Charles Mingus Mingus Plays Piano (P)(C) 199? Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, Inc. MCA Impulse! MFCD 783 Compact Disc

... In the process, moreover, Mingus has also developed his own piano style; and judging from these performances, it is through the piano that Mingus is best able to express the more gentle, the more reflective and - I use the word with care - the more innocent elements of his personality.

Nat Hentoff (from liner notes)

Tracks

1. Myself When I Am Real (7:39)
2. I Can't Get Started (3:40) (Vernon Duke)
3. Body And Soul (4:31) (John Green)
4. Roland Kirk's Message (2:40)
5. Memories Of You (4:35) (Eubie Blake)
6. She's Just Miss Popular Hybrid (3:08)
7. Orange Was The Color Of Her Dress; Then Silk Blues (4:14)
8. Meditations For Moses (3:39)
9. Old Portrait (3:45)
10. I'm Getting Sentimental Over You (3:44) (George Bassman)
11. Compositional Theme Story: Medleys, Anthems And Folklore (8:35)

    All compositions by Charles Mingus unless otherwise noted

Personnel

• Charles Mingus - piano

Information

Date and location

July 30, 1963, New York City

Total time

50:47

Original issue (year)

Impulse A-60

Reissues (year)

• Jasmine (1980, LP)
• MCA Victor Inc. MVCZ-83 (199?, CD, Japan - special cardboard jacket with the original artwork exactly reproduced)
• Impulse! UCCI-9078 [Japan] (2001?, limited LP style paper sleeve edition, 24bit 96kHz digital remastering)
• Impulse! MVCJ-19153 [Japan] (2001?, 20bit K2 super coding)

Producer

Bob Thiele

Engineer

Bob Simpson

Liner notes

Nat Hentoff

Comments

Another Mingus interpretation of Eubie Blake's 'Memories Of You' can be heard on East Coasting.