Right Now: Live at the Jazz Workshop

Right Now: Live at the Jazz Workshop is a live album by the jazz bassist and composer Charles Mingus, recorded in San Francisco in 1964 and released on the Fantasy label in 1966.[1]

Right Now: Live at the Jazz Workshop
Live album by
Released1966
RecordedJune 2 & 3, 1964
GenreJazz
Length47:02
LabelFantasy LP 6017
Charles Mingus chronology
Mingus in Europe Volume II
(1964)
Right Now: Live at the Jazz Workshop
(1966)
Mingus at Monterey
(1964)

Reception

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The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated: "Although not up to the passionate level of the Mingus-Dolphy Quintet, this underrated unit holds its own".[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings    [4]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide     [3]

Track listing

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All compositions by Charles Mingus
  1. "New Fables" - 23:18
  2. "Meditation (for a Pair of Wire Cutters)" - 23:44
  • Recorded at the Jazz Workshop in San Francisco, California, on June 2 & 3, 1964

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Charles Mingus discography accessed June 9, 2011
  2. ^ a b Yanow, S. AllMusic Review accessed June 9, 2011
  3. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 140. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1005. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.