Charles Mingus

• 4-CD BOX SET

Four hours of previously unissued, premier-league music by Charles Mingus is something to shout about, and @ Bremen 1964 & 1975 is about as good as the bassist and composer's posthumously released live albums get. Four CDs chronicle two extended, intense performances recorded in Germany by Radio Bremen. Audio quality is good going on excellent with the two 1975 discs coming out best. Both gigs featured all-star bands and both are typically and gloriously uplifting Mingus melanges of through-composition and in-the-moment improvisation touching on blues and roots, bop, hard bop, New Orleans marching band, swing, free jazz and political protest.

PERSONNEL ON CD 1 & CD 2 (APRIL 16, 1964):

• Charles Mingus- bass
• Johnny Coles - trumpet
• Eric Dolphy - alto saxophone, flute, bass clarinet
• Clifford Jordan - tenor saxophone
• Jaki Byard - piano
• Dannie Richmond- drums

PERSONNEL ON CD 3 & CD 4 (JULY 9, 1975)

• Charles Mingus - bass
• Jack Walrath - trumpet
• George Adams - tenor saxophone, vocal
• Don Pullen - piano
• Dannie Richmond - drums

TRACKS:

• CD 1:
• 01. Hope So Eric
• 02. Fables Of Faubus

• CD 2:
• 01. Piano Solo
• 02. Sophisticated Lady
• 03. Parkeriana
• 04. Meditations On Integration

• CD 3:
• 01. Sue’s Changes
• 02. For Harry Carney

• CD 4:
• 01. Free Cell Block F ‘Tis Nazi USA
• 02. Black Bat And Poles
• 03. Fables Of Faubus
• 04. Duke Ellington’s Sound Of Love
• 05. Cherokee
• 06. Remember Rockefeller At Attica
• 07. Devil’s Blues