Tijuana Moods

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Tijuana Moods

Studio album by Charles Mingus

Released

1962

Recorded

July 18 and August 6, 1957

Genre

Jazz

Length

35:15

Label

RCA

Producer

Bob Rolontz

Professional reviews

All Music Guide link

Charles Mingus chronology

Oh Yeah
(1961)

Tijuana Moods
(1962)

The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
(1963)

Tijuana Moods is a 1962 album by Charles Mingus that was originally recorded in 1957. It was reissued in 1996 on CD as New Tijuana Moods with four alternate takes. At the time he considered it his greatest recording. ^[1]

It is notable that the name "Charlie Mingus" is on the cover of the album. Mingus hated all nicknames derived from Charles^{[citation needed]}. All songs were composed by Mingus except "Flamingo".^{[citation needed]}

1 Reception
2 Track listing
3 Personnel
4 References

[edit] Reception

Down Beat (p.80) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[Tijuana Moods is] the 1957 masterpiece on which Mingus asserts full control over his longform chops."

Down Beat (12/01, p.90) - 4.5 stars out of 5 - "This collection allows us to observe Mingus in the midst of his truly creative process."

Uncut(8/01, p.96) - 5 stars out of 5 - "[A] mindblowing collection....Its breathtaking scope prefigures many innovations made under the rock rubric in the Sixties."