Charles Mingus

LIMITED EDITION LP

DELUXE 180 GRAM REISSUE

SPECIAL GATEFOLD EDITION

Having completed what he (and many critics) regarded as his masterpiece in The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady, Charles Mingus' next sessions for Impulse found him looking back over a long and fruitful career. Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus is a type of "greatest hits revisited" record, as the bassist reworks some of his best-known tunes here.

The titles are altered as well: for instance, "II B.S." is basically "Haitian Fight Song", while "Theme for Lester Young" is the well known "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat." The 11-piece bands assembled here are among Mingus' finest, featuring some of the key personnel (Eric Dolphy, pianist Jaki Byard) that would make up the legendary quintet/ sextet with which Mingus toured Europe in 1964.

PERSONNEL ON A1, A4, B2 & B3:

• Eddie Preston, Richard Williams - (trumpet)
• Britt Woodman - (trombone)
• Don Butterfield - (tuba)
• Jerome Richardson - (soprano & baritone sax, flute)
• Dick Hafer - (tenor sax, clarinet, flute)
• Booker Ervin - (tenor sax)
• Eric Dolphy - (alto sax, flute)
• Jaki Byard - (piano)
• Charles Mingus - (bass & piano)
• Walter Perkins - (drums)

PERSONNEL A2, A3 & B1

• Rolf Ercson, Richard Williams - (trumpet)
• Quentin Jackson - (trombone)
• Don Butterfield - (tuba)
• Jerome Richardson - (soprano & baritone sax, flute)
• Dick Hafer - (tenor sax, clarinet, flute)
• Charles Mariano - (alto sax)
• Jaki Byard - (piano)
• Jay Berliner - (guitar)
• Charles Mingus - (bass & piano)
• Dannie Richmond - (drums)

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1 II B.S.
• A2 I X Love
• A3 Celia
• A4 Mood Indigo

• SIDE B
• B1 Better Get Hit in Yo' Soul
• B2 Theme for Lester Young
• B3 Hora Decubitus