Boxset / Compilation · 1997
Tracklist
Disc 1
1. Pithecanthropus Erectus (10:37)
2. A Foggy Day (7:52)
3. Love Chant (14:59)
4. Profile of Jackie (3:14)
5. Laura (5:06)
6. When Your Lover Has Gone (2:30)
7. Just One of Those Things (6:10)
8. Blue Greens (11:40)
Total Time: 62:12
Disc 2
1. The Clown (12:19)
2. Passions of a Woman Loved (9:49)
3. Blue Cee (7:56)
4. Tonight at Noon (6:01)
5. Reincarnation of a Lovebird (8:35)
6. Haitian Fight Song (11:59)
Total Time: 56:42
Disc 3
1. E's Flat Ah's Flat Too (6:48)
2. My Jelly Roll Soul (6:51)
3. Tensions (6:32)
4. Moanin' (8:03)
5. Cryin' Blues (5:04)
6. Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting (5:47)
7. E's Flat Ah's Flat Too (alternate take) (6:54)
8. My Jelly Roll Soul (alternate take) (11:27)
9. Tensions (alternate take) (5:19)
10. Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting (alternate take) (6:55)
Total Time: 69:44
Disc 4
1. Prayer for Passive Resistance (8:24)
2. Better Git Hit in Your Soul (11:36)
3. Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting (12:06)
4. Folk Forms I (11:36)
5. What Love? (14:04)
6. I'll Remember April (14:07)
Total Time: 71:56
Disc 5
1. Devil Woman (9:46)
2. Ecclusiastics (7:01)
3. "Old" Blues for Walt's Torin (7:59)
4. Peggy's Blue Skylight (9:48)
5. Hog Callin' Blues (7:31)
6. Oh Lord Don't Let Them Drop That Atomic Bomb on Me (5:46)
7. Passions of a Man (4:59)
8. Wham Bam Thank You Ma'am (4:46)
9. Invisible Lady (4:55)
10. Eat That Chicken (4:38)
Total Time: 67:13
Disc 6
1. [Charles Mingus interviewed by Nesuhi Ertegun] (76:24)
Total Time: 76:24
Line-up/Musicians
Disc 1, 1-5:
Charles Mingus - bass
Jackie McLean - alto sax
J.R. Monterose - tenor sax
Mal Waldron - piano
Willie Jones - drums
Disc 1, 5-8:
Teddy Charles - vibes
Hall Overton - piano
Charles Mingus - bass
Ed Shaughnessy - drums
Disc 2
Charles Mingus - bass
Shafi Hadi (Curtis Porter) - tenor sax
Jimmy Knepper - trombone
Wade Legge - piano
Dannie Richmond - drums
Jean Shepherd - improvised narration on 'The Clown'
Disc 3
Charles Mingus - bass
John Handy - alto sax
Jackie McLean - alto sax
Booker Ervin - tenor sax
Pepper Adams - baritone sax
Willie Dennis - trombone
Jimmy Knepper - trombone
Horace Parlan - piano (except 1 and 7)
Mal Waldron - piano (on 1 and 7)
Disc 4
Charles Mingus - bass, piano (on 2,3)
Eric Dolphy - alto sax, bass clarinet (on 5)
Booker Ervin - tenor sax (on 1-5)
Ted Curson - trumpet
Bud Powell - piano (on 6)
Dannie Richmond - drums
Disc 5
Charles Mingus - piano, vocal
Roland Kirk - tenor sax, flute, siren, manzello, strich
Booker Ervin - tenor sax
Jimmy Knepper - trombone
Doug Watkins - bass
Dannie Richmond - drums
About this release
Rhino R2 72871/Atlantic
Disc 1, 1-5: January 30, 1956, Audio-Video Studios, New York City
Disc 1, 5-8: November 12, 1956, New York City
Disc 2, 1: February 13, 1957, Audio-Video Studios, New York City
Disc 2: 2-6: March 12, 1957, Atlantic Studios, New York City
Disc 3: February 4, 1959, Atlantic Studios, New York City
Disc 4: July 13, 1960, Antibes Jazz Festival, Juan-les-Pins, France
Disc 5: November 6, 1961, Atlantic Studios, New York City
Disc 6: late 1961/early 1962, Nesuhi Ertegun's office, Atlantic Records, New York City
Disc 1, 1-5: Atlantic 1237 as "Pithecanthropus Erectus" (July 1956)
Disc 1, 5-8: Atlantic 1274 as Teddy Charles' "Word From Bird" (June 1958)
Disc 2, 1,3,5,6: Atlantic 1260 as "The Clown" (August 1957)
Disc 2, 2,4; Disc 5, 3,4,9: Atlantic 1416 as "Tonight At Noon" (June 1964)
Disc 3, 1-6: Atlantic 1305 as "Blues & Roots" (March 1960)
Disc 3, 7-10: previosly unissued
Disc 4: Atlantic 2-3001 as "Mingus At Antibes" (October 1979)
Disc 5, 1,2,5-8,10: Atlantic 1377 as "Oh Yeah" (April 1962)
Disc 6: previously unissued extended interview; edited version originally appeared on CD reissue of "Oh Yeah", Atlantic 90667-2 (1988)
Thanks to snobb for the updates