- Oh Yeah (album)
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Oh Yeah 
Studio album by Charles Mingus Released 1962 Recorded November 6, 1961
Atlantic Studios, New York CityGenre Jazz Length 44:08 original LP Label Atlantic
SD 1377Producer Nesuhi Ertegün Charles Mingus chronology Reincarnation of a Lovebird (1961) Oh Yeah (1962) Tijuana Moods (1962) Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic 
[1]Oh Yeah is a 1962 album by jazz musician Charles Mingus. It was recorded in 1961, and features the leader (who was mainly noted as a bassist and composer) singing on three of the cuts and playing piano throughout.
Contents
Track listing
All compositions by Charles Mingus.
- "Hog Callin' Blues" – 7:27
- "Devil Woman" – 9:42
- "Wham Bam Thank You Ma'am" – 4:43
- "Ecclusiastics" – 6:59
- "Oh Lord Don't Let Them Drop That Atomic Bomb on Me" – 5:43
- "Eat That Chicken" – 4:38
- "Passions of a Man" – 4:56
The 1999 Rhino CD reissue included three additional tracks recorded at the same session (and previously released on Tonight at Noon in 1965):
- "'Old' Blues for Walt's Torin" – 7:58
- "Peggy's Blue Skylight" – 9:49
- "Invisible Lady" – 4:48
The 1988 Atlantic CD reissue included only one additional track, a 24-minute excerpt of an interview with Mingus conducted by Nesuhi Ertegün which was discovered in 1987. The full 77-minute interview appears as a bonus disc on the box set Passions of a Man: the Complete Atlantic Recordings (1956-1961).
Personnel
- Charles Mingus – piano and vocals
- Rahsaan Roland Kirk – flute, siren, tenor saxophone, manzello, and strich
- Booker Ervin – tenor saxophone
- Jimmy Knepper – trombone
- Doug Watkins – bass
- Dannie Richmond – drums
Technical personnel
- Nesuhi Ertegün – producer
- Tom Dowd – recording engineer
- Phil Iehle – recording engineer
References
- ^ Huey, Steve (2011 [last update]). "Oh Yeah - Charles Mingus | AllMusic". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r143962. Retrieved 13 August 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 albums
- 1962 albums
- Albums produced by Nesuhi Ertegun
- Atlantic Records albums
- 1960s jazz album stubs
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