Mingus Moves

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Mingus Moves
Mingus Moves cover
Studio album by Charles Mingus
Released 1973
Recorded October 29 – 31, 1973
Genre Jazz
Length 62:34
Label Atlantic Records
Producer Nesuhi Ertegun
Professional reviews
Charles Mingus chronology
Mingus and Friends In Concert
(1972)		 Mingus Moves
(1973)		 Mingus At Carnegie Hall
(1974)

Mingus Moves is a 1973 (see 1973 in music) album by jazz composer and bassist Charles Mingus.

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[edit] The Music

Mingus Moves (Atlantic SD 1653) is one of the late works of the american bassist, composer and band leader. He hired three new musicians for the recording, Don Pullen on piano, Ronald Hampton on trumpet and George Adams on tenor saxophone. Furthermore, his longtime companion, the drummer Dannie Richmond rejoined the band on the first day of the recordings. His predecessor, Doug Hammond, can be heard as singer of the title track, together with Honey Gordon.

The recording is not regarded as one of the most famous recording, but the compositions Canon, Opus 3, and Opus 4 are remarkable.

Canon is a theme, that can be played as a canon. The song appears to have a sacred character, and is played in a warm, flowing sound by Pullen and Adams. Canon has strong relations to the sound characteristics of John Coltrane[1]

Opus 4 is a swinging, straight ahead song, where Don Pullen plays a free solo part.

Moves is a composition von Doug Hammond and is sung by him and Honey Gordon.

Wee is a more conventional composition, composed and arranged by Sy Johnson. Johnson worked with Mingus also on Let My Children Hear Music (1971), and Mingus And Friends In Concert (1972).

Flowers, written by George Adams, is a pleasing composition and provides compact swinging mainstream jazz.

Newcomer is a composition by Don Pullen, dedicated to his new born daughter. The song contains a flute solo by George Adams.

Opus 3 is based on the Mingus composition Pithecanthropus Erectus (1957), where the brass section plays relative free.

The CD released in 1993 contains additionally the songs Big Alice and The Call, which were recorded during the same session.

[edit] Track listing

  1. Canon (5:28)
  2. Opus 4 (6:39)
  3. Moves (3:43) (Doug Hammond)
  4. Wee (8:57) (Sy Johnson)
  5. Flowers For a Lady ((6:44)(George Adams)
  6. Newcomer (7:13) (Don Pullen)
  7. Opus 3 (10:26)
  8. Big Alice (5:44) (Don Pullen)
  9. The Call (7:13) (composer unknown)

[edit] Personnel

[edit] External links

  • Nat Hentoff: Liner Notes for Mingus Moves (Atlantic)
  • Paula Edelstein in allaboutjazz [1]
  • Andrew Homzy, in: Charles Mingus, More Than a Fake Book. Hal Leonard Corporation 1991 ISBN 0-7935-0900-9

[edit] References

  1. ^ Canon was also released on Hal Willners Tribute-CD: Weird Nightmare - Meditations on Mingus
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