The Charles Mingus Appreciation Society

Setting up a space where we can discuss and share stuff about/on/by 'The Angry Man of Jazz' himself.

Of late I've been listening to Mingus Plays Piano a lot and thought I should recommend it to any fans who haven't come across it, or anyone who likes solo piano. As I only just got this album very recently it's pretty exciting to hear him just playing piano.

Here's the first piece from the album.






Edited by dreadpirateroberts - 12 Jan 2012 at 3:29am

Money Jungle especially sounds interesting - do we have that here under Roach or Ellington?  I haven't got The Clown yet, still only own 4 of his - all Post Bop - though the Black Saint... certainly has a big-ish band feel.

EDIT: Found it, that sounds like one hell of an album!


Edited by dreadpirateroberts - 12 Jan 2012 at 4:10am

dreadpirateroberts wrote: Money Jungle especially sounds interesting - do we have that here under Roach or Ellington?  I haven't got The Clown yet, still only own 4 of his - all Post Bop - though the Black Saint... certainly has a big-ish band feel. EDIT: Found it, that sounds like one hell of an album!

I have 'Ah Um' too - another classic. Yes! Time to hunt is nearly as big a problem as the money to actually buy it!

The re-recordings Mingus did on 'Mingus, Mingus, Mingus...' includes an even more raucous version of 'Better Get Hit in Yo' Soul' - can't find it on youtube at the moment, but there's a sample on amazon, doesn't do it justice of course, but here it is anyway!

Kazuhiro wrote: "The Black Saint" seems to be popular here. I often heard "Pithecanthropus Erectus" personally and felt that I was one of the important albums.

Yes, a magnificent album!   Thanks, Kazu - I'll add 'Pithecanthropus Erectus' to my list

Closest cousins? Maybe Mingus Dynasty? Or Tijuana Moods or possibly something like Let My Children Hear Music?

Not the Brecker, but the album from 1959/1960

http://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/charles-mingus--mingus-dynasty.aspx

I've ordered it myself but haven't heard it yet - so not sure if I've steered you right or not, but it's supposed to have a bit of a soundtrack vibe - and I can see 'The Black Saint...' as being a soundtrack to something film noir, so there might be a link.

With 'Let My Children...' I've read a few reviews and - one of them by darkprinceofjazz on our site - and it sounds ace. It might have some relation to BS...

I'm very jealous of your library - mine is pitifully small compared to some of the amazing stuff you have access too

Blues and Roots
Town Hall Concert 1964

darkprinceofjazz wrote: Blues and Roots Town Hall Concert 1964

Excellent - added to my list of Mingus to collect. Looks like we have the 62 one here but not 64 at a glance.
If we don't have the 1964 one I'll add it later tonight too - ADDED

Sean Trane wrote: Heard both Tijuana and Dynasty. last night on my way back to North Holland... Indeed, much more up my alley than Ah-Hum or Erectus

Very cool! I hope that 'Let My Children Hear Music' is as enjoyable too - I have Dynasty now and there's some great stuff on it indeed.


Edited by dreadpirateroberts - 16 Jan 2012 at 5:40am

Cool - I've got to get that Erectus album one day. And this below, my order has been on backorder for too long now.