CHARLES MINGUS — Reevaluation: the Impulse Years

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Boxset / Compilation · 1973

Filed under Progressive Big Band
By CHARLES MINGUS

Tracklist

A1 Better Get Hit In Yo' Soul
A2 Mood Indigo
A3 Body And Soul
A4 Hora Decubitus
The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady
B1 Track A - Solo Dancer (Stop! Look! And Listen, Sinner Jim Whitney)
B2 Track B - Duet Solo Dancers (Hearts' Beat And Shades In Physical Embraces)
B3 Track C - Group Dancers (Soul Fusion) (Freewoman And Oh, This Freedom's Slave Cries)
C1 Mode D - Trio And Group Dancers (Stop! Look! And Sing Songs Of Revolutions!)
C2 Mode E - Single Solos And Group Dance (Saint And Sinner Join In Merriment On Battle Front)
C3 Mode F - Group And Solo Dance (Of Love, Pain, And Passioned Revolt, Then, Farewell, My Beloved, 'Til It's Freedom Day)
D1 Freedom
D2 Theme For Lester Young
D3 She's Just Miss Popular Hybrid
D4 II B.S.

Line-up/Musicians

Alto Saxophone – Charles Mariano (tracks: A1, B1 to C3), Eric Dolphy (tracks: D1)
Alto Saxophone, Flute – Eric Dolphy (tracks: A2, A4, D2, D4)
Bass – Charles Mingus (tracks: A2, A4, D1, D2, D4)
Bass, Piano – Charles Mingus (tracks: A1, B1 to C3)
Drums – Dannie Richmond (tracks: A1, B1 to C3), Walter Perkins (tracks: A2, A4, D1, D2, D4)
Guitar – Jay Berliner (tracks: A1, B1 to C3)
Piano – Jaki Byard (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to D2, D4)
Soprano Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, Flute – Jerome Richardson (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to D2, D4)
Tenor Saxophone – Booker Ervin (tracks: A2, A4, D1, D2, D4)
Tenor Saxophone, Flute – Dick Hafer (tracks: A1, B1 to C3)
Tenor Saxophone, Flute, Clarinet – Dick Hafer (tracks: A2, A4, D1, D2, D4)
Trombone – Britt Woodman (tracks: A2, A4, D1, D2, D4), Quentin Jackson (tracks: A1, B1 to C3)
Trumpet – Eddie Preston (tracks: A2, A4, D1, D2, D4), Richard Williams (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to D2, D4), Rolf Ericson (tracks: A1, B1 to C3)
Tuba – Don Butterfield (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to D2, D4)

About this release

Impulse! / ABC Records – AS-9234-2 (US)

Recorded At Capitol Studios, New York City

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Here is a little tip known mostly to record collectors. If you want to get a vinyl copy of Charles Mingus’ “Black Saint and the Sinner Lady” in excellent condition, look for this two record compilation, “Charles Mingus Reevaluation: the Impulse Years”, on the Impulse label of course. That’s right, the entire “Black Saint” album is on here, and like a lot of compilations, the price runs about half of the original album and there is a good chance that the album may not have been played much, which is often the case with comps. Along with the entire Black Saint album, you also get 5 of the 7 songs from “Mingus, Mingus, Mingus”, one of the very best of Charles’ albums as it contains well know classics such as “Better Get it in Your Soul, “Mood Indigo” and “Theme for Lester Young”.

Along with this collection of some of Charles’ very best tracks, you also get two songs with Mingus playing the piano solo and one song that had previously only shown up on an Impulse various artist compilation. The Mingus solo piano tracks are in a slightly older style as Charles draws upon his appreciation For Art Tatum and Duke Ellington, but there is no doubting his talent on the keyboard as he probably could have been a pro piano player if he wasn’t already about the best in the business on bass. The combination of the entire “Black Saint” album and some of the best tracks from “Mingus, Mingus, Mingus” make this about the best Mingus album you can pick up except for “The Great Concert for Charles Mingus”, possibly the best live album in the history of jazz.