Mingus at the Bohemia is a live album by the jazz composer and bassist Charles Mingus. It was released in August 1956 through Mingus's own label Debut Records.[1][4] It was recorded at Café Bohemia in New York City on December 23, 1955. Max Roach makes a guest appearance on one track. Other recordings from the same performance were released in 1964 under the title The Charles Mingus Quintet & Max Roach.
| Mingus at the Bohemia | ||||
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| Live album by | ||||
| Released | August 1956[1] | |||
| Recorded | December 23, 1955 | |||
| Venue | Café Bohemia, New York City | |||
| Genre | Avant-garde jazz | |||
| Length | 41:04 | |||
| Label | Debut | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |  [3] |
Mingus at the Bohemia has also been released under the title Chazz! and credited to The Charles Mingus Quintet.[5]
Reception
editAllmusic awarded the album 4.5 stars, citing Mingus' standout bass playing and noting that "this is the first Mingus recording to feature mostly his own compositions."[2]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Jump Monk" | Charles Mingus | 6:44 |
| 2. | "Serenade In Blue" | Mack Gordon, Harry Warren | 5:57 |
| 3. | "Percussion Discussion" | Mingus, Max Roach | 8:25 |
| 4. | "Work Song" | Mingus | 6:16 |
| 5. | "Septemberly" | Al Dubin, Harry Warren / Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence | 6:55 |
| 6. | "All The Things You C#" | (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II / Sergei Rachmaninoff) | 6:47 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 7. | "Jump Monk (Alternate Take)" | 11:38 |
| 8. | "All The Things You C# (Alternate Take)" | 10:44 |
Notes:
- "Septemberly" is Mingus' compositional combination of "September in the Rain" by Dubin and Warren, and "Tenderly" by Gross and Lawrence.
- "All The Things You C#" is Mingus' compositional combination of "All The Things You Are" by Kern and Hammerstein, and "Prelude in C-sharp minor" by Rachmaninoff.
- On some reissues, a brief spoken intro and false start are omitted from track 8 for a reduced length of 9:50.[2][6]
Personnel
edit- George Barrow - tenor saxophone
- Eddie Bert - trombone
- Mal Waldron - piano
- Charles Mingus - double bass (bass and cello on "Percussion Discussion")
- Willie Jones - drums (except "Percussion Discussion")
- Max Roach - drums (on "Percussion Discussion")
Sources
edit- Horst Weber, Gerd Filtg hi: Charles Mingus. Sein Leben, seine Musik, seine Schallplatten. Oreos, Gauting-Buchendorf, o.J., ISBN 3-923657-05-6
- Marcus A. Woelfle: Liner Notes zu Charles Mingus - 80th Birthday Celebration (Fantasy)
- Richard Cook & Brian Morton: The Penguin Guide To Jazz On CD; Penguin, London, 2002.
- Mal Waldron: Vinyl LP Liner Notes
References
edit- ^ a b "Reviews and Rating of New Albums". Google Books. Nielsen Business Media. 18 August 1956. pp. 48, 50. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
- ^ a b c Allmusic review
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1001. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ "Charles Mingus Discography". www.jazzdisco.org. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
- ^ "Charles Mingus – Mingus At The Bohemia (Master)". discogs.com. Retrieved on March 7, 2021.
- ^ "Charles Mingus – Mingus At The Bohemia (1990 Reissue)". discogs.com. Retrieved on March 7, 2021.