Charles 'Baron' Mingus West Coast 1945-49 (C) 2000 Uptown Uptown Flashback series UPCD 27.48 Compact Disc

Tracks

1. The Texas Hop (2:47) (Mingus, Jack Griffin)
2. Baby, Take A Chance With Me (3:04)
3. Lonesome Woman Blues (3:08) (Griffin)
4. Swingin' An Echo (3:04)
5. Ain't Jivin' Blues (2:53) (Mingus, Cryor)
6. Baby, Take A Chance With Me (2:49)
7. Shuffle Bass Boogie (2:54)
8. Weird Nightmare (3:04)
9. Make Believe (2:41)
10. Honey, Take A Chance With Me (3:14)
11. Bedspread (3:04) (Buddy Collette)
12. This Subdues My Passion (2:51)
13. Pipe Dream (3:15)
14. Mingus Fingers (3:00)
15. These Foolish Things (3:16) (Link, Marvel, Strachey)
16. Story Of Love (2:52)
17. He's Gone (3:30) (Manza, Stevens)
18. Pennies From Heaven (2:24) (Johnston, Burke)
19. Lyon's Roar (2:35) (Mingus, Caro)
20. Say It Isn't So (2:38) (Berlin)
21. Boppin' In Boston (2:50)
22. The Story Of Love (2:40)
23. Inspiration (4:02)
24. Arranging the intro to He's Gone (8:23)

    All compositions by Charles Mingus unless otherwise noted.

Personnel

• Charles Mingus Sextet, 1-4:
  • N.R. 'Nat' Bates - trumpet
  • Maxwell Davies - tenor sax
  • William Woodman - tenor sax
  • Robert Mosley - piano
  • Charles Mingus - bass
  • Roy Porter - drums
  • Oradell Mitchell - vocals on 1 and 3
  • Everett Pettis - vocals on 2
• Charles Mingus Sextette, 5-8:
  • Karl George - trumpet
  • John Plonsky - trumpet
  • Henry Coker - trombone
  • Willie Smith - alto sax
  • Lucky Thompson - tenor sax
  • Gene Porter - baritone sax, clarinet
  • Wilbert Baranco - piano
  • Buddy Harper - guitar
  • Charles Mingus - bass
  • Lee Young - drums
  • Claude Trenier - vocals on 5, 6 and 8
• Baron Mingus And His Octet, 9-13:
  • Karl George - trumpet
  • John Anderson - trumpet
  • William Woodman - tenor sax, baritone sax
  • Buddy Collette - alto sax, clarinet
  • Britt Woodman - trombone
  • Lady Will Carr - piano
  • Louis Speigner - rhythm guitar
  • Charles Mingus - bass
  • Lee Young - drums
  • Claude Trenier - vocals on 9 and 10
• Baron Mingus And His Rhythm, 14-15:
  • Buddy Collette - alto sax, clarinet
  • Jimmy Bunn - piano
  • Charles Mingus - bass
  • Chuck Thompson - drums
• Charles 'Barron' Mingus Presents His Symphonic Airs, 16-17:
  • John Coppola - trumpet
  • Vernon Carlson - trumpet
  • Allen Smith - trumpet
  • Andy Peele - trumpet
  • Bob Olney - alto sax, clarinet, flute
  • Bud Hooven - alto sax
  • Morrie Stewart - tenor sax
  • Alex Megyesey - tenor sax
  • Don Smith - tenor sax
  • Herb Caro - baritone sax
  • Haig Eshow - trombone
  • Bob Lowry - trombone
  • possibly Hawes Coleman - trombone
  • Richard Wyands - piano
  • Charles Mingus - bass
  • Cal Tjader - drums
  • Johnny Berger - percussion
  • Dante Perfumo - flute
  • Jean McGuire - cello
  • Herb Gayle - vocals on 17
• Barron Mingus And His Rhythm, 18-19:
  • Herb Caro - baritone sax
  • Buzz Wheeler - piano
  • Charles Mingus - bass
  • Warren Thompson - drums
  • Herb Gayle - vocals on 18
• Baron Mingus And His Rhythm, 20-21:
  • Tommy Alexander - trumpet
  • Herb Caro - tenor sax
  • Bob Lowry - trombone
  • Donn Trenner - piano
  • Charles Mingus - bass, scat vocals on 21
  • Johnny Berger - drums
  • Helen Carr - vocals on 20
• Charlie Mingus And His 22 Piece Bebop Band (Stan Kenton's Sidemen), 22-23:
  • Buddy Childers - trumpet
  • John Anderson - trumpet
  • Hobart Dotson - trumpet
  • Eddie Preston - trumpet
  • probably one or two unknown - trumpet
  • Eric Dolphy - alto sax, flute, clarinet
  • Art Pepper - alto sax, clarinet
  • Herb Caro - tenor sax, clarinet
  • probably William Green - tenor sax, clarinet, flute
  • Jewel Grant - alto sax, clarinet
  • Gene Porter - baritone sax, clarinet
  • Britt Woodman - trombone
  • Jimmy Knepper - trombone
  • Marty Smith - trombone
  • Russ Freeman - piano
  • Charles Mingus - bass
  • Red Callender - bass
  • Roy Porter - drums
  • possibly Johnny Berger - percussion
  • unknown - guitar
• 24:
  • Charles Mingus - piano

Information

Date and location

• 1-4: Fall of 1945, Los Angeles
• 5-8: end of January 1946, Los Angeles
• 9-13: April 20, 1946, Los Angeles
• 14-15: early November 1948, Los Angeles
• 16-17: mid-February 1949, San Francisco
• 18-19: February 1949, San Francisco
• 20-21: late February-early March 1949, Los Angeles
• 22-23: Spring 1949, Hollywood, California
• 24: February 10, 1949, Ralph Manza's home, San Francisco

Originally released (all 78 except 24)

• 1,2: Excelsior 132/133
• 3,4: Excelsior 134/135
• 5,6: Excelsior 162 A/B
• 7,8: Excelsior 163 A/B
• 9,11: 4 Star 1107
• 10,12: 4 Star 1108
• 13: 4 Star 1106
• 14,15: Dolphins Of Hollywood 200 A/B
• 16,17: Fentone 2002 A/B
• 18,19: Fentone 2003 A/B
• 20,21: Dolphins Of Hollywood 300 A/B
• 22: Rex Hollywood 28002A
• 23: Rex Hollywood 28014A
• 24: previously unissued

Total time

78:31

Producers

Robert E. Sunenblick, Chuck Nessa

Liner notes

Andrew Homzy, Robert E. Sunenblick

See also

• The Young Rebel