Charles Mingus - 2018 - Four Classic Albums

Tracklist: 

CD 1

Blues & Roots (1959)

01. Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting (5:44)

02. Cryin' Blues (5:03)

03. Moanin' (8:02)

04. Tensions (6:31)

05. My Jelly Roll Soul (6:51)

06. E's Flat Ah's Flat Too (6:46)

Mingus Three: Trio (1957)

07. Yesterdays (4:15)

08. Back Home Blues (5:32)

09. I Can't Get Started (6:32)

10. Hamp's New Blues (3:56)

11. Summertime (4:41)

12. Dizzy Moods (6:54)

13. Laura (6:35)

CD 2

Jazz Portraits (1959)

01. Nostalgia in Times Square (12:19)

02. I Can't Get Started (10:12)

03. No Private Income Blues (12:51)

04. Alice's Wonderland (8:58)

Jazzical Moods, Vol.1 (1954)

05. What Is This Thing Called Love (8:17)

06. Stormy Weather (3:22)

07. Minor Intrusion (10:24)

08. Abstractions (4:23)

from Jazzical Moods, Vol.2 (1954)

09. Thrice Upon a Theme (6:47)

Bass – Charles Mingus

Alto Saxophone – Curtis Porter (tracks: 2-1 to 2-9), Jackie McLean (tracks: 1-1 to 1-4)

Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Shafi Hadi (tracks: 1-5 to 1-10)

Castanets – Ysabel Morel (tracks: 2-5 to 2-9)

Drums – Dannie Richmond (tracks: 1-5 to 1-10, 2-1 to 2-9), Willie Jones (tracks: 1-1 to 1-4)

Narrator – Jean Shepherd (tracks: 2-4)

Percussion – Frankie Dunlop (tracks: 2-5 to 2-9)

Piano – Bill Evans (tracks: 1-5 to 1-10), Bill Triglia (tracks: 2-5 to 2-9), Mal Waldron (tracks: 1-1 to 1-4), Wade Legge (tracks: 2-1 to 2-4)

Tenor Saxophone – Curtis Porter (tracks: 2-4), J.R. Monterose (tracks: 1-1 to 1-4)

Trombone – Jimmy Knepper (tracks: 1-5 to 1-10, 2-1 to 2-9)

Trumpet – Clarence Shaw (tracks: 1-5 to 1-10, 2-5 to 2-9)