Mingus at the Bohemia
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| Mingus At The Bohemia | |||||
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| Studio album by Charles Mingus | |||||
| Released | 1955 | ||||
| Recorded | 1955 | ||||
| Genre | Avant-garde jazz Post-bop |
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| Label | Debut Records (Prestige, Fantasy) | ||||
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Mingus At The Bohemia is an album by Charles Mingus, recorded during a live concert and released in 1955. Further recordings from the concert were released under he title The Charles Mingus Quintet & Max Roach.
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[edit] The Music
The songs from "Cafe Bohemia" contain the typical Mingus Jazz Workshop characteristics. A concert as work shop meant first of all a live experiment; this is mainly true for his “guest” musician Max Roach in “Percussion Discussion”. “Mingus at the Bohemia” fixed a moment in time, where Mingus found his musical identity.
The first song, Jump Monk is a tribute to Thelonious Monk, but has no connection to Monks music. Mingus rather tried to simulate with his bass play the dance like movements of the great musician.
The above mentioned Percussion Discussion is a duet of Mingus and Roach, which was later also used in the Epitaph suite[1].
The Work Song (not to be confused with the Nat Adderley composition) should reflect the history of the black workers in the US, with elements of the soul jazz.
Septemberly is a fusion of two songs: September in the Rain goes over into a romatic Tenderly.
The last song is the standard "All the Things You Are" blended with "Prelude in C-sharp minor".
[edit] Track listing
- Jump Monk (6:44)
- Serenade In Blue (5:57) (Gordon/Warren)
- Percussion Discussion (8:25)
- Work Song (6:16)
- Septemberly (Arr. Mingus - September in the Rain / Tenderly) (6:55) (Warren/Dubin and Lawrence/Gross)
- All The Things You C Sharp minor ("All The Things You Are!) (6:47) (Kern/ Hammerstein)
Compositions 1, 3, and 4 by Charles Mingus.
[edit] Personnel
- George Barrow — tenor sax
- Eddie Bert — trombone
- Mal Waldron — piano
- Charles Mingus — bass
- Willie Jones — drums
- Max Roach — drums
[edit] Sources
- Horst Weber, Gerd Filtgen: Charles Mingus. Sein Leben, seine Musik, seine Schallplatten. Oreos, Gauting-Buchendorf, o.J., ISBN 3-923657-05-6
- Marcus A. Woelfle: Liner Notes zu Charles Mingus - 80th Birthday Celebration (Fantasy)
- Richard Morton & Brian Cook: The Penguin Guide To Jazz On CD; Penguin, London, 2002.
[edit] References
- ^ G. Schuller, A Guide to Charles Mingus' Epitaph (Liner Notes to Epitaph CBS 1990), p. 17f.
