Label: Warner Music Group
Released: 1997
Track listing: Opening; The Star Spangled Banner; For All We Know; Fine And Mellow; Blueport; Blue Daniel; Straight No Chaser; Chelsea Bridge; Don.

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Charles Mingus: His Final Work

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by Robert Middleton
November 1, 1997

Like a dog that loves a fire hydrant, my ears love Mingus. I bought both of these some time ago but have been going through a Mingus phase and realized I had only played them once or twice. They are both treasure troves of classical American jazz at its finest. Make no question about it, Mingus ...

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Charles Mingus: Mingus Plays Piano

by Robert Spencer
July 1, 1997

This is not a performing seal act. This isn’t even Ornette on violin. Mingus Plays Piano is no gimmick or avant-garde foolery, because Mingus can really play piano. Really play piano. On the Atlantic album Oh Yeah his piano fronts a band including Rahsaan Roland Kirk in a rollicking set; his comping there is competent but ...

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Charles Mingus: The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady

Read "The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady" reviewed by Robert Spencer

by Robert Spencer
June 1, 1997

Some Mingus albums are like a tremendous three-ring circus. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll be struck with awe and delight. The music is absorbing, intense, harrowing, beautiful. Drop everything and run to the show, and don't expect to get anything else done at the same time: this is about as far from background music as it ...

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Charles Mingus: Right Now: Live At The Jazz Workshop

by Jim Santella
May 1, 1997

With Clifford Jordan on tenor, John Handy on alto, Jane Getz on piano, and Dannie Richmond on drums, Charles Mingus went into San Francisco in 1964 and whipped up a storm. Originally issued as Debut LP 86017, this session was reissued by Fantasy (Original Jazz Classics) in 1990 on compact disc. It contains two compositions over ...

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Charles Mingus: Mingus In Wonderland

by Jim Santella
January 1, 1997

This live date, recorded January 16, 1959 at Nonagon Art Gallery in New York City features John Handy on alto sax, Booker Ervin on tenor sax, Richard Wyands on piano, Dannie Richmond on drums, and Charles Mingus on bass. It's a chance to hear Mingus the bassist and Mingus the leader in action with a small ...

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