Charles Mingus – Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus (1963)
Charles Mingus – b
featuring
Jaki Byard – p
Jerome Richardson – sax
Booker Ervin – sax
Eric Dolphy – sax
Quentin Jackson – trombone
and many more
Rec. Jan/Sept 1963
Charles Mingus – Mingus Ah Um (1959)
Charles Mingus – b
Booker Ervin – sax
John Handy – sax, clarinet
Shafi Hadi – sax
Jimmy Knepper – trombone
Horace Parlan – p
Dannie Richmond – dr
Willie Dennis – trombone
Rec. 5 & 12 May 1959
Charles Mingus – Alternate Takes (1959)
Charles Mingus – b
John Handy – sax
Booker Ervin – sax
Shafi Hadi – sax
Jimmy Knepper – trombone
Horace Parlan – p
Dannie Richmond – dr
Benny Golson – sax
John Handy – sax
and more
Rec. May/Nov 1959
Charles Mingus – Mingus Dynasty (1959)
Charles Mingus – b
Richard Williams – tr
Jimmy Knepper – trombone
John Handy – sax
Booker Ervin – sax
Benny Golson – sax
Jerome Richardson – sax
Teddy Charles – vibes
Roland Hanna – p
Dannie Richmond – dr
Rec. at 1 & 13 Nov 1959
Charles Mingus – Tonight at Noon (1957/61)
Charles Mingus – b
Jimmy Knepper – trombone
Dannie Richmond – dr
with:
(Tracks 1 & 5)
Shafi Hadi – sax
Wade Legge – p
Rec. in 1957
(all other tracks)
Roland Kirk – saxes
Booker Ervin – sax
Doug Watkins – b
Rec. in 1961
Charles Mingus – Blues and Roots (1959)
Charles Mingus – b
Jackie McLean – sax
John Handy – sax
Booker Ervin – sax
Pepper Adams – sax
Jimmy Knepper – trombone
Willie Dennis – trombone
Horace Parlan – p
Mal Waldron – p
Dannie Richmond – dr
Rec. on 4 Feb 1959
Charles Mingus – Oh Yeah (1961) with Bonus Track
This is not the proletarian LP cover, this is the ‘88 CD-Edition with Bonus Track
Nesuhi Ertegun – interviews Charles Mingus, then his secretary comes and says, that Mr Ertegun has to go and Charles Mingus interviews himself.
Musicians:
Charles Mingus – piano (!)
Rahsaan Roland Kirk – sax, fl,siren etc.
Booker Ervin – tenor sax
Jimmy Knepper – trombone
Doug Watkins – b
Dannie Richmond – dr
Recorded on 6 Nov 1961
Oh Yeah! There’s a lot to tell about this album. First: Mingus is not playing the bass, but piano. Second: He’s shouting “Oh Yeah” at least 20 times per track. And: there’s a rare interview that tells everything…..
I do not know if this is the best Jazz – record ever, or if this is the best record ever.
I think that everybody in the whole world should listen to this album, and then humankind will have a spiritual evolution and there will be no more wars and so. But that’s my personal opinion.
JazzCrisis: * * * * * *
“Eat that chicken pie-pie-doo-dee
Who’s gonna do this? (…)
Oh Yeah! Oh Yeah! Oh Yeah! Oh Yeah! Oh Yeah! (…)”
(Charles Mingus, ‘eat that chicken’)
