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The Legendary Paris Concert

Eric Dolphy (alto saxophone, bass clarinet and flute), Johnny Coles (trumpet on So Long Eric), Clifford Jordan (tenor saxophone), Jaki Byard (piano), and Dannie Richmond (drums), Charles Mingus (bass)

Revenge! • Peggy's Blue Skylight (12:53)
• Orange Was the Color of her Dress, Then Blue Silk (11:38)
• Meditations on Integration (22:39)
• Fables of Faubus (24:53)
• So Long Eric (28:50)
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CHARLES MINGUS SEXTET W/ ERIC DOLPHY
CORNELL 1964

Release Date: 7/17/2007

Label: Blue Note

Watch the Cornell 1964 digital player to preveiw tracks and watch a live performance from Belgium!

 

 

  Tracks:
Disc One:
1. ATFW You
2. Sophisticated Lady
3. Fables of Faubus
4. Orange Was the Colour of Her Dress, Then Blue Silk
5. Take the "A" Train

Disc Two:
1. Meditations
2. So Long Eric
3. When Irish Eyes Are Smiling
4. Jitterbug Waltz

Charles Mingus
Music Written for Monterey, 1965 Not Heard...Played Live in Its Entirety at UCLA


Release Date: 9/26/06

SueMingusMusic/Sunnyside Records
Universal Jazz France
  Tracks:
DISC ONE

1. Opening Speech
2. Meditation on Inner Peace
3. Speech: Introduction of Musicians
4. Meditation on Inner Peace (bass solo)
5. Speech
6. Once Upon A Time, There Was a Holding Corporation Called Old America (1st false start)
7. Lecture to Band
8. Once Upon A Time, There Was a Holding Corporation Called Old America (2nd false start)
9. Ode to Bird and Dizzy (quartet)
10. Speech: call octet back
11. They Trespass The Land of the Sacred Sioux

DISC TWO

1. Speech: Intro to Hobart Dotson/The Arts of Tatum and Freddy Webster
2. Speech
3. Once Upon A Time, There Was a Holding Corporation Called Old America
4. Speech: Intro to Lonnie Hillyer
5. Muscrat Ramble
6. Pause
7. Don't Be Afraid, the Clown's Afraid Too
8. Don't Let It Happen Here

LP VERSIONS NOW LINK TO LATEST CD VERSION
Title
Label and Number
Recording and Issue Dates
Jazz at Massey Hall (Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, Charles Mingus, and Max Roach) Debut Records/Fantasy OJCCD-044-2 (DEB-124) May, 1953, reissued Debut 2002
Mingus at the Cafe Bohemia (Charles Mingus Quintet + Max Roach) Debut 123 1955, reissued 1991
Debut Records Story [BOX SET] Debut 1950s, reissued 1997
The Complete Debut Recordings [BOX SET] Debut 1950s, reissued 1990
Pithecanthropus Erectus Atlantic 8809-2 (LP 1237) January 30, 1956, reissue 1990
The Clown
Atlantic 1260
1957, reissued 1999 Rhino
Tonight at Noon Atlantic 1957 and 1961 sessions
Tijuana Moods RCA recd in 57, issued in 1962, reissued in 2001
East Coasting Bethlehem
recd 57, reissued 2000 Rhino
Mingus Three Blue Note
recd 57, reissued 1997
Weary Blues (Mingus with Langston Hughes) Polygram/Verve/Impulse
1958, reissued 1991
Wonderland (later Mingus in Wonderland) United Artists
1959 live, reissued in 1994 Blue Note
Blues and Roots Atlantic 1305-2 recd 1959, released 1960, reissued 1998 Rhino

