The Jazz Experiments of Charlie Mingus
1955 studio album by Charles Mingus
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Studio album by Charles Mingus | ||||
Released | 1955 | |||
Recorded | December 1954 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 46:27 | |||
Label | Bethlehem, London (UK) | |||
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Jazzical Moods Vol. 1 Cover | ||||
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The Jazz Experiments of Charlie Mingus is an album by jazz bassist and composer Charles Mingus released on the Bethlehem label.[1] The album contains tracks originally released by Period Records as two 10-inch LPs entitled Jazzical Moods and co-credited to John LaPorta.[2]
Reception
The AllMusic review by Heather Phares stated: "These 1954 Period Records sessions include the work of Thad Jones on trumpet and John LaPorta on clarinet and alto sax, combine old and new forms of classical and jazz for a cool jazz sound. Tracks like 'Minor Intrusion' and 'Thrice Upon a Time' demonstrate the synergy between Mingus and his players, and display his compositional skills".[3]
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Track listing
- All compositions by Charles Mingus except as indicated
- "What Is This Thing Called Love?" (Cole Porter) - 8:14
- "Minor Intrusion" - 10:23
- "Stormy Weather" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) - 3:21
- "Four Hands" (John LaPorta, Mingus) - 8:59
- "Thrice Upon a Theme" - 6:47
- "The Spur of the Moment / Echonitus" (LaPorta, Mingus) - 8:43
- Recorded in New York in December 1954
Original Jazzical Moods Track Listings
- All compositions by Charles Mingus except as indicated
Jazzical Moods, Vol. 1
- "What Is This Thing Called Love?" (Cole Porter) - 8:14
- "Stormy Weather" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) - 3:21
- "Minor Intrusion" - 10:23
- "Abstractions" - 4:14 (Not included in The Jazz Experiments of Charlie Mingus)
Jazzical Moods, Vol. 2
- "The Spur of the Moment / Echonitus" (LaPorta, Mingus) - 8:43
- "Thrice Upon a Theme" - 6:47
- "Four Hands" (LaPorta, Mingus) - 8:59
Personnel
- Charles Mingus - bass, piano
- John LaPorta - clarinet, alto saxophone
- Thad Jones (credited on original issue as "Oliver King") - trumpet (tracks 1-3 & 6)
- Teo Macero - tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone
- Jackson Wiley - cello (tracks 1–3)
- Clem DeRosa - drums, tambourine
References
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albums
- The Jazz Experiments of Charlie Mingus
- Jazz Composers Workshop
- Pithecanthropus Erectus
- The Clown
- East Coasting
- Mingus Three
- A Modern Jazz Symposium of Music and Poetry
- Mingus Ah Um
- Blues & Roots
- Mingus Dynasty
- Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus
- Pre-Bird
- Mingus
- Oh Yeah
- Tijuana Moods
- Money Jungle
- The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
- Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus
- Tonight at Noon
- Mingus Plays Piano
- Blue Bird
- Pithycanthropus Erectus
- Let My Children Hear Music
- Mingus Moves
- Changes One
- Changes Two
- Three or Four Shades of Blues
- His Final Work
- Cumbia & Jazz Fusion
- Something Like a Bird
- Charles Mingus with Orchestra
- Reincarnation of a Lovebird
albums
- Mingus at the Bohemia (1956)
- Jazz Portraits: Mingus in Wonderland (1959)
- The Complete Town Hall Concert (1962)
- The Charles Mingus Quintet & Max Roach (1963)
- Astral Weeks (1964)
- Town Hall Concert (1964)
- Revenge! (1964)
- The Great Concert of Charles Mingus (1964)
- Mingus in Europe Volume I (1964)
- Mingus in Europe Volume II (1964)
- Right Now: Live at the Jazz Workshop (1964)
- Mingus at Monterey (1964)
- My Favorite Quintet (1965)
- Music Written for Monterey 1965 (1965)
- Charles Mingus Sextet In Berlin (1970)
- Charles Mingus and Friends in Concert (1972)
- Mingus at Antibes (1974)
- Mingus at Carnegie Hall (1974)
- Cornell 1964 (2007)
- Beneath the Underdog (1971 autobiography)
- Mingus Big Band
- Mingus Dynasty
- Sue Mingus
- Jazz at Massey Hall (1953)
- Weary Blues (1958)
- Newport Rebels (1960)
- Pepper Adams Plays the Compositions of Charlie Mingus (1964)
- Mingus (1979)
- Epitaph (1990)
- Mingus: Charlie Mingus 1968
- Charles Mingus: Triumph of the Underdog (1998 documentary)