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Charles Mingus: Let My Children Hear Music

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In January 1972, “Columbia” label released “Let My Children Hear Music”, the 30th Charles Mingus album. It was recorded September – November 1971, and was produced by Teo Macero.

Track listing:

  • Charles Mingus – bass
  • Charles McPherson – alto saxophone
  • James Moody – tenor saxophone
  • Bobby Jones – tenor saxophone
  • Snooky Young – lead trumpet
  • Joe Wilder – trumpet
  • Lonnie Hillyer – trumpet
  • Julius Watkins – French horn
  • Charles McCracken – cello
  • Sir Roland Hanna – piano
  • Dannie Richmond – drums

All tracks by Charles Mingus.

  1. The Shoes of the Fisherman’s Wife Are Some Jiveass Slippers
  2. Adagio ma Non Troppo
  3. Don’t Be Afraid, the Clown’s Afraid Too
  4. Hobo Ho
  5. The Chill of Death
  6. The I of Hurricane Sue

Charles McPherson: Bebop Revisited

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In December 1964, “Prestige” label released “Bebop Revisited!”, the debut Charles McPherson studio album. It was recorded in November 1964, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Don Schlitten.

Personnel:

  • Charles McPherson – alto saxophone
  • Carmell Jones – trumpet
  • Barry Harris – piano
  • Nelson Boyd – bass
  • Albert Heath – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording

Track listing:

  1.  Hot House – Tadd Dameron
  2. Nostalgia – Fats Navarro
  3. Variations on a Blues by Bird – Charlie Parker
  4. Wail – Bud Powell
  5. Embraceable You – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
  6. Si Si – Charlie Parker

Charles Mingus: Mingus

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In October 1961, “Candid” label released “Mingus”, the 19th Charles Mingus album. It was recorded October – November 1960, at “Nola’s Penthouse Sound Studios” in New York City.

Personnel:

  • Charles Mingus – bass
  • Charles McPherson – alto saxophone
  • Eric Dolphy – alto saxophone, flute, bass clarinet
  • Booker Ervin – tenor saxophone
  • Ted Curson, Lonnie Hillyer – trumpet
  • Jimmy Knepper, Britt Woodman – trombone
  • Nico Bunink, Paul Bley – piano
  • Dannie Richmond – drums

Track listing:

  1. M.D.M. (Monk, Duke and Me) – Charles Mingus
  2. Stormy Weather – Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler
  3. Lock ‘Em Up (Hellview of Bellevue) – Charles Mingus

Pepper Adams: Pepper Adams Plays The Compositions Of Charles Mingus

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On August 10, 1964, “Workshop Jazz” label released “Pepper Adams Plays the Compositions of Charles Mingus”, the ninth Pepper Adams album. It was recorded in September 1963, in New York City.

Personnel:

  • Pepper Adams – baritone saxophone
  • Charles McPherson – alto saxophone 
  • Zoot Sims – tenor saxophone 
  • Thad Jones – trumpet
  • Benny Powell – trombone
  • Hank Jones – piano
  • Paul Chambers – bass 
  • Bob Cranshaw – bass
  • Dannie Richmond – drums
  • Bernard Yeszin – design, photography
  • Wallace Mead – design photography
  • Alston Anderson – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Charles Mingus.

  1. Fables of Faubus
  2. Black Light
  3. Song with Orange
  4. Carolyn
  5. Better Git It in Your Soul
  6. Incarnation
  7. Portrait
  8. Haitian Fight Song
  9. Strollin’ Honies

Charles McPherson: Manhattan Nocturne

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On April 5, 1998, “Arabesque” label released “Manhattan Nocturne”, the 20th  Charles McPherson album. It was recorded in April 1997, at “EastSide Sound” in New York City” and was produced by Charles McPherson and Daniel Criss.

Personnel:

  • Charles McPherson – alto saxophone
  • Mulgrew Miller – piano
  • Ray Drummond – double bass
  • Victor Lewis – drums
  • Bobby Sanabria – percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by Charles McPherson except where noted

  1. Evidence – Thelonious Monk
  2. You’re My Thrill – Jay Gorney, Sidney Clare
  3. Morning Dance
  4. Primal Urge
  5. Blue ‘n’ Boogie – Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli
  6. How Deep Is the Ocean? – Irving Berlin
  7. Manhattan Nocturne
  8. Fire Dance