Charles Mingus The Complete 1959 CBS Charles Mingus Sessions (P) 1993 Mosaic Records Mosaic MQ4-143 4 LPs

Tracks

1. Better Get It In Your Soul (alt) (8:06)
2. Better Get It In Your Soul (mst) (7:22)
3. Bird Calls (alt) (4:54)
4. Fables Of Faubus (8:12)
5. Pussy Cat Dues (9:15)
6. Pedal Point Blues (6:27)
7. Jelly Roll (alt) (6:41)
8. Jelly Roll (mst) (6:15)
9. Bird Calls (mst) (6:19)
10. Open Letter To Duke (5:50)
11. Boogie Stop Shuffle (5:00)
12. GG Train (4:08)
13. Girl Of My Dreams (4:08) (Sonny Clapp)
14. Self-Portrait In Three Colors (03:04)
15. Goodbye Pork Pie Hat (5:43)
16. Gunslinging Bird (5:12)
17. Song With Orange (6:50)
18. Strollin' (aka Nostalgia In Times Square) (04:33)
19. Diane (7:28)
20. Far Wells, Mill Valley (6:12)
21. New How, Know How (alt) (4:19)
22. New How, Know How (mst) (4:08)
23. Slop (6:12)
24. Put Me In That Dungeon (2:52)
25. Mood Indigo (08:14) (Ellington/Bigard)
26. Things Ain't What They Used To Be (07:37) (Mercer Ellington)

    All compositions by Charles Mingus unless otherwise noted

Personnel

• Richard Williams - trumpet on 16-20
• Don Ellis - trumpet on 23-26
• John Handy - alto sax, clarinet
• Booker Ervin - tenor sax
• Shafi Hadi - alto sax, tenor sax on 1-14
• Benny Golson - tenor sax on 16-20
• Jerome Richardson - baritone sax, flute on 16-20
• Jimmy Knepper - trombone except 10-15
• Willie Dennis - trombone on 10-14
• Horace Parlan - piano on 1-15
• Roland Hanna - piano on 16-26, except 18 and 21-22
• Nico Bunick - piano on 18 and 21-22
• Teddy Charles - vibes on 16,17,19,20
• Charles Mingus - bass, piano
• Dannie Richmond - drums
• Honey Gordon - vocals on 18
• Maurice Brown - cello on 23-24
• Seymour Barab - cello on 23-24

Information

Date and location

• 1-9: May 5, 1959, Columbia 30th Street Studio, NYC
• 10-15: May 12, 1959, Columbia 30th Street Studio, NYC
• 16-22: November 1, 1959, Columbia 30th Street Studio, NYC
• 23-26: November 13, 1959, Columbia 30th Street Studio, NYC

Original issue

• 1, 3 and 7, 21 previously unissued alternates
• 2, 4-5, 8-11 and 14-15 as Mingus Ah Um (Columbia CL1370 mono and CS8171 stereo)
• 16-17, 19-20 and 22-26 as Mingus Dynasty (Columbia CL1440 mono and CS8236 stereo)
• 5-6, 8-13, 16-18, 22-23 and 26 as "Nostalgia In Times Square" (Columbia JG35717) in 1979.

Comments

These are unedited versions.

See also

• The Complete 1959 Columbia Recordings (Sony)