Mingus Dynasty is a jazz album by Charles Mingus, recorded in 1959 and released on Columbia Records in May 1960.[1][2][3] It is a companion album to his 1959 record Mingus Ah Um, and was inducted in the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999. The title alludes to Mingus's ancestry, which was partially Chinese.[7]
Mingus Dynasty | ||||
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Released | May 1960[1][2][3] | |||
Recorded | November 1 and 13, 1959 | |||
Studio | CBS 30th Street Studio, New York City | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 59:34 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Producer | Teo Macero | |||
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Tracks one, three, four, and five were released in their unedited form in 1979 on vinyl and in 1999 on CD. The cuts amount to about eight minutes.[8]
Track listing
editAll compositions by Charles Mingus except where noted.
- "Slop" – 6:16
- "Diane" – 7:32
- "Song With Orange" – 6:50
- "Gunslinging Bird" (Originally titled "If Charlie Parker Were a Gunslinger, There'd Be a Whole Lot of Dead Copycats") – 5:14
- "Things Ain't What They Used to Be" (Mercer Ellington) – 7:36
- "Far Wells, Mill Valley" – 6:14
- "New Now Know How" – 4:13
- "Mood Indigo" (Barney Bigard, Duke Ellington) – 8:13
- "Put Me in That Dungeon" – 2:53
- "Strollin'" (Originally titled "Nostalgia in Times Square") (Mingus, George Gordon) – 4:33 [Bonus track on CD]
Personnel
edit- Charles Mingus – bass
- John Handy – alto sax
- Booker Ervin – tenor sax
- Benny Golson – tenor sax (2, 3, 4, 6, 10)
- Jerome Richardson – baritone sax (2, 3, 4, 6, 10), flute (2)
- Richard Williams – trumpet (2, 3, 4, 6, 10)
- Don Ellis – trumpet (1, 5, 8, 9)
- Jimmy Knepper – trombone
- Roland Hanna – piano (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9)
- Nico Bunink – piano (7, 10)
- Dannie Richmond – drums
- Teddy Charles – vibes (2, 3, 4, 6)
- Maurice Brown – cello (2, 9)
- Seymour Barab – cello (2, 9)
- Honi Gordon – vocals (10)[9]
50th Anniversary Legacy Edition
editIn 2009 Sony's Legacy Recordings released a special, two-disc 50th anniversary edition of Mingus's seminal 1959 album Mingus Ah Um that also includes Mingus Dynasty in its entirety on the second disc.[10]
References
edit- ^ a b "19 Columbia Albums For May Release" (PDF). The Cash Box. The Cash Box Publishing Co. Inc., NY. 7 May 1960. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
- ^ a b "New and Outstanding LPs". The Billboard. The Billboard Publishing Co. 30 May 1960. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
- ^ a b "Mingus Dynasty" (PDF). The Cash Box. The Cash Box Publishing Co. Inc., NY. 14 May 1960. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
- ^ Down Beat: September 15, 1960 Vol. 27, No. 19
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1002. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ Mingus, Charles. Beneath the Underdog; His World as Composed by Mingus. New York: Knopf, 1971.
- ^ 2009 remastered CD liner notes
- ^ "Charles Mingus – Mingus Dynasty". jazzloft.com. Archived from the original on 2013-06-24. Retrieved 2012-02-14.. Accessed February 14, 2012
- ^ Album Review – Mingus Ah Um: Legacy Edition. Pitchfork.com. Accessed: January 11, 2009
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