Charles Mingus

5 STARS DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE

This CD presents complete original classic album Tijuana Moods, featuring an all star group including Jimmy Knepper, Curtis Porter, and the greatly underrated trumpeter Clarence Shaw, who would break his instrument and quit music that same year after a fight with Mingus (he died relatively young at the age of 47 in 1973). s a bonus, all of Mingus' compositions from a session recorded the following month and featuring almost the same personnel.

PERSONNEL:

CHARLES MINGUS, bass & leader
JIMMY KNEPPER, trombone
CURTIS PORTER, alto sax
CLARENCE SHAW, trumpet
TRIGLIA, piano
DANNY RICHMOND or FRANKIE DUNLOP, drums
YSABEL MOREL, castanets
LONNIE ELDER, voice % narration on track 6 only

New York, July 18 & August 6, 1957.

[6-11] BONUS TRACKS:
Charles Mingus (b, leader), Jimmy Knepper (tb), Curtis Porter (as & ts), Clarence or Bill Hardman (tp),

Bob Hammer or Horace Parlan (p), Dannie Richmond (d), Melvin Stewart (narration on 6 only).
New York, October 1957.

TRACKS:

01. Dizzy Moods
02. Ysabel's Table Dance
03. Tijuana Gift hop
04. Los Mariachis (The Musicians)
05. Flamingo
06. Scenes In The City
07. York Sketchbook
08. Duke's Choice0
09. Nouroog
10. Slippers
11. Slippers (Alternate Take)


Total Time: 75:33

“This may be the best record Mingus ever has made, as he is quoted describing it on the back liner. As for me, I wouldn't know –I haven't heard all of Mingus' records. I do know, however, that seldom have I been moved to shout the music as I was in portions of his album. The main thing is that this is one of the best albums released this year.” (Don DeMichael)