Charles Mingus

• 3-LP triple gatefold set

• Previously unissued recordings

• DELUXE Limited-edition 180-gram

• INCLUDES 16-PAGE INSERT WITH RARE PHOTOS, INTERVIEWS WITH cHARLES mCPHERSON, CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE, EDDIE GOMEZ, AND MORE...

The Lost Album from Ronnie Scott's is a never-before-released live recording of jazz icon Charles Mingus from Ronnie Scott's jazz club in London captured in August of 1972.

Features a stellar band with alto saxophonist Charles McPherson, tenor saxophonist Bobby Jones, trumpeter Jon Faddis, pianist John Foster and drummer Roy Brooks.

The limited-edition 180-gram 3-LP is mastered by acclaimed vinyl mastering engineer Bernie Grundman and pressed by RTI technology. Includes an extensive insert with rare photos from Jan Persson, Christian Rose, Jean-Pierre Leloir, Hans Harzheim and others; essay by British jazz author Brian Priestley, who saw the band during this run and conducted an interview with Mingus and McPherson at the time; new interviews with Charles McPherson, Mingus' friend and author Fran Lebowitz, plus bass icons Eddie Gomez and Christian McBride.

PERSONNEL:

• Charles Mingus (bass)
• Charles McPherson (alto sax)
• Bobby Jones (tenor sax)
• Jon Faddis (trumpet)
• John Foster (piano)
• Roy Brooks (drums)

Recorded live at Ronnie Scott´s Jaz Club in London, England on August 12 and 15, 1972

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1. Introduction
• A2. Orange Was The Color Of Her Dress, Then Silk Bules (Part 1)

• SIDE B
• B1. Orange Was The Color Of Her Dress, Then Silk Bules (Part 2)
• B2. Noddin’ Ya Head Blues

• SIDE C
• C1. Mind-Readers’ Convention In Milano (aka Number 29)
• C2. Ko Ko (Theme)

• SIDE D
• D1. Fables Of Faubus (Part 1)

• SIDE E
• E1. Fables Of Faubus (Part 2)
• E2. Pops (aka When The Saints Go Marching In)

• SIDE F
• F1. The Man Who Never Sleeps
• F2. Air Mail Special