coryell - guitar
  • Ted Dunbar - guitar
  • Jack Wilkins - guitar
  • Bob Neloms - piano
  • Eddie Gomez - bass
  • George Mraz - bass
  • Joe Chambers - drums
  • Steve Gadd - drums
  • Dannie Richmond - drums
  • Sammy Figueroa - percussion
  • Ray Mantilla - percussion
  • Paul Jeffrey - conductor
• 'Devil Woman', 'Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting' and 'Carolyn "Keki" Mingus':
  • Ken Hitchcock - alto sax, soprano sax
  • Lee Konitz - alto sax
  • Yoshiaki Malta - alto sax
  • Akira Ohmori - alto sax
  • Daniel Block - tenor sax
  • Michael Brecker - tenor sax
  • Ricky Ford - tenor sax
  • John Tank - tenor sax
  • Pepper Adams - baritone sax
  • Ronnie Cuber - baritone sax
  • Craig Purpura - baritone sax
  • Randy Brecker - trumpet
  • Mike Davis - trumpet
  • Jack Walrath - trumpet
  • Jimmy Knepper - trombone
  • Keith O'Quinn - trombone
  • Larry Coryell - guitar
  • Ted Dunbar - guitar
  • Jack Wilkins - guitar
  • Bob Neloms - piano
  • Eddie Gomez - bass
  • Joe Chambers - drums
  • Dannie Richmond - drums
  • Paul Jeffrey - conductor
• 'Something Like A Bird':
  • Ken Hitchcock - alto sax, soprano sax
  • Lee Konitz - alto sax
  • Charles McPherson - alto sax
  • Akira Ohmori - alto sax
  • George Coleman - alto sax, tenor sax
  • Daniel Block - tenor sax
  • Michael Brecker - tenor sax
  • Ricky Ford - tenor sax
  • Pepper Adams - baritone sax
  • Ronnie Cuber - baritone sax
  • Craig Purpura - baritone sax
  • Randy Brecker - trumpet
  • Mike Davis - trumpet
  • Jack Walrath - trumpet
  • Slide Hampton - trombone
  • Jimmy Knepper - trombone
  • Larry Coryell - guitar
  • Ted Dunbar - guitar
  • Danny Toan - guitar
  • Jack Wilkins - guitar
  • Ken Werner - electric piano
  • Bob Neloms - piano
  • Eddie Gomez - bass
  • George Mraz - bass
  • Joe Chambers - drums
  • Dannie Richmond - drums
  • Ray Mantilla - percussion
  • Paul Jeffrey - conductor
• 'Farewell, Farwell':
  • Ken Hitchcock - alto sax, soprano sax
  • Lee Konitz - alto sax
  • Yoshiaki Malta - alto sax
  • Akira Ohmori - alto sax
  • Daniel Block - tenor sax
  • Ricky Ford - tenor sax
  • John Tank - tenor sax
  • Pepper Adams - baritone sax
  • Ronnie Cuber - baritone sax
  • Craig Purpura - baritone sax
  • Mike Davis - trumpet
  • Jack Walrath - trumpet
  • Jimmy Knepper - trombone
  • Keith O'Quinn - trombone
  • Larry Coryell - guitar
  • Ted Dunbar - guitar
  • Jack Wilkins - guitar
  • Bob Neloms - piano
  • Eddie Gomez - bass
  • Joe Chambers - drums
  • Dannie Richmond - drums
  • Paul Jeffrey - conductor

Information

Date and location

• 'Something Like A Bird': January 18, 1978, Atlantic Studios, New York City
• 'Three Worlds Of Drums': January 19, 1978, Atlantic Studios, New York City
• 'Devil Woman', 'Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting', 'Carolyn "Keki" Mingus', 'Farewell, Farwell': January 23, 1978, Atlantic Studios, New York City

Total time

Disc 1: 57:19
Disc 2: 38:09

Originally released as

Me Myself An Eye: SD-8803 (1979)
Something Like A Bird: SD-8805 (1980)

Producers

Ilhan Mimaroglu and Raymond Silva

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