Charles Mingus - 1961 - Pre-Bird

Tracklist: 

01 - Take the "A" Train / Exactly Like You 03:39

02 - Prayer for Passive Resistance 03:53

03 - Eclipse 03:59

04 - Mingus Fingus No. 2 03:38

05 - Weird Nightmare 03:39

06 - Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me / I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart 03:39

07 - Bemoanable Lady 04:27

08 - Half-Mast Inhibition (Glitch) 08:14

Charles Mingus – double bass

Marcus Belgrave, Ted Curson, Hobart Dotson, Clark Terry, and Richard Williams – trumpets

Eddie Bert, Charles "Majeed" Greenlee, Slide Hampton, and Jimmy Knepper – trombones

Danny Bank, Bill Barron, Booker Ervin, Joe Farrell, and John LaPorta – saxophones

Eric Dolphy – alto saxophone, flute

Yusuf Lateef – saxophone, flute

Robert Di Domenica – flute

Harry Shulman – oboe

Lorraine Cusson – vocals (tracks 3, 5)

Paul Bley and Roland Hanna – pianos

Sticks Evans, Dannie Richmond, Max Roach, George Scott – drums

Leonard Feather – production, liner notes

Gunther Schuller – conductor