Mingus at Monterey
1968 live album by Charles Mingus
Mingus at Monterey | ||||
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Live album by Charles Mingus | ||||
Released | 1968 | |||
Recorded | September 20, 1964 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 60:24 | |||
Label | Jazz Workshop JWS 001/002 | |||
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Mingus at Monterey is a live album by the jazz bassist and composer Charles Mingus, recorded in 1964 at the Monterey Jazz Festival and originally released on Mingus's short-lived mail-order Jazz Workshop label but subsequently released on other labels.[1]
Reception
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated: "One of the highpoints of Charles Mingus's career was his appearance at the 1964 Monterey Jazz Festival... it showcases the bassist/composer/bandleader at the peak of his powers".[2]
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AllMusic | [2] |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [3] |
Track listing
- All compositions by Charles Mingus except as indicated
- "Duke Ellington Medley: I've Got It Bad" (Duke Ellington) - 4:14
- "Duke Ellington Medley: In a Sentimental Mood" (Ellington) - 1:46
- "Duke Ellington Medley: All Too Soon" (Ellington) - 1:53
- "Duke Ellington Medley: Mood Indigo" (Ellington) - 0:59
- "Duke Ellington Medley: Sophisticated Lady" (Ellington) - 1:46
- "Duke Ellington Medley: A Train" (Billy Strayhorn) - 13:54
- "Orange Was the Color of Her Dress, Then Blue Silk" - 13:04
- "Meditations on Integration" - 22:48
- Recorded at the Monterey Jazz Festival in California on September 20, 1964
Personnel
- Charles Mingus - bass, piano
- Lonnie Hillyer - trumpet
- Charles McPherson - alto saxophone
- Jaki Byard - piano
- Dannie Richmond - drums
- Bobby Bryant, Melvin Moore - trumpet (track 8)
- Lou Blackburn - trombone (track 8)
- Red Callender - tuba (track 8)
- Buddy Collette - flute, piccolo, alto saxophone (track 8)
- Jack Nimitz - bass clarinet, baritone saxophone (track 8)
- John Handy - tenor saxophone (tracks 6 & 8)
References
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albums
- The Jazz Experiments of Charlie Mingus
- Jazz Composers Workshop
- Pithecanthropus Erectus
- The Clown
- East Coasting
- Mingus Three
- Weary Blues
- A Modern Jazz Symposium of Music and Poetry
- Mingus Ah Um
- Blues & Roots
- Mingus Dynasty
- Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus
- Pre-Bird
- Mingus
- Oh Yeah
- Tijuana Moods
- Money Jungle
- The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
- Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus
- Tonight at Noon
- Mingus Plays Piano
- Blue Bird
- Pithycanthropus Erectus
- Let My Children Hear Music
- Mingus Moves
- Changes One
- Changes Two
- Three or Four Shades of Blues
- His Final Work
- Cumbia & Jazz Fusion
- Something Like a Bird
- Charles Mingus with Orchestra
- Reincarnation of a Lovebird
albums
- Mingus at the Bohemia (1956)
- Jazz Portraits: Mingus in Wonderland (1959)
- The Complete Town Hall Concert (1962)
- The Charles Mingus Quintet & Max Roach (1964)
- Astral Weeks (1964)
- Town Hall Concert (1964)
- Revenge! (1964)
- The Great Concert of Charles Mingus (1964)
- Mingus in Europe Volume I (1964)
- Mingus in Europe Volume II (1964)
- Right Now: Live at the Jazz Workshop (1964)
- Mingus at Monterey (1964)
- My Favorite Quintet (1965)
- Music Written for Monterey 1965 (1965)
- Charles Mingus Sextet In Berlin (1970)
- Charles Mingus and Friends in Concert (1972)
- Mingus at Antibes (1974)
- Mingus at Carnegie Hall (1974)
- Cornell 1964 (2007)
- Beneath the Underdog (1971 autobiography)
- Mingus Big Band
- Mingus Dynasty
- Sue Mingus
- Jazz at Massey Hall (1953)
- Weary Blues (1958)
- Newport Rebels (1960)
- Pepper Adams Plays the Compositions of Charlie Mingus (1964)
- Mingus (1979)
- Epitaph (1990)
- Mingus: Charlie Mingus 1968
- Charles Mingus: Triumph of the Underdog (1998 documentary)