Impulse! – A-4Rec. Dates : November 18, 1960, November 30, 1960, December 10, 1960, December 15, 1960Stream this Album Piano/Arranger/Conductor : Gil EvansAlto Sax : Eddie CaineBass : Ron CarterBass Trombone : Tony StuddBassoon : Bob TricaricoFlute/Piccolo : Eddie Caine, Bob TricaricoGuitar : Ray CrawfordPercussion : Charlie Persip, Elvin JonesSoprano Sax : Budd JohnsonTenor Sax : Budd JohnsonTrombone : Keg Johnson, Jimmy KnepperTrumpet : John Coles, Phil…
Impulse! – A-3Rec. Dates : November 17, 1960, November 21, 1960, November 23, 1960, December 13, 1960Stream this AlbumLiner Notes courtesy of HatNBeard Tenor Trombone : Kai Winding, Ephie Resnick, Johnny Mesner, Jimmy KnepperBass Trombone : Paul Faulise, Tony Studd, Dick LiebBass : Bob Cranshaw, Ron CarterConga Drums : Michael OlatunjiDrums : Al Beldini, Sticks EvansMellophone : Ray StarlingPiano : Ross Tompkins, Bill Evans Cedar Rapids GazetteLes Zacheis : 07/23/1961…
Atlantic – 1305Rec. Date : 02/04/1959Stream this Album 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 chance in this set to display some earthy, done home, churchy style of music, mainly cast in the blues…
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, he…
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…
Columbia – CL 1370Rec. Dates : May 5, 1959, May 12, 1959Stream this Album Bass : Charles MingusAlto Sax : John Handy, Shafi HadiClarinet : John HandyDrums : Dannie RichmondPiano : Horace ParlanTenor Sax : Booker Ervin, Shafi HadiTrombone : Jimmy Knepper, Willie Dennis Billboard : 10/05/1959Four Stars What Charlie Mingus says in jazz is never unimportant, and he has a lot to say on…
