Charles Mingus Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus (P) 1995 MCA Records, Inc. & (C) 1995 GRP Records, Inc. & (C) 1963 MCA Records, Inc. Impulse! IMPD-170 Compact Disc

Mingus is unique! He jolts with the unexpected and the new. He has something to say and uses every resource to interpret his message. Mingus is ingenous - gifted in musical expression - listen now to MINGUS...

Tracks

1. II B.S. (4:46)
2. I X Love (7:38)
3. Celia (6:12)
4. Mood Indigo (4:43) (Duke Ellington, Barney Bigard)
5. Better Get Hit In Yo' Soul (6:28)
6. Theme For Lester Young (5:50)
7. Hora Decubitus (4:41)
8. Freedom (5:10)

   All compositions by Charles Mingus unless otherwise noted

Personnel

• 1, 4-8:
  • Eddie Preston - trumpet
  • Richard Williams - trumpet
  • Britt Woodman - trombone
  • Don Butterfield - tuba
  • Jerome Richardson - soprano sax, baritone sax, flute
  • Dick Hafer - tenor sax, clarinet, flute
  • Booker Ervin - tenor sax
  • Eric Dolphy - alto sax, flute
  • Jaki Byard - piano
  • Charles Mingus - bass, narration on 8
  • Walter Perkins - drums
• 2, 3:
  • Rolf Ericson - trumpet
  • Richard Williams - trumpet
  • Quentin Jackson - trombone
  • Don Butterfield - tuba
  • Jerome Richardson - soprano sax, baritone sax, flute
  • Dick Hafer - tenor sax, flute, oboe
  • Charlie Mariano - alto sax
  • Jaki Byard - piano
  • Jay Berliner - guitar
  • Charles Mingus - bass, piano
  • Dannie Richmond - drums

Information

Date and location

• 1, 4-8: September 20, 1963, New York City
• 2, 3: January 20, 1963, New York City

Total time

45:49 (IMPD-170) / 40:38 (MCAD-39119)

Original issue (year)

• 1-7: Impulse! AS54 (1963, LP)
• 8: Impulse! AS99 (an Impulse! compilation "The Definite Jazz Scene", LP)

Reissue (year)

• MCA Impulse! MCAD-39119 (19??)
• Impulse! MVCJ-19037 [Japan] (2001?, CD, 20bit K2 super coding)

Comments

'II B.S.' is 'Haitian Fight Song', 'I X Love' is 'Duke's Choice', 'Theme For Lester Young' is 'Goodbye Pork Pie Hat' and 'Hora Decubitus' is 'E's Flat, Ah's Flat Too'.

'Better Get Hit In Yo' Soul' was mistakenly listed in the original album as belonging to the January date. It was clearly a mistake, because Booker Ervin has a solo on that track.

See also

• The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady