Charles Mingus - The Complete Debut Recordings - Box Set 12CDs

Tracklist: 

CD 1

01 What Is This Thing Called Love (3:02) (Porter)

02 Darn That Dream (3:38) (Van Heusen)

03 Yesterdays (3:05) (Kern)

04 Body And Soul (3:34) (Green)

05 Blue Moon (3:33) (Rodgers)

06 Blue Tide (3:10) (Givens)

07 Darn That Dream (3:37) (Van Heusen)

08 Jeepers Creepers (take 1) (3:37) (Warren)

09 Jeepers Creepers (take 2) (3:03)

10 Portrait (take 1) (3:11)

11 Portrait (take 2) (3:10)

12 I've Lost My Love (take 1) (3:01)

13 I've Lost My Love (take 2) (3:01)

14 Extrasensory Perception (2:48)

15 Extrasensory Perception (2:42)

16 Precognition (2:43)

17 Make Believe (3:04)

18 Paris In Blue (3:12)

19 Montage (2:54)

21 Day Dream (take 1) (3:42) (Ellington/Strayhorn)

22 Day Dream (take 2) (2:38)

23 Theme From "Rhapsody In Blue" (take 1) (3:24) (Gerswhin)

24 Theme From "Rhapsody In Blue" (take 2) (2:39)

CD 2

01 Jet (take 1) (2:44) (Benjamin/Weiss/Revel)

02 Jet (take 2) (2:35)

03 (Medley) You Go To My Head (2:42) (Coots/Gillespie)

04 Can You Blame Me (2:48) (Gordon/Leonard)

05 You And Me (2:47) (Gordon/Leonard)

06 Bebopper (2:40) (Gordon/Leonard)

07 Cupid (2:46) (Gordon/Leonard)

08 Drum Conversation (4:02) (Roach)

09 I've Got You Under My Skin (2:49) (Porter)

10 Embraceable You (4:18) (Gershwin)

11 Sure Thing (2:03) (Powell)

12 Cherokee (4:48) (Noble)

13 (Jubilee) Hallelujah (3:51) (Youmans/Robin/Grey)

14 Lullaby Of Birdland (2:29) (Shearing/Weiss)

15 Wee (Allen's Alley) (6:40) (Best)

16 Hot House (8:58) (Dameron)

17 A Night In Tunisia (7:22) (Gillespie)

CD 3

01 Perdido (8:10) (Tizol)

02 Salt Peanuts (7:18) (Gillespie/Clarke)

03 All The Things You Are (7:12) (Kern)

04 52nd Street Theme (0:38) (Monk)

05 Perdido (7:24) (Tizol)

06 Salt Peanuts (7:20) (Gillespie/Clarke)

07 All The Things You Are (7:10) (Kern)

08 52nd Street Theme (0:35) (Monk)

09 Wee (Allen's Alley) (6:36) (Best)

10 Hot House (9:01) (Dameron)

11 A Night In Tunisia (7:22) (Gillespie)

CD 4

01 Bass-ically Speaking (take 1) (3:58)

02 Bass-ically Speaking (take 2) (3:50)

03 Bass-ically Speaking (take 3) (3:51)

04 Bass-ically Speaking (3:52)

05 Untitled Blues (2:35)

06 Wee Dot (Blues For Some Bones) (14:17) (Johnson)

07 Stardust (4:52) (Carmichael)

08 Move (6:48) (Best)

09 I'll Remember April (11:04) (Raye/DePaul/Johnston)

10 Now's The Time (14:22) (Parker)

CD 5

01 Trombosphere (3:24) (Givens)

02 Ow! (15:11) (Gillespie)

03 Chazzanova (4:54)

04 Yesterdays (10:04) (Kern)

05 Kai's Day (5:22) (Winding)

06 Pink Topsy (3:03)

07 Miss Bliss (3:03)

08 Blue Tide (3:08) (Givens)

09 Pink Topsy (3:38)

10 Eclipse (2:57)

11 Eclipse (2:54)

12 Opus 1 (3:21) (Bley)

13 Opus 1 (4:08)

14 (Teapot) Walkin' (4:28) (Carpenter)

CD 6

01 Like Someone In Love (4:03) (Van Heusen)

02 I Can't Get Started (3:37) (Duke)

03 Spontaneous Combustion (4:15) (Bley)

04 The Theme (3:40) (unknown)

05 Split Kick (3:05) (Silver)

06 This Time The Dream's On Me (3:07) (Mercer)

07 Zootcase (2:33) (Sims)

08 Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (3:22) (Coots/Gillespie)

