Boxset / Compilation · 1998
Tracklist
Disc One: "Mingus Ah Um"
Better Git It In Your Soul (7:21)
Goodbye Pork Pie Hat (5:42)*
Boogie Stop Shuffle (4:59)*
Self-Portrait In Three Colors (3:08)
Open Letter To Duke (5:49)*
Bird Calls (6:18)*
Fables Of Faubus (8:13)
Pussy Cat Dues (9:13)*
Jelly Roll (6:15)*
Pedal Point Blues (6:28)+
GG Train (4:37)+
Girl Of My Dreams (4:08)+ (Sonny Clapp)
Disc Two: "Mingus Dynasty"
Slop (6:14)*
Diane (7:28)
Song With Orange (6:47)*
Gunslinging Bird (5:12)*
Things Ain't What They Used To Be (7:35)* (Mercer Ellington)
Far Wells, Mill Valley (6:11)
New Now Know How (4:12)
Mood Indigo (8:12) (Duke Ellington)
Put Me In That Dungeon (2:51)
Strollin' (4:33)+ (Mingus, George Gordon)
Disc Three: "Alternate Takes"
Better Git It In Your Soul (Alternate) (8:30)
Bird Calls (Alternate) (4:53)
Jelly Roll (Alternate) (6:41)
Song With Orange (Alternate) (6:42)*
Diane (Alternate) (7:29)
New Now Know How (Alternate) (4:19)
Selections marked "*" originally appeared in edited form and are now presented in unedited form for the first time on CD.
Selections marked "+" are bonus tracks not included on the original LP.
Line-up/Musicians
Disc 1, 1,6-10; Disc 3, 1-3:
John Handy - alto sax, clarinet on 'Pussy Cat Dues'
Booker Ervin - tenor sax
Shafi Hadi - alto sax on 'Bird Calls' and 'Jelly Roll', tenor sax
Jimmy Knepper - trombone
Horace Parlan - piano
Charles Mingus - bass
Dannie Richmond - drums
Disc 1, 2-5,11,12:
John Handy - alto sax, tenor sax on 'Goodbye Pork Pie Hat'
Booker Ervin - tenor sax
Shafi Hadi - alto sax on 'Open Letter To Duke' and 'Girl Of My Dreams', tenor sax
Willie Dennis - trombone
Horace Parlan - piano
Charles Mingus - bass
Dannie Richmond - drums
Disc 2, 2-4,6,7,10; Disc 3, 4-6:
Richard Williams - trumpet, except 'New Now Know How'
Jimmy Knepper - trombone
John Handy - alto sax
Booker Ervin - tenor sax
Benny Golson - tenor sax, except 'New Now Know How'
Jerome Richardson - baritone sax, except 'New Now Know How'
Teddy Charles - vibes, except 'New Now Know How'
Roland Hanna - piano, except 'New Now Know How' and 'Strollin''
Nico Bunink - piano on 'New Now Know How' and 'Strollin''
Charles Mingus - bass
Dannie Richmond - drums
Honey Gordon - vocal on 'Strollin''
Disc 2, 1,5,8,9:
Don Ellis - trumpet
Jimmy Knepper - trombone
John Handy - alto sax
Booker Ervin - tenor sax
Ronald Hanna - piano
Charles Mingus - bass
Dannie Richmond - drums
Maurice Brown - cello on 'Slop' and 'Put Me In That Dungeon'
Seymour Barab - cello on 'Slop' and 'Put Me In That Dungeon'
About this release
Columbia Legacy C3K 65145
Date and location
Disc 1, 1,6-10; Disc 3, 1-3: May 5, 1959, 30th Street Studio, New York City
Disc 1, 2-5,11,12: May 12, 1959, 30th Street Studio, New York City
Disc 2, 2-4,6,7,10; Disc 3, 4-6: November 1, 1959, 30th Street Studio, New York City
Disc 2, 1,5,8,9: November 13, 1959, 30th Street Studio, New York City
Thanks to snobb for the addition