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Live at the Theatre Boulogne-Billancourt/Paris, Vol. 1 was recorded on June 8, 1988. [1] The band was billed as Big Band Charlie Mingus, a larger version of Mingus Dynasty, which plays the music of Charles Mingus. [2] The performances were conducted by Jimmy Knepper. [3]
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Right Now: Live at the Jazz Workshop is a live album by the jazz bassist and composer Charles Mingus, recorded in San Francisco in 1964 and released on the Fantasy label in 1966. [ 1 ] Reception
Charles Mingus Jr. (April 22, 1922 – January 5, 1979) was an American jazz upright bassist, composer, bandleader, pianist, and author.A major proponent of collective improvisation, he is considered one of the greatest jazz musicians and composers in history, [1] with a career spanning three decades and collaborations with other jazz greats such as Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Max Roach ...
Mingus collaborated with arranger/orchestrator Bob Hammer to score the music for a large ensemble of brass and saxophones. Most of the compositions on this album had been previously recorded or have since been rerecorded, some under different titles, on other albums:
All compositions by Charles Mingus except as indicated "Orange Was the Color of Her Dress, Then Blue Silk" - 17:00 "Sophisticated Lady" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish) - 3:44 "AT-FW-YOU" (Jaki Byard) - 5:09 "Peggy's Blue Skylight" - 11:32 "So Long Eric" - 22:51 Bonus track on CD reissue
Live at Jazz Standard is an album by the Mingus Big Band that won the Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album in 2011. [1] The album documents a concert at the Jazz Standard club in New York City on New Year's Eve, 2009. The concert and the album commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of songs recorded by Charles Mingus.
Debut Records was an American jazz record company and label founded in 1952 by bassist Charles Mingus, his wife Celia, and drummer Max Roach. [1]This short-lived label was an attempt to avoid the compromises of working for major companies.