- Charles Mingus and Friends in Concert
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Charles Mingus and Friends in Concert 
Live album by Charles Mingus Released 1972 Recorded February 4, 1972 Genre Jazz Length 130:36 Label Columbia Producer Teo Macero Charles Mingus chronology Let My Children Hear Music
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(1973)Charles Mingus and Friends in Concert is a live album by jazz bassist and composer Charles Mingus recorded at the Philharmonic hall of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in 1972 and released on the Columbia label.[1] The CD release added five previously unreleased performances from the concert.
Contents
Reception
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 3 stars stating "Most of the music is overly loose but the overcrowded "E's Flat, Ah's Flat Too" and particularly the "Little Royal Suite" are memorable".[2]
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic 
[2]Track listing
- All compositions by Charles Mingus except as indicated
- Introduction - 1:06 Bonus track on CD
- "Honeysuckle Rose" (Fats Waller) - 4:50
- "Jump Monk" - Mingus 7:27
- "E.S.P." - 9:24
- "Ecclusiastics" - 9:31
- "Eclipse" - 4:02
- "Us Is Two" - 10:12
- "Taurus in the Arena of Life" - 4:53 Bonus track on CD
- "Mingus Blues" - 5:32
- Introduction to Little Royal Suite - 0:13
- "Little Royal Suite" - 20:20
- Introduction to Strollin' - 0:50 Bonus track on CD
- "Strollin'" (Honey Gordon, Mingus) - 10:13 Bonus track on CD
- "The I of Hurricane Sue" - 11:11 Bonus track on CD
- "E's Flat Ah's Flat Too" - 17:07
- "Ool-Ya-Koo" (Curtis Fuller, Dizzy Gillespie) - 3:53
- "Portrait" - 3:58 Bonus track on CD
- "Don't Be Afraid, the Clown's Afraid Too" - 10:36 Bonus track on CD
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- Recorded at the Philharmonic Hall in the Lincoln Centre for the Performing Arts in New York City on February 4, 1972
Personnel
- Charles Mingus - bass, arranger
- Jon Faddis, Lonnie Hillyer, Lloyd Michaels, Eddie Preston - trumpet
- Eddie Bert - bass trombone
- Richard Berg, Sharon Moe - French horn
- Robert Stewart - tuba
- Howard Johnson - tuba, bass saxophone
- James Moody - flute
- Lee Konitz, Charles McPherson, Richie Perri - alto saxophone
- Gene Ammons, George Dorsey - tenor saxophone
- Bobby Jones - tenor saxophone, clarinet
- Gerry Mulligan - baritone saxophone
- John Foster, Randy Weston - piano
- Milt Hinton - bass
- Joe Chambers - drums
- Dizzy Gillespie, Honey Gordon - vocals
- Bill Cosby - Master of Ceremonies
- Sy Johnson - arranger
- Teo Macero - arranger conductor
References
- ^ Charles Mingus discography accessed June 10, 2011
- ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed June 10, 2011
Charles Mingus Studio albums Jazz Composers Workshop (1954-55) · The Jazz Experiments of Charlie Mingus (1955) · Pithecanthropus Erectus (1956) · The Clown (1957) · East Coasting (1957) · A Modern Jazz Symposium of Music and Poetry (1957) · Mingus Ah Um (1959) · Mingus Dynasty (1959) · Blues & Roots (1960) · Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus (1960) · Reincarnation of a Lovebird (1960) · Oh Yeah (1961) · Tonight at Noon (1957-61) · Tijuana Moods (1962) · The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady (1963) · Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus (1964) · Mingus Plays Piano (1964) · Let My Children Hear Music (1972) · Mingus Moves (1973) · Changes One (1974) · Changes Two (1975) · Three or Four Shades of Blues (1977) · Cumbia & Jazz Fusion (1978)Live albums Mingus at the Bohemia (1955) · The Charles Mingus Quintet & Max Roach (1955) · Jazz Portraits: Mingus in Wonderland (1959) · Charles Mingus Sextet with Eric Dolphy Cornell 1964 (1964) · Town Hall Concert (1964) · The Great Concert of Charles Mingus (1964) · Right Now: Live at the Jazz Workshop (1964) · Mingus at Monterey (1964) · Charles Mingus and Friends in Concert (1972) · Mingus at Carnegie Hall (1974) · Mingus at Antibes (1976)Related Categories:- Charles Mingus live albums
- 1972 live albums
- Columbia Records live albums
- Albums recorded at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
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