09 The Pendulum At Falcon's Lair (4:40) (Pettiford)

10 Jack The Fieldstalker (4:30) (Pettiford)

11 Stockholm Sweetnin' (4:11) (Jones)

12 Low And Behold (3:26) (Pettiford)

13 Bitty Ditty (5:12) (Jones)

14 Chazzanova (3:41)

15 I'll Remember April (3:48) (Raye/DePaul/Johnston)

16 Elusive (Illusive) (4:50) (Jones)

17 Sombre Intrusion (2:46) (Jones)

18 You Don't Know What Love Is (3:29) (Raye/DePaul)

CD 7

01 Like Someone In Love (3:47) (Van Heusen)

02 Peace Of Mind (4:02) (Scott)

03 Lament (4:43) (Johnson)

04 The Jeep Is Jumpin' (3:56) (Ellington/Strayhorn)

05 Git Up From There (4:26) (Scott)

06 A Foggy Day (6:04) (Gershwin)

07 Mountain Greenery (4:44) (Rodgers)

08 Git Up From There (3:56) (Scott)

09 Lament (4:56) (Johnson)

10 One More (7:28) (Jones)

11 I Can't Get Started (6:05) (Duke)

12 More Of The Same (5:12) (Jones)

13 Get Out Of Town (8:43) (Porter)

14 One More (3:59) (Jones)

CD 8

01 Get Out Of Town (7:28) (Porter)

02 Ensenada (5:25) (Dennis)

03 Machajo (4:02) (Dennis/Roach/Mingus)

04 Cherokee (4:17) (Noble)

05 Seven Moons (4:03) (Dennis)

06 Seven Moons (4:19)

07 All The Things You Are (take 1) (5:27) (Kern)

08 All The Things You Are (take 2) (4:12)

09 Cherokee (5:11) (Noble)

10 Nature Boy (6:12) (Ahbez)

11 Alone Together (7:13) (Dietz/Schwartz)

12 There's No You (8:01) (Adair/Hopper)

13 Easy Living (5:02) (Robin/Rainger)

CD 9

01 The Edge Of Love (2:48) (Baker/Ables/Goode)

02 Makin' Whoopee (2:38) (Donaldson/Kahn)

03 Fanny (3:01) (Rome)

04 Portrait (2:47)

05 Jump Monk (6:44)

06 Serenade In Blue (5:56) (Gordon/Warren)

07 Percussion Discussion (8:26)

08 Work Song (6:16)

09 Septemberly (6:55) (Warren/Dubin-Lawrence/Gross)

10 All The Things You C# (6:47) (Kern)

11 I'll Remember April (13:03) (Raye/DePaul/Johnston)

CD 10

01 Love Chant (7:20)

02 A Foggy Day (5:22) (Gershwin)

03 Drums (5:20)

04 Haitian Fight Song (5:16)

05 Lady Bird (5:51) (Dameron)

06 Jump Monk (11:38)

07 All The Things You C# (9:45) (Kern)

08 Drums (take 1) (6:17)

09 Drums (take 2) (5:23)

CD 11

01 I'll Remember April (13:07) (Raye/DePaul/Johnston)

02 A Foggy Day (5:23) (Gershwin)

03 A Portrait Of Bud Powell (4:09) (Waldron)

04 Haitian Fight Song (5:17)

05 Love Chant (8:12)

06 Lady Bird (5:35) (Dameron)

07 What Is This Thing Called Love (fragment) (2:30) (Porter)

08 Latter Day Saint (4:00) (Knepper)

09 Cunningbird (4:45) (Knepper)

10 The Jumpin' Blues (Jump The Blues Away) (4:52) (Gordon)

11 The Masher (3:33) (Knepper)

12 Latter Day Saint (take 1) (5:22) Knepper

13 Latter Day Saint (take 2) (3:46)

CD 12

01 The Masher (4:15) (Knepper)

02 Latter Day Saint (take #?) (3:51) (Knepper)

03 Untitled Original Blues (take 1) (3:55) (Hadi)

04 Stella By Starlight (take 4) (3:57) (Young)

05 Stella By Starlight (take 5) (3:53) *

06 Untitled Original Composition (take 3) (5:17) (Hadi)

07 Untitled Original Composition (take 5) (4:34)

08 Autumn In New York (take 1) (5:29) (Duke)

09 Autumn In New York (take 2) (5:05)

10 Long Ago And Far Away (take 2) (3:24) (Kern)

11 Long Ago And Far Away (take 4) (3:11)

12 Long Ago And Far Away (take 5) (3:17)

13 Untitled Original Blues (take 2) (4:00) (Hadi)

14 Joldi (take 4) (5:24) (Hadi)

15 Joldi (take 5) (5:08)

16 Untitled Percussion Composition (7:18)

Alto Saxophone – Charlie Chan (5) (tracks: 2-15 to 3-11), Joe Maini (tracks: 11-8 to 12-2), Lee Konitz (tracks: 1-10 to 1-16)

