Charles Mingus

This edition presents, for the first time ever on a single collection, the complete long unavailable concert by Charles Mingus and Eric Dolphy at the Salle Wagram, in Paris. The concert started as a sextet, but after the first number trumpeter Johnny Coles collapsed due to a stomach ulcer and the performance continued as a quintet. This concert must not be confused with that of the Theatre des Champs-Élysées, recorded the following day. As a bonus, we have added the two complete sets by the Chico Hamilton Quintet with Dolphy at Newport ‘58, including an extended previously unissued version of Pottsville U.S.A. on which Dolphy plays a long solo on alto sax.

CHARLES MINGUS (b, cond), ERIC DOLPHY (as, fl, b-cl), CLIFFORD JORDAN (ts), JOHNNY COLES (tp on So Long, Eric, only), JAKI BYARD (p), DANNIE RICHMOND (d)
Salle Wagram, Paris, France, April 17, 1964

Bonus Tracks:
CD 2 [3-9] The Chico Hamilton Quintet with Eric Dolphy:
Eric Dolphy (fl, cl, saxes), Nathan Gershman (clo), John Pisano (g), Hal Gaylor (b), Chico Hamilton (d).
Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, Rhode Island, July 4 (CD 2. 3-6) & July 6 (CD 2, 7-9, 1958.


CD 1:
1. So Long Eric, 2. Parkeriana, 3. Peggy’s Blue Skylight, 4. Orange Was The Color Of Her Dress.

Total time: 78:00

CD 2:
1. Meditations On Integration, 2. Fables Of Faubus, 3. Introduction, 4. I’m In Love With A Wonderful Guy, 5. Pottsville, USA (*), 6. I’m Gonna Wash That Guy Right Out Of My Hair, 7.Chrissie, 8. Nice Day, 9. Blue Sands. (*) Previously Unissued

Total Time: 75:01