Charles Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus on 180g 45RPM 2LP

Analogue Productions' Impulse 45RPM Reissue Series Does Classic Jazz Right

Amazing Sonics: You Will Never Hear a Better-Sounding Version of This 1963 Standard-Bearer

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' paean 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 chief among them.

"Mingus is also all about the ensemble...this reissue has a life and immediacy I've not heard before with this title, whose stunning music overwhelms any flaws of the recording." - Wayne Garcia, The Absolute Sound, June/July 2009

Charles Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Track Listing:

1. II B.S.
2. I X Love
3. Celia
4. Mood Indigo
5. Better Get Hit in Yo' Soul
6. Theme for Lester Young
7. Hora Decubitus