Label: FREMEAUX
Catalog: FA293
Format: CD Charles Mingus"DIRECTION ARTISTIQUE : ALAIN GERBER AVEC DANIEL NEVERS ET ALAIN TERCINET
CD 1 (1947-1957) - LIONEL HAMPTON & HIS ORCHESTRA (10/11/1947) : MINGUS FINGERS (C.MINGUS). CHARLES MINGUS JAZZ COMPOSERS WORKSHOP (31/10/1954) : TEA FOR TWO (V.YOUMANS). CHARLES MINGUS QUINTET (30/01 & 13/03/1956) : PITHECANTHROPUS ERECTUS (C.MINGUS) o TONIGHT AT NOON (C.MINGUS) o HAITIAN FIGHT SONG (C.MINGUS). CHARLES MINGUS "TIJUANA MOODS" (18/07/1956) : YSABEL'S TABLE DANCE (C.MINGUS). CHARLES MINGUS "EAST COASTING" (6/08/1957) : WEST COAST GHOST (C.MINGUS). CHARLES MINGUS "A MODERN JAZZ SYMPOSIUM" (8/10/1957) : SCENES IN THE CITY (C.MINGUS). CD 2 (1959-1960) -CHARLES MINGUS QUINTET (16/01/1959) : NOSTALGIA IN TIMES SQUARE (C.MINGUS). CHARLES MINGUS "BLUES & ROOTS" (4/02/1959) : MY JELLY ROLL SOUL (C.MINGUS) o MOANIN' (C.MINGUS). CHARLES MINGUS"AH! HUM!" (5 & 12/05/1959) : SELF-PORTRAIT IN THREE COLORS (C.MINGUS) o BIRD CALLS (C.MINGUS) o GOODBYE PORK PIE HAT (C.MINGUS) o BETTER GIT IT IN YOUR SOUL (C.MINGUS). CHARLES MINGUS "MINGUS DYNASTY" (1/11/1959) : SONG WITH ORANGE (C.MINGUS) o GUNSLINGING BIRD (C.MINGUS). CHARLES MINGUS ORCHESTRA "PRE-BIRD" (24/05/1960) : BEMOANABLE LADY (C.MINGUS). CHARLES MINGUS PRESENTS CHARLES MINGUS (20/10/1960) : ORIGINAL FABLES OF FAUBUS (C.MINGUS)."
"He blindly believed himself to be disaster's chosen target, the personal whipping boy of all kinds of repression, prejudice incarnate. His appetite for persecution would have found refuge in madness if music hadn't granted him the privilege of being even madder. Alain GERBER
Frémeaux & Associés' « Quintessence » products have undergone an analogical and digital restoration process which is recognized throughout the world. Each 2 CD set edition includes liner notes in English as well as a guarantee. This 2 CD set present a selection of the best recordings by Charles Mingus between 1947 and 1960."
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