CHARLES MINGUS "MINGUS, MINGUS, MINGUS, MINGUS, AP, 2LP, 45RPM, LE, NE, SO, NEW
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CHARLES MINGUS "MINGUS MINGUS MINGUS MINGUS MINGUS"
2009 ANALOGUE PRODUCTIONS "THE IMPULSE! REISSUES", 2LP, 45RPM, 180G VIRGIN VINYL, DELUXE GATEFOLD COVER, ORIGINALLY RECORDED SEPTEMBER 20, 1963 & JANUARY 20 1963, ENGINEERED BY RUDY VAN GELDER, MASTERED BY KEVIN GRAY AT ACOUSTECH, PRESSED AT RTI USA, EDITION LIMITED TO 1,500 NUMBERED COPIES, THIS IS COPY #99, EDITION SOLD-OUT, CATALOG NUMBER AS-54.
"IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO REMAIN INDIFFERENT TO CHARLES MINGUS AND THIS ALBUM SHOWCASES HIS HUGE TALENT AS A WRITER, PIANO AND BASS PLAYER. THIS IS ALSO THE FINAL RECORDING OF ONE OF THE MOST INVENTIVE AND SIGNIFICANT CHAPTERS OF ANY MUSICIAN IN JAZZ HISTORY!"
"THIS 1963 RECORDING IS A MAJOR SHOWCASE OF THE TALENTED CHARLES MINGUS AS A BASSIST, PIANIST, AND WRITER. FROM THE BLUES-PAINTED BASS MOANING THAT OPENS 'II BS", TO THE BLAZING FIRE OF 'HORA DECUBITIS', THESE TUNES COME FURIOUSLY BARRELING OUT ONE AFTER ANOTHER. SPEED AND DENSITY ASIDE, HOWEVER, THERE ARE ALSO MULTICOLOR, LOVELY TUNES LIKE ELLINGTON'S 'MOOD INDIGO' AND MINGUS' PAEN TO LESTER YOUNG. MORE THAN ANYTHING, THOUGH, 'MINGUS MINGUS MINGUS MINGUS MINGUS' IS A MAJOR DOCUMENT DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF TWO ALTERNATING BIG ENSEMBLES, ANCHORED BY JAKI BYARD ON PIANO AND FRONTED BY A HERD OF HORN PLAYERS, ERIC DOLPHY AND BOOKER ERVIN AMONG THEM."
"MINGUS IS ALSO ALL ABOUT THE ENSEMBLE...THIS REISSUE HAS A LIFE AND IMMEDIACY I'VE NEVER HEARD BEFORE WITH THIS TITLE"---WAYNE GARCIA, THE ABSOLUTE SOUND
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