CHARLES MINGUS — Charles Mingus - The Jazz Workshop Concerts 1964-65

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Boxset / Compilation · 2012

Tracklist

Disc I:
Town Hall Concert, April 4, 1964
01. A. T. F. W. (A) 4:20 (Jaki Byard)
02. Sophisticated Lady (A) 5:49 (Duke Ellington)
03. So Long Eric (A) 17:46 (Charles Mingus)
04. Praying With Eric (A) 27:35 (Charles Mingus)

Disc II:
Town Hall Concert, April 4, 1964
01. Peggy’s Blue Skylight (A) 19:13 (Charles Mingus)
02. Parkeriana, part one (A) 6:38 (Charles Mingus)
03. Parkeriana, part two (A) 8:57 (Charles Mingus)
04. Fables Of Faubus (A) 11:06 (Charles Mingus)

Disc III:
Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, April 10, 1964
01. A. T. F. W. (B) 4:50 (Jaki Byard)
02. Parkeriana (B) 21:20 (Charles Mingus)
03. So Long Eric (B) 22:19 (Charles Mingus)
04. Orange Was The Color Of Her Dress, Then Blue Silk (B) 13:53 (Charles Mingus)

Disc IV:
Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, April 10, 1964
01. Sophisticated Lady (B) 5:34 (Duke Ellington)
02. Meditations On A Pair Of Wire Cutters (B) 23:03 (Charles Mingus)
03. Fables Of Faubus (B) 30:40 (Charles Mingus)

Disc V:
Mingus At Monterey, September 20, 1964
01. Duke Ellington Medley (C) 24:48
a. I Got It Bad (D. Ellington-P.F. Webster) 4:14
b. In A Sentimental Mood (Duke Ellington) 1:46
c. All Too Soon (D. Ellington-C. Sigman) 1:53
d. Mood Indigo (Bigard-Ellington-Mills) 0:59
e. Sophisticated Lady (D. Ellington-M. Parish) 1:46
f. Take The A Train (Billy Stryahorn) 13:54
02. Orange Was The Color Of Her Dress, then Blue Silk (C) 14:47 (Charles Mingus)
03. Meditations On Integration (C) 25:41 (Charles Mingus)

Disc VI:
Mingus At Monterey, September 18, 1965
01. The Arts Of Tatum And Freddie Webster (E) 9:33 (Charles Mingus)
02. Don’t Let It Happen Here (E) 9:11 (Charles Mingus)
03. They Trespass The Land Of The Sacred Sioux (E) 8:39 (Charles Mingus)
04. When The Saints Go Marching In (E) 4:30(K.E. Purvis-J.M. Black)
My Favorite Quintet, Minneapolis, May 13, 1965
05. So Long Eric (D) 18:27 (Charles Mingus)
06. Medley (D) 16:04
a. She’s Funny That Way (R. Whiting-N. Moret) 2:00
b. Embraceable You (G. Gershwin-I. Gershwin) 5:00
c. I Can’t Get Started (V. Duke-I. Gershwin) 5:00
d. Ghost Of A Chance With You (V. Young-N. Washington) 2:00
e. Old Portrait (Charles Mingus) 2:04
07. Cocktails For Two (D) 8:14 (A. Johnson-S. Coslow)

Disc VII
My Favorite Quintet, Minneapolis, May 13, 1965
01. Announcement (D) 1:06
02. Copa City Titty (aka O.P.) (D) 7:08 (Charles Mingus)
03. A Lonely Day In Selma, Alabama/Freedom (D) 10:46 (Charles Mingus)
04. Peggy’s Blue Skylight (D) 12:31 (Charles Mingus)
05. Mingus Piano Solo (D) 1:58 (Charles Mingus)
06. Announcement #2 (D) 0:58
07. Bird Preamble (D) 17:24 (Charles Mingus)
08. Themeless Blues (D) 15:11 (Charles Mingus)
09. Closing announcement (D) 0:56

Line-up/Musicians

(A) Johnny Coles, tp; Eric Dolphy, as, fl, b cl; Clifford Jordan, ts; Jaki Byard, p; Charles Mingus, b; Dannie Richmond, d.
Recorded live at Town Hall, NYC on April 4, 1964

A.T.F.W. (p only) previously unissued
Sophisticted Lady (p & b only) -
So Long Eric Jazz Workshop JWS005-S
Praying With Eric -
Peggy’s Blue Skylight previously unissued
Parkeriana, parts one & two -
Fables Of Faubus -
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(B) Johnny Coles, tp; Eric Dolphy, as, fl, b cl; Clifford Jordan, ts; Jaki Byard, p; Charles Mingus, b; Dannie Richmond, d.
Recorded live at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam on April 10, 1964

A.T.F.W. (p only) East Coasting/Ulysse AROC-50506/7
Parkeriana -1 -
So Long Eric -
Orange Was The Color Of Her Dress, then Blue Silk -
Sophisticated Lady Ulysse AROC-50508
Meditations On A Pair Of Wire Cutters East Coasting/Ulysse AROC-50506/7
Fables Of Faubus Ulysse AROC-50508

-1 Originally issued on LP as “Ow (Dedicated To A Genius)”.
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(C) Lonnie Hillyer, tp; Charles McPherson, as; John Handy, ts; Jaki Byard, p; Charles Mingus, b; Dannie Richmond, d.
Recorded live at the Monterey Jazz Festival, Monterey, CA, September 20, 1964

Duke Ellington Medley Jazz Workshop JWS001/002
Orange Was The Color Of Her Dress,
Then Blue Silk (omit ts) -
Meditations On Integration -1 -

-1 Add Bobby Bryant, Melvin Moore, tp, Lou Blackburn, tb; Red Callender, tuba; Buddy Collette, as, fl, piccolo; Jack Nimitz, bari, bass cl:
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(D) Lonnie Hillyer, tp; Charles McPherson, as; Jaki Byard, p; Charles Mingus, b; Dannie Richmond, d.
Recorded live at the Tyrone Guthrie Theatre, Minneapolis, MN, May 13, 1965

So Long Eric Jazz Workshop JWC 5
Medley -
Cocktails For Two -
Copa City Titty (aka O.P.) previously unissued
A Lonely Day In Selma, Alabama/Freedom -
Peggy’s Blue Skylight -1 -
Mingus Piano Solo -
Bird Preamble -
Themeless Blues -

-1 For the first 3:40 of the piece, Mingus plays piano and Byard plays the bass.
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(E) Hobart Dotson, Lonnie Hillyer, tp; Jimmy Owens, tp, flg; Julius Watkins, Fr h; Howard Johnson, tuba; Charles McPherson, as; Charles Mingus, b, p; Dannie Richmond, d.
Recorded live at the Monterey Jazz Festival, Monterey, CA, September 18, 1965

The Arts Of Tatum And Freddie Webster previously unissued
Don’t Let It Happen Here Malpaso/Warner Bros. CD 9-46703-2
They Trespass The Land Of The Sacred Sioux East Coasting ECEP-1
When The Saints Go Marching In previously unissued