Artist: Charles Mingus
Title: Charles Mingus In Paris - The Complete America Session
Year Of Release: 2007
Label: Decca Records
Genre: Jazz
Quality: 320 kbps | FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 01:58:54
Total Size: 274 mb | 747 mb
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:Title: Charles Mingus In Paris - The Complete America Session
Year Of Release: 2007
Label: Decca Records
Genre: Jazz
Quality: 320 kbps | FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 01:58:54
Total Size: 274 mb | 747 mb
WebSite: Album Preview
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- Pithecanthropus Erectus Charles Mingus Jazz 1956 Preview SONG TIME Pithecanthropus Erectus. 10:37 PREVIEW A Foggy Day. 7:50 PREVIEW Profile of Jackie.
This album is mostly a composite of Pithecanthropus Erectus and Mingus at the Bohemia, two sessions recorded about a month apart in 1955-56 by the Charles Mingus Quintet. Disappointingly, though still great, 'Love Chant' is an alternate take (at half the length) than the superior version on the original Pithecanthropus Erectus.
CD11. Charles Mingus - I Left My Heart In San Francisco
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3. Charles Mingus - Peggy's Blue Skylight
4. Charles Mingus - Love Is A Dangerous Necessity (Incomplete)
5. Charles Mingus - Blue Bird
6. Charles Mingus - Pithecanthropus Erectus
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1. Charles Mingus - Reincarnation Of A Lovebird (Warm Up And First False Start)
2. Charles Mingus - Reincarnation Of A Lovebird (Second False Start)
3. Charles Mingus - Reincarnation Of A Lovebird (Third False Start)
4. Charles Mingus - Reincarnation Of A Lovebird (Incomplete)
5. Charles Mingus - Peggy's Blue Skylight (First False Start)
6. Charles Mingus - Peggy's Blue Skylight (Second False Start)
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8. Charles Mingus - Peggy's Blue Skylight (Alternate Fast Version)
9. Charles Mingus - Blue Bird (Incomplete)
10. Charles Mingus - Reprise
11. Charles Mingus - Love Is A Dangerous Necessity (First False Start)
12. Charles Mingus - Love Is A Dangerous Necessity (Second False Start)
13. Charles Mingus - Pithecanthropus Erectus (First Take, Incomplete)
14. Charles Mingus - Pithecanthropus Erectus (Reprise)
15. Charles Mingus - Pithecanthropus Erectus (Rehearsal)
16. Charles Mingus - Pithecanthropus Erectus (False Start)
17. Charles Mingus - Pithecanthropus Erectus (To The End)
18. Charles Mingus - Pithecanthropus Erectus (Mingus' Explanation, Restart)
The music on Charles Mingus' In Paris: The Complete America Session originally appeared on two separate LPs issued by America which were duly reissued by several labels as Reincarnation of a Lovebird (though not to be confused with the earlier album of the same title made for Candid). After a five-year layoff from doing any studio recording, Mingus was fully prepared for this 1970 session, with old hands Jaki Byard on piano, drummer Dannie Richmond, alto saxophonist Charles McPherson, and newer additions Bobby Jones (tenor sax), and Eddie Preston (trumpet) making up his sextet. Most of the focus is on extended treatments of earlier works, including 'Reincarnation of a Lovebird,' 'Pithecanthropus Erectus,' and 'Peggy's Blue Skylight,' plus a loping, bluesy rendition of Charlie Parker's 'Blue Bird' that lasts 18 minutes and never loses steam. The two shorter works come out differently; everything comes together on 'I Left My Heart in San Francisco' but Mingus is clearly dissatisfied with the performance of his new work 'Love Is a Dangerous Necessity' and is audibly heard stating 'Cut it, cut it!' in the midst of McPherson's solo and the song abruptly ends. The soloists shine throughout the date, with no one musician trying to outdo the others. This two-CD set adds all of the other material recorded during this single-day session on a separate disc, including all false starts, breakdowns, incomplete takes, and rehearsals, so serious fans can figure out how the performances evolved in the studio. After battling depression and suffering financial problems for several years prior to this session, this outstanding recording signaled that Charles Mingus was on the rebound and still had much to contribute, until Lou Gerhig's disease ended his career and took his life prematurely later in the decade.
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Pithecanthropus Erectus | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | July or August 1956[1][2][3] | |||
Recorded | January 30, 1956 | |||
Studio | Audio-Video Studios New York City | |||
Genre | Jazz, post-bop | |||
Length | 36:36 | |||
Label | Atlantic, America | |||
Producer | Nesuhi Ertegun | |||
Charles Mingus chronology | ||||
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Pithecanthropus Erectus is a 1956 album by jazz composer and bassist Charles Mingus. Mingus noted that this was the first album where he taught arrangements to his musicians by ear in lieu of putting the chords and arrangements in writing.[4]
Music[edit]
According to Mingus' liner notes, the title song is a ten-minute tone poem, depicting the rise of man from his hominid roots (Pithecanthropus erectus) to an eventual downfall due to 'his own failure to realize the inevitable emancipation of those he sought to enslave, and his greed in attempting to stand on a false security.' The song's title translates into 'Upright Ape-Man', which holds a dual meaning with 'upright' referring to Mingus' bass.
Reception[edit]
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Q | [5] |
Vibe | (not rated)[6] |
Allmusic | [7] |
Tom Hull | A[8] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz gave it a maximum four-star rating and added it to its core collection, describing it as 'One of the truly great modern jazz albums'.[9] In the same review, 'the all-in ensemble work' in parts of the first track, 'Pithecanthropus Erectus', is described as being 'absolutely crucial to the development of free collective improvisation in the following decade'.
Track listing[edit]
All tracks composed by Charles Mingus except where noted.
- 'Pithecanthropus Erectus' – 10:36
- 'A Foggy Day' – 7:50 (George Gershwin)
- 'Profile of Jackie' – 3:11
- 'Love Chant' – 14:59
Personnel[edit]
Musicians[edit]
- Charles Mingus – bass
- Jackie McLean – alto saxophone
- J. R. Monterose – tenor saxophone
- Mal Waldron – piano
- Willie Jones – drums
Production[edit]
- Tom Dowd – recording engineering
- Hal Lustig – recording engineering
References[edit]
- ^Liner notes to Passions of a Man: The Complete Atlantic Recordings 1956-1961
- ^Editorial Staff, Cash Box (4 August 1956). 'August Album Releases'(PDF). The Cash Box. The Cash Box Publishing Co. Inc., NY. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
- ^Billboard Aug 25, 1956
- ^Huey, Steve. 'Pithecanthropus Erectus - Charles Mingus | AllMusic'. allmusic.com. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
- ^'The essential early Mingus set' (December 2001) Q, p. 160.
- ^'The Vibe 100' (December 1999) Vibe, p.162. (Included in Vibe's 100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century.)
- ^Huey, Steve. 'Pithecanthropus Erectus - Charles Mingus | AllMusic'. allmusic.com. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
- ^Hull, Tom (n.d.). 'Essential Jazz Albums of the 1950s'. tomhull.com. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
- ^Cook, Richard & Morton, Brian (2008) The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings, p. 1001. Penguin.
Charles Mingus Discography
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