Mingus Ah Um

Columbia 1370 1959, reissued 1990 Sony
Mingus Dynasty Columbia 1959, reissued 1999 Sony
The Complete 1959 Columbia Recordings Columbia 1959, 1998 original recording remaster of above two albums with bonus CD of alternate takes. Sony
Alternate takes only of 1959 Columbia Recordings Columbia 1959, issued 1999
Better Get it in your Soul Columbia reissue of 1959 session
Nostalgia in Times Square Columbia alternate takes of 1959 session
Pre-Bird Mingus EmArcy/Mercury 60627 1961, reissued 1999 Polygram
Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus Candid
1960 reissued Candid 2000
Mingus at Antibes Atlantic
recd in 1960, released 1980, reissue 1990
Mingus! Candid 1960, reissued 1990
The Complete Candid Recordings of Charles Mingus Mosaic
Not on CD
Oh Yeah Atlantic 1377 1962, reissued 1999 Rhino
Money Jungle United Artists 15017 1962, reissued 1990 Blue Note
The Complete Town Hall Concert United Artists 1962, reissued 1994 Blue Note
The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady Impulse 1963, reissued 1995 GRP
Mingus Plays Piano Impulse 60 1964, reissued 1997 GRP
Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Impulse 54 1963, reissued 1995
Town Hall Concert Jazz Workshop (Fantasy) OJCCD-042-2 (JWS-005-5)
April 4, 1964, reissued 1991 OJC
Concertgebow Amsterdam Ulysse AROC CD 1001, 1002 recd April 10, 1964, issd 1985
The Great Concert of Charles Mingus Prestige 34001(Fantasy)  
Revenge! The Legendary Paris Concerts Revenge! Records 32002 April 18, 1964, reissued 1996
Mingus In Europe, Volume One Enja CD 3049-45 April 26, 1964, reissued 1993
Mingus In Europe, Volume Two Enja R2 79612 April 26, 1964, reissued 1993
Right Now Fantasy 1964, reissued 1990
CHARLES MINGUS SEXTET W/ ERIC DOLPHY
CORNELL 1964
Blue Note 1964, first released in 7/17/2007
Music Written for Monterey 1965, Not Heard, Played in its Entirety at UCLA
Charles Mingus Enterprises/SueMingusMusic/Sunnyside Records
recd 1965, LP reissued 1986. CD release 9/26/06
Mingus at Monterey Charles Mingus Enterprises 001/002 1966 Not on CD
Best of Charles Mingus Atlantic  
Let My Children Hear Music Columbia 1971, reissued 1992
Charles Mingus and Friends in Concert Columbia 1972 Avery Fisher Hall, reissue 1996
Mingus Moves Atlantic/Rhino R2 71454 1973, Rhino reissued in 1993
Mingus at Carnegie Hall Atlantic
1974, Rhino reissued in 1996
Changes One Atlantic 1974, Rhino reissued in 1993
Changes Two Atlantic 1974, Rhino reissued in 1993
Cumbia and Jazz Fusion Atlantic 8801 1977, Rhino reissued in 1994
Three or Four Shades of Blues Atlantic 1977, reissue 1990
Me Myself and Eye Atlantic 1978, no CD reissue
Something Like a Bird
Atlantic 1978, no CD reissue
Three Worlds of Drums
Atlantic 1978, no CD reissue
Passions of a Man [BOX SET] Atlantic 1956, 1997 Rhino Reissue
Thirteen Pictures: the Charles Mingus Anthology Atlantic/Rhino R2-71402 1993
Ken Burns Jazz Collection: Charles Mingus Sony
2000
Trilogy: The Complete Bethlehem Jazz Collection [BOX SET] Bethlehem/Rhino
Reissue Rhino 2001
The Very Best of Charles Mingus Atlantic/Rhino
Reissue Rhino 2001
Live at Montreaux (DVD) Eagle Vision
2004
The Great Concert of Charles Mingus Verve
July 2004
East Coastin' Shout Factory
August 2005
The Impulse Story: Charles Mingus Impulse (Verve) / Atlantic / Rhino
June 2006

Mingus Dynasty, Mingus Big Band, Mingus Orchestra and other artists
Epitaph Columbia C2K 45428/Sony
1990
Mingus Dynasty: The Next Generation Columbia 47405/Sony
1991
Weird Nightmare: Meditations on Mingus Columbia CK 52739 1992
Mingus Big Band: Nostalgia in Times Square Dreyfus FDM 36559-2
1993
Mingus Big Band: Gunslinging Birds Dreyfus FDM 36575-2
1995
Mingus Big Band: Live in Time Dreyfus FDM 36583-2
January 1997
Mingus Big Band: Que Viva Mingus Dreyfus
January 1998
Mingus Big Band: Blues and Politics Dreyfus August 1999
Mingus Big Band: The Essential Mingus Big Band Dreyfus July 2001
Mingus Big Band: Tonight At Noon Dreyfus March 2002
Mingus Big Band / Orchestra / Dynasty: I Am Three SueMingusMusic/Sunnyside June 2005
Mingus Big Band: Live in Tokyo Sue Mingus Music/Sunnyside Records/Universal
Music Jazz France
9/26/06

Mingus Big Band Live at Jazz Standard

2011 Grammy Winner "Best Large Jazz Ensemble"

Jazz Workshop, Inc./Jazz Standard April 2010