"Mingus" by Charles Mingus LP on Candid 8021 - Great Condition
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"Mingus" by Charles Mingus LP on Candid 8021 - Great Condition
Mingus is an album by the jazz bassist and composer Charles Mingus. The album was recorded in October and November 1960 in New York and released in late 1961 on Nat Hentoff's Candid label.
Charles Mingus Jr. (1922 – 1979) was an American jazz upright bassist, composer, bandleader, pianist, and author. A major proponent of collective improvision, he is considered one of the greatest jazz musicians and composers in history, with a career spanning three decades and collaborations with other jazz greats such as Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Max Roach, and Eric Dolphy. Mingus's work ranged from advanced bebop and avant-garde jazz with small and midsize ensembles to pioneering the post-bop style.
This is the original deep groove mono pressing of “Mingus” on Candid CJM 8021. The playing surface appears to be in near-new condition. There is a faint scuff on Side B in the first portion of Track 1, "Stormy Weather." The scuff is very faint and does not appear to affect play or sound. The matte texture cover is in excellent condition, almost like new. There is a very small tear in the paper at the bottom left corner. There is no wear pattern on the cover, front or back. The cover is suitable for framing. Personnel include Eric Dolphy, Charles McPherson, Ted Curson, Lonnie Hillyer, Paul Bley, and Dannie Richmond.
At the time of this recording, Mingus was working regularly with a piano-less quartet featuring Eric Dolphy, Ted Curson, and Dannie Richmond. The Mingus album features one track, "Stormy Weather", recorded by the same quartet, plus two tracks recorded by a larger group featuring piano and additional horns. The track "M.D.M." weaves together the themes from three compositions: Duke Ellington's "Main Stem", Thelonious Monk's "Straight, No Chaser" and Mingus's own "Fifty-First Street Blues". The track "Lock 'Em Up" was inspired by a period of treatment that Mingus describes undergoing in his autobiography Beneath the Underdog, at New York's Bellevue psychiatric facility.
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