Mingus at Monterey

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Mingus at Monterey
Live album by
Charles Mingus
Released1965
RecordedSeptember 20, 1964
GenreJazz
Length60:24
LabelJazz Workshop JWS 001/002
Charles Mingus chronology
Right Now: Live at the Jazz Workshop
(1964)		 Mingus at Monterey
(1965)		 My Favorite Quintet
(1965)
Alternate Cover

Mingus at Monterey is a live album by the jazz bassist and composer Charles Mingus, recorded in 1964 at the Monterey Jazz Festival and originally released on Mingus's short-lived mail-order Jazz Workshop label but subsequently released on other labels.[1]

Reception

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated: "One of the highpoints of Charles Mingus's career was his appearance at the 1964 Monterey Jazz Festival... it showcases the bassist/composer/bandleader at the peak of his powers".[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStarHalf star[2]
Down BeatStarStarStarStarHalf star[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record GuideStarStarStarStar[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Charles Mingus except as indicated
  1. "Duke Ellington Medley: I've Got It Bad" (Duke Ellington) - 4:14
  2. "Duke Ellington Medley: In a Sentimental Mood" (Ellington) - 1:46
  3. "Duke Ellington Medley: All Too Soon" (Ellington) - 1:53
  4. "Duke Ellington Medley: Mood Indigo" (Ellington) - 0:59
  5. "Duke Ellington Medley: Sophisticated Lady" (Ellington) - 1:46
  6. "Duke Ellington Medley: A Train" (Billy Strayhorn) - 13:54
  7. "Orange Was the Color of Her Dress, Then Blue Silk" - 13:04
  8. "Meditations on Integration" - 22:48
  • Recorded at the Monterey Jazz Festival in California on September 20, 1964

Originally issued as double LP. "Meditations on Integration"'s concluding side appears on verso of the first side to accommodate the drop-down LP players of the 1960s that would allow automatic play of one record after an initial record would run. Original sequence of composition performances:

Side 1A

  1. "Duke Ellington Medley: I've Got It Bad" (Duke Ellington)
  2. "Duke Ellington Medley: In a Sentimental Mood" (Ellington)
  3. "Duke Ellington Medley: All Too Soon" (Ellington)
  4. "Duke Ellington Medley: Mood Indigo" (Ellington)
  5. "Duke Ellington Medley: Sophisticated Lady" (Ellington)
  6. "Duke Ellington Medley: A Train" (Billy Strayhorn) (Part I)

Side 1B

  1. "Meditations on Integration" (Part II)

Side 2A

  1. "Take the "A" Train" (Part II)
  2. "Orange Was the Color of Her Dress, Then Blue Silk" (Part I)

Side 2B

  1. "Orange Was the Color of Her Dress, Then Blue Silk" (Part II)
  2. "Meditations on Integration" (Part I)

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Charles Mingus discography accessed June 8, 2011
  2. 1 2 Yanow, S. AllMusic Review accessed June 9, 2011
  3. ↑ Down Beat: August 26, 1965 vol. 32, no. 18
  4. ↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 140. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.