Analogue Productions - CIPJ 54 SA - Hybrid SACD Stereo - 753088005466

Mastered By Kevin Gray at AcousTech Mastering 

Limited Edition - Hybrid SACD Plays On ALL CD Players

"...Anyone with half an ear could immediately hear the outstanding improvements in the SACD sonics from the very first track." - John Henry, Audiophile Audition, August 2010 

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's paean to Lester Young. More than anything, though, this is a major document thanks to the presence of the big ensemble, harmonized by the late Jaki Byard on piano and fronted by a herd of horn-players, Eric Dolphy and Booker Ervin chief among them.

Eddie Preston, Richard Williams, trumpets

Britt Woodman, trombone
Don Butterfield, tuba
Jerome Richardson, Soprano, baritone saxes, flute
Dick Hafer, tenor sax, clarinet, flute
Booker Ervin, tenor sax
Eric Dolphy, alto sax, flute
Jaki Byard, piano
Charlie Mingus, bass, piano
Walter Perkins, drums
(Tracks: 2-3, 5)
Rolf Ericson, Richard Williams, trumpets
Quentin Jackson, trombone
Don Butterfield, tuba
Jerome Richardson, soprano, baritone saxes, flute
Dick Hafer, tenor sax, flute
Charles Mariano, alto sax
Jaki Byard, piano
Jay Berliner, guitar
Charlie Mingus, bass, piano
Dannie Richmond, drums

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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