Alto Saxophone, Flute – Eddie Caine (tracks: 5-6 to 5-11)

Arranged By – Alonzo Levister (tracks: 9-1 to 9-4), Spaulding Givens (tracks: 5-6 to 5-11)

Baritone Saxophone – Danny Bank (tracks: 5-6 to 5-11)

Bass – Charles Mingus, Fred Zimmerman (tracks: 9-1 to 9-4), Henry Grimes (tracks: 12-3 to 12-15), Milt Hinton (tracks: 9-1 to 9-4)

Cello – George Koutzen (tracks: 1-10 to 1-16), Jackson Wiley (tracks: 1-17 to 1-19, 5-6 to 5-11, 9-1 to 9-4), Oscar Pettiford (tracks: 6-9 to 6-12)

Conductor – Paul Bley (tracks: 5-6 to 5-11)

Drums – Al Levitt (tracks: 1-10 to 1-16), Art Blakey (tracks: 5-12 to 6-8), Art Taylor (tracks: 4-6 to 5-5), Dannie Richmond (tracks: 11-8 to 12-15), Elvin Jones (tracks: 8-10 to 8-13), Kenny Clarke (tracks: 5-6 to 5-11, 6-13 to 6-18), Max Roach (tracks: 1-17 to 1-19, 2-3 to 4-5, 7-1 to 8-9, 9-7, 9-11, 10-3), Percy Brice (tracks: 6-9 to 6-12), Willie Jones (tracks: 9-7, 9-11, 10-3)

Drums, Percussion – Joe Morello (tracks: 9-1 to 9-4)

Flute – Paige Brook (tracks: 1-17 to 1-19)

French Horn – Julius Watkins (tracks: 6-9 to 6-12)

Piano – Bill Triglia (tracks: 11-8 to 12-2), Billy Taylor (tracks: 4-1 to 4-5, 9-1 to 9-4), Bud Powell (tracks: 2-9 to 3-11), Hank Jones (tracks: 2-3 to 2-7, 6-13 to 6-18), Hazel Scott (tracks: 7-1 to 7-9), John Dennis (2) (tracks: 7-1o to 8-9), John Lewis (2) (tracks: 4-6 to 5-11), John Mehegan (tracks: 1-17 to 1-19), Paul Bley (tracks: 5-12 to 6-8), Phyllis Pinkerton (tracks: 1-10 to 1-16), Spaulding Givens (tracks: 1-1 to 1-9, 1-20 to 2-2), Wade Legge (tracks: 12-3 to 12-15), Walter Bishop, Jr. (tracks: 6-9 to 6-12), Wynton Kelly (tracks: 12-3 to 12-15)

Tenor Saxophone – George Barrow (tracks: 9-5 to 11-7), Phil Urso (tracks: 6-9 to 6-12), Shafi Hadi (tracks: 12-3 to 12-15)

Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet – Teo Macero (tracks: 5-6 to 5-11)

Tenor Saxophone, Flute – Frank Wess (tracks: 6-13 to 6-18)

Trombone – Bennie Green (tracks: 4-6 to 5-5), Britt Woodman (tracks: 8-10 to 8-13), Eddie Bert (tracks: 9-5 to 11-7), J.J. Johnson (tracks: 4-6 to 5-5), Jimmy Knepper (tracks: 11-8 to 12-2), Kai Winding (tracks: 4-6 to 5-5), Willie Dennis (tracks: 4-6 to 5-11)

Trumpet – Clarence Shaw (tracks: 12-3 to 12-15), Dizzy Gillespie (tracks: 2-15 to 3-11), Ernie Royal (tracks: 5-6 to 5-11), Louis Mucci* (tracks: 9-1 to 9-4), Miles Davis (tracks: 8-10 to 8-13), Thad Jones (tracks: 6-13 to 6-18, 7-10 to 8-1, 9-1 to 9-4)

Vibraphone – Teddy Charles (tracks: 8-10 to 8-13)

Vocals – Bob Benton (tracks: 1-12, 1-13), Don Senay (tracks: 9-1 to 9-3), Honey Gordon (tracks: 2-4, 2-7), Jackie Paris (tracks: 1-10, 1-11, 1-.17 to 1-19), Janet Thurlow (tracks: 5-8, 5-10, 5-11), The Gordons (2) (tracks: 2-5, 2-6)

Woodwind – John Laporta (tracks: 9-1 to 9-4), Julius Baker (tracks: 9-1 to 9-4)