Charles Mingus - Charles Mingus' Finest Hour (2002)
Charles Mingus - Charles Mingus' Finest Hour (2002)
Jazz, Post Bop | MP3 320 kbps CBR | 59 min | 137 MB
Label: Verve | Rel: 2002
Jazz, Post Bop | MP3 320 kbps CBR | 59 min | 137 MB
Label: Verve | Rel: 2002
Charles Mingus' Finest Hour, while a fine and eccentric collection of music, is only his finest hour of music on the labels owned by Universal-Emarcy, Mercury, Verve, and a few others. These include sessions where Lionel Hampton ( and not Mingus) was the bandleader. No matter. The majority, and the best of the material here, comes from the wonderful Pre-Bird set issued on Emarcy with Ted Curson, Marcus Belgrave and many others in a 25-piece orchestra that played Mingus compositions written before he met Charlie Parker. The other stuff comes from live concerts including some fine European sounds with Eric Dolphy, and some of the Bethlehem material. This is a decent look at a strange period between periods - between Atlantic and Columbia - for the giant one.
Tracklist:
01 Jump Monk
02 Mingus Fingers
03 Theme For Lester Young (AKA Goodbye Pork Pie Hat)
04 If I Love Again
05 Bemoanable Baby
06 Weird Nightmare
07 Zoo-Baba-Da-Oo-Ee
08 Old Portrait
09 Prayer For Passive Resistance
10 Consider Me
11 Freedom
12 A Sleepin' Bee
13 Group Dancers
14 Better Get Hit In Yo' Soul