Charles MingusFeaturing: Eric Dolphy, Jaki Byard
The Great Concert Of Charles Mingus (3LP)
LabelPrestigeGenreJazz & Improvisation
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condition (records/cover): NM / VG+ (one crease and light wear)
Tri-fold sleeve.
Paris, April 1964, and the most celebrated tour Charles Mingus ever undertook. The sextet had Eric Dolphy, who would be dead within three months, Clifford Jordan on tenor, Johnny Coles on trumpet until illness took him off the tour, Jaki Byard at the piano and Dannie Richmond behind, and it played the book at enormous length and enormous intensity. Three LPs of "Meditations On Integration", "Fables Of Faubus", "Parkeriana" and "So Long Eric", all stretched far beyond their studio lengths and all constantly rebuilt on the spot. Dolphy's playing here is among the last and best of his life.
Prestige triple LP box. The definitive live document of the greatest band Mingus ever led.
Release notes
Label variation of [r=7649400] Recorded at the Theatre des Champs-Elysees, Paris on the 19th April 1964. "Re-channelled for stereo" Autocoupled: Sides 1 & 6 on record1; 2 & 5 on record 2; 3 & 4 on record 3.
| A1 | Introduction And Presentation | 1:35 | |
| A2 | Good Bye Pork Pie Hat (Part 1) | 23:30 | |
| B1 | Good Bye Pork Pie Hat (Part 2) | 5:40 | |
| B2 | Orange Was The Colour Of Her Dress | 14:00 | |
| C | Parkeriana | 23:00 | |
| D | Meditations on Integration | 27:30 | |
| E | Fables of Faubus | 17:20 | |
| F1 | Fables of Faubus (cont.) | 11:20 | |
| F2 | Sophisticated Lady | 6:00 |
- Eric Dolphy
- Alto Saxophone, Clarinet, Flute
- Charles Mingus
- Bass
- Dannie Richmond
- Drums
- Jaki Byard
- Piano
- Clifford Jordan
- Tenor Saxophone
- Johnny Coles
- Trumpet
