Charles Mingus Charles Mingus And Friends In Concert © 1973, 1996 Sony Music Entertainment Inc. Columbia Legacy C2K 64975 2 Compact Discs

There I stood on the stage, overjoyed because I, as an appreciative listener, was able to give Charles Mingus something - and that is my voice or my presence as Bill Cosby the comedian introducing Charles Mingus.

Bill Cosby (from liner notes)

Tracks

• Disc One
  1. Introduction by Bill Cosby (1:06)
  2. Jump Monk (7:28) *
  3. E.S.P. (9:25) *
  4. Ecclusiastics (9:31) *
  5. Eclipse (4:03) *
  6. Us Is Two (10:12) *
  7. Taurus In The Arena Of Life (a.k.a. Number One Grandson) (4:53) *
  8. Mingus Blues (5:33) ***
  9. Introduction to Little Royal Suite by Bill Cosby (0:14)
  10. Little Royal Suite (20:20) **
• Disc Two
  1. Introduction to Strollin' by Bill Cosby (0:50)
  2. Strollin' (10:14) (Charles Mingus, George Gordon) *
  3. The I Of Hurricane Sue (11:12) *
  4. E's Flat, Ah's Flat Too (a.k.a. Hora Decubitus) (17:08) ***
  5. Ool-Ya-Koo (3:54) (Walter 'Gil' Fuller, Dizzy Gillespie)
  6. Portrait (3:58) *
  7. Don't Be Afraid, The Clown's Afraid Too (10:36) *

  All compositions by Charles Mingus unless otherwise noted; * arranged by Sy Johnson, ** arranged by Charles Mingus, Teo Macero and Sy Johnson, *** arranged by Charles Mingus.

Personnel

• Teo Macero - conductor
• George Dorsey - alto sax
• Richie Perri - alto sax, flute
• Lee Konitz - alto sax
• Charles McPherson - alto sax
• Gene Ammons - tenor sax
• Bobby Jones - tenor sax, clarinet
• Gerry Mulligan - baritone sax
• Howard Johnson - baritone sax, bass clarinet
• Jon Faddis - trumpet
• Lloyd Michaels - trumpet
• Eddie Preston - trumpet
• Lonnie Hillyer - trumpet
• Sharon Moe - French horn
• Dick Berg - French horn
• Eddie Bert - tenor trombone
• Bob Stewart - tuba
• John Foster - piano
• Charles Mingus - bass
• Milt Hinton - bass
• Joe Chambers - drums

  Guests:

• Honey Gordon - vocal on 'Eclipse', 'Strollin'' and 'Portrait'
• Randy Weston - piano on 'E's Flat, Ah's Flat Too'
• Dizzy Gillespie - vocal on 'Ool-Ya-Koo'
• James Moody - flute on 'E's Flat, Ah's Flat Too'
• Bill Cosby - MC, vocal

Information

Date and location

February 4, 1972, Philharmonic Hall at Lincoln Center, New York City

Total time

• Disc 1: 72:47
• Disc 2: 57:54

Originally released

• Columbia KG 31614 (1973, 2LP, US)
• CBS S 67288 (1973, 2LP, Europe)

Reissues (year)

• Sony Music Entertainment, Inc. CBS Sony SRCS 7089-90 (19??, 2CD, Japan)

Producer

Teo Macero

Engineer

Stan Tonkel

Liner notes

Bill Cosby, Mort Goode, Sy Johnson, Steve Berkowitz, Julie Lokin and Art Weiner

Comments

Some discographies list Avery Fisher Hall as the location instead of Philharmonic Hall at Lincoln Center.

Few differences to original releases (KG 31614 and 67288):

• Previously unreleased tracks: 'Taurus In The Arena Of Life', 'Strollin'' (with introduction), 'The I Of Hurricane Sue', 'Portrait' and 'Don't be Afraid, The Clown's Afraid Too'
• The sequence and the timings are quite different when compared to the original
• Minor details in instruments (e.g. tenor sax -> alto sax)