Tijuