Mingus at the Bohemia

Mingus at the Bohemia
Live album by
Charles Mingus
ReleasedAugust 1956 (1956-08)[1]
RecordedDecember 23, 1955
VenueCafé Bohemia, New York City
GenreAvant-garde jazz
Length41:04
LabelDebut
Charles Mingus chronology
The Jazz Experiments of Charlie Mingus
(1954) 		Mingus at the Bohemia
(1956) 		Pithecanthropus Erectus
(1956)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllmusicStarStarStarStarHalf star[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz RecordingsStarStarStar[3]

Mingus at the Bohemia is a live album by the jazz composer and bassist Charles Mingus. It was released in August 1956 through Mingus's own label Debut Records.[1][4] It was recorded at Café Bohemia in New York City on December 23, 1955. Max Roach makes a guest appearance on one track. Other recordings from the same performance were released in 1964 under the title The Charles Mingus Quintet & Max Roach.

Mingus at the Bohemia has also been released under the title Chazz! and credited to The Charles Mingus Quintet.

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 4.5 stars, citing Mingus' standout bass playing and noting that "this is the first Mingus recording to feature mostly his own compositions."[2]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Jump Monk"Charles Mingus6:44
2."Serenade In Blue"Mack Gordon, Harry Warren5:57
3."Percussion Discussion"Mingus, Max Roach8:25
4."Work Song"Mingus6:16
5."Septemberly"Al Dubin, Harry Warren / Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence6:55
6."All The Things You C#"(Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II / Sergei Rachmaninoff)6:47
1990 Fantasy, Inc. CD reissue additional tracks:
No.TitleLength
7."Jump Monk (Alternate Take)"11:38
8."All The Things You C# (Alternate Take)"10:44

Notes:

  • "Septemberly" is Mingus' compositional combination of "September in the Rain" by Dubin and Warren, and "Tenderly" by Gross and Lawrence.
  • "All The Things You C#" is Mingus' compositional combination of "All The Things You Are" by Kern and Hammerstein, and "Prelude in C-sharp minor" by Rachmaninoff.
  • On some reissues, a brief spoken intro and false start are omitted from track 8 for a reduced length of 9:50.[2]

Personnel

Sources

  • Horst Weber, Gerd Filtgen: Charles Mingus. Sein Leben, seine Musik, seine Schallplatten. Oreos, Gauting-Buchendorf, o.J., ISBN 3-923657-05-6
  • Marcus A. Woelfle: Liner Notes zu Charles Mingus - 80th Birthday Celebration (Fantasy)
  • Richard Cook & Brian Morton: The Penguin Guide To Jazz On CD; Penguin, London, 2002.
  • Mal Waldron: Vinyl LP Liner Notes

References

  1. ^ a b "Reviews and Rating of New Albums". Google Books. Nielsen Business Media. August 18, 1956. pp. 48, 50. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
  2. ^ a b c Allmusic review
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1001. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. ^ "Charles Mingus Discography". www.jazzdisco.org. Retrieved January 25, 2019.
  5. ^ a b c Mingus at the Bohemia (Compact disc). Berkeley: Fantasy Records. 1990. Tray liner. OJCCD-045-2. Max Roach, Mingus's partner in the Debut venture, sits in for 'Percussion Discussion,' a rousing duet (Mingus overdubbed a third part, played on piccolo bass).
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