Boxset / Compilation · 1989
Tracklist
Disc 1
1. Folk Forms No. 1 (13:05)
2. Original Faubus Fables (9:07)
3. What Love (15:23)
4. All the Things You Could Be by Now If Sigmund Freud's Wife Was Your Mother (8:36)
5. Stormy Weather (13:26)
6. Melody From the Drums (9:18)
Total Time: 68:56
Disc 2
1. Reincarnation of a Lovebird No. 1 (9:19)
2. Weird Nightmare (6:39)
3. MDM (19:10)
4. Big (8:31)
5. Reincarnation of a Lovebird No. 2 (6:57)
6. Lock 'em Up (6:41)
Total Time: 57:18
Disc 3
1. Mysterious Blues (8:38)
2. Body and Soul (13:49)
3. Body and Soul (alternate take) (10:48)
4. R & R (11:51)
5. Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (3:51)
6. Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (alternate take) (3:54)
7. Me and You (9:50)
Total Time: 62:44
Line-up/Musicians
Disc 1 (1-5):
Ted Curson - trumpet
Eric Dolphy - alto sax, bass clarinet, flute
Charles Mingus - bass
Dannie Richmond - drums
Disc 1 (6):
Dannie Richmond - drums
Disc 2 (1-3):
Ted Curson - trumpet
Lonnie Hillyer - trumpet
Eric Dolphy - alto sax, bass clarinet, flute
Charles McPherson - alto sax
Booker Ervin - tenor sax except on 1
Jimmy Knepper - trombone
Britt Woodman - trombone on 3
Nico Bunink - piano
Charles Mingus - bass
Dannie Richmond - drums
Disc 2 (4-6):
Ted Curson - trumpet except on 4
Lonnie Hillyer - trumpet
Eric Dolphy - alto sax, bass clarinet, flute except on 4
Charles McPherson - alto sax
Booker Ervin - tenor sax
Paul Bley - piano
Charles Mingus - bass
Dannie Richmond - drums
Disc 3:
Roy Eldridge - trumpet
Jimmy Knepper - trombone on 1-4
Eric Dolphy - alto sax, bass clarinet, flute on 1-4
Tommy Flanagan - piano
Charles Mingus - bass
Jo Jones - drums
About this release
Mosaic MD3-111
Disc 1 and disc 2 (1-3): October 20, 1960, New York City
Disc 2 (4-6) and disc 3: November 11, 1960, New York City
Original issue (year):
Disc 1 (1-4) as Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus (Candid 9005)
Disc 1 (5) and disc 2 (3, 6) as Mingus (Candid 9021)
Disc 2 (2) and disc 3 (4) as "The Jazz Life" (Candid 9019)
all others except disc 3 (3, 6) on the 4LP issue MR4-111 in 1985. Disc 3 (3, 6) originally issued as part of this 3CD set (they were not issued on the 4LP sessions because they were found only later by accident on tape reels marked as by Cal Massey).
Thanks to snobb for the updates