Charles MingusFeaturing: Eric Dolphy, Ted Curson
Live (LP)
LabelAffinityGenreJazz & Improvisation
Out of stock
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condition (record/cover): NM / VG+ (light creasing and ring wear)
Live is where Charles Mingus makes most sense. In the studio the compositions get compressed; in a club or a hall they open out, the tempos shift on command, and the whole workshop method - stopping, restarting, shouting at the band, rebuilding a piece while it is being played - becomes audible. This Affinity release collects concert material from the sixties and has all of that in it: enormous bass playing, Dannie Richmond reading his leader's mind, and music that never once settles into a groove it cannot break out of.
UK Affinity pressing. Not an original album, and a perfectly good way to hear the band working.
Release notes
Recorded live at Antibes Jazz Festival, Juan-les-Pins, France, July 13, 1960. Made in Italy by Ariston Music. ℗ 1980
| A1 | Better Git Hit In Your Soul | 11:33 | |
| A2 | Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting Pt. 1 | 5:13 | |
| B1 | Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting Pt. 2 | 6:54 | |
| B2 | Folk Forms No. 2 | 11:29 |
- Eric Dolphy
- Alto Saxophone
- Charles Mingus
- Bass, Piano, Written-By, Written-By
- Bernard Higton
- Design [Sleeve]
- Dannie Richmond
- Drums
- Jacques Bisceglia
- Photography By
- Booker Ervin
- Tenor Saxophone
- Ted Curson
- Trumpet
