Jubilee – JLP 1054Rec. Date : July 9, 1957Stream this Album Bass : Charles MingusDrums : Dannie RichmondPiano : Hampton Hawes Billboard : 11/18/1957 Inventive interplay, rare cohesion make this trio date highly recommendable. Mingus, considered by some to be “far out,” reveals his feeling for the grass roots of jazz. His bass work…
Debut – DEB-124Rec. Date : May 15, 1953 Stream this Album Alto Sax : Charlie ParkerBass : Charles MingusDrums : Max RoachPiano : Bud PowellTrumpet : Dizzy Gillespie Down Beat : 03/11/1953Bird, Diz to Pace Toronto Jazz Fete Toronto—Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, and Max Roach will be among some 20 musicians participating in the New…
Debut – DEB-120Rec. Date : July 9, 1955 Stream this Album Trumpet : Miles DavisBass : Charles MingusDrums : Elvin JonesTrombone : Britt WoodmanVibes : Teddy Charles Featured LinksFull Vinyl VideoBlueNote33RPM Cashbox : 07/28/1962 Here’s an interesting session cut quite a while ago displaying an introspective Miles Davis playing old, standard blues with an impressive,…
Jazz Workshop – JWS 005Rec. Date : April 4, 1964Stream this Album Bass : Charles MingusAlto Sax : Eric DolphyBass Clarinet : Eric DolphyDrums : Dannie RichmondFlute : Eric DolphyTenor Sax : Clifford JordanTrumpet : Johnny ColesPiano : Jaki Byard San Francisco Chronicle (San Francisco, CA)Ralph J. Gleason : 11/06/1966Jazz Artist vs. Huge Obstacles…
Atlantic – 1274Rec. Dates : October 23 & November 12, 1956Stream this Album Vibes : Teddy CharlesAlto Sax : Hal SteinBaritone Sax : George BarrowBass : Addison Farmer, Charles MingusDrums : Ed ShaughnessyFrench horn : Jimmy BuffingtonGuitar : Jimmy RaneyPiano : Hall OvertonTenor Sax : Bob NewmanTrombone : Eddie BertTrumpet : Art FarmerTuba : Don…
Savoy – MG 15050Rec. Date : October 31, 1954 Stream this Album Bass : Charles MingusAlto Sax : John LaPortaBaritone Sax : Teo Macero, George BarrowClarinet : John LaPortaDrums : Rudy NicholsPiano : Mal WaldronTenor Sax : Teo Macero, George Barrow MetronomeBill Coss : April, 1955LP Rating: B+ This LP, the best Mingus has…
Impulse! – A-54Rec. Dates : January 20 & September 20, 1963Stream this Album Bass : Charles MingusAlto Sax : Charlie Mariano, Eric DolphyBaritone Sax : Jerome RichardsonBass Clarinet : Eric DolphyClarinet : Dick HaferDrums : Dannie Richmond, Walter PerkinsFlute : Jerome Richardson, Eric Dolphy, Dick HaferGuitar : Jay BerlinerPiano : Jaki Byard, Charles MingusSoprano Sax : Jerome RichardsonTenor Sax : Booker Ervin, Dick HaferTrombone : Quentin…
Atlantic – 1305Rec. Date : 02/04/1959 Stream this Album 10 Minute Record Reviews : Episode #269 Bass : Charles MingusAlto Sax : Jackie McLean, John HandyBaritone Sax : Pepper AdamsDrums : Dannie RichmondPiano : Horace Parlan, Mal WaldronTenor Sax : Booker ErvinTrombone : Jimmy Knepper, Willie Dennis Billboard : 03/21/1960Three stars Charlie Mingus gets a…
Bethlehem – BCP 6019Rec. Date : August 6, 1957Stream this Album Bass : Charles MingusAlto Sax : Shafi HadiDrums : Dannie RichmondTrombone : Jimmy KnepperPiano : Bill EvansTenor Sax : Shafi HadiTrumpet : Clarence Shaw American Record GuideMartin Williamson : March, 1958 Mingus has no fear of originality. A colleague has justly called Jimmy Knepper the first original trombonist J.J. Johnson, and, like Mingus,…
Atlantic – 1260Rec. Date : February 13, 1957, March 12, 1957Stream this Album Bass : Charles MingusAlto Sax : Curtis PorterDrums : Dannie RichmondPiano : Wade LeggeTenor Sax : Curtis PorterTrombone : Jimmy KnepperNarration : Jean Shepherd Army TimesTom Scanlan : 10/19/1957 Charlie Mingus, a superior bassman, is perhaps best known now as an avant-garde composer and arranger. If your jazz…
