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| Label: MERCURY
Catalog: PLG538636.2
Format: CD
• Bill Barron - Sax (Tenor)
• Booker Ervin - Sax (Tenor)
• Charles "Majeed" Greenlee - Trombone
• Charles McCracken - Cello
• Charles Mingus - Bass, Main Performer
• Clark Terry - Trumpet
• Dannie Richmond - Drums
• Danny Bank - Sax (Baritone)
• Don Butterfield - Tuba
• Eddie Bert - Trombone
• Eric Dolphy - Clarinet (Bass), Flute, Sax (Alto)
• George Scott - Drums
• Gunther Schuller - Conductor
• Harry Schulman - Oboe
• Hobart Dotson - Trumpet
• Jimmy Knepper - Trombone
• Joe Farrell - Sax (Tenor)
• John LaPorta - Sax (Alto)
• Lorraine Cusson - Vocals
• Marcus Belgrave - Trumpet
• Max Roach - Percussion
• Paul Bley - Piano
• Richard Gene Williams - Trumpet
• Robert Didomenica - Flute
• Sir Roland Hanna - Piano
• Slide Hampton - Trombone
• Sticks Evans - Drums
• Ted Curson - Trumpet
• Yusef Lateef - Flute, Sax (Tenor)
1.
Take The "A" Train
2.
Prayer For Passive Resistance
3.
Eclipse
4.
Mingus Fingus No. 2
5. Weird Nightmare
6.
Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
7.
Bemoanable Lady
8.
Half-Mast Inhibition
This pair of 1960 studio sessions represents some of Charles Mingus' best arrangements. Leading the smaller of two groups, he interpolates "Exactly Like You" into a driving version of "Take the 'A' Train" and adds a soulful blues, "Prayer for Passive Resistance," both of which feature great solos by tenor saxophonists Booker Ervin, Yusef Lateef, and Joe Farrell. A much larger ensemble is utilized on three tracks, including the advanced bop "Mingus Fingus No. 2" and "Bemoanable Lady," which features a rather strangely conservative alto sax solo by Eric Dolphy. Less successful are Lorraine Curson's vocals on the dissonant "Eclipse" and pulsating "Weird Nightmare." But this reissue, re-released previously under the title Mingus Revisited, has received a superb 24-bit remastering and also includes a number of photos from the sessions. ~ Ken Dryden, All Music Guide  Price: $24.98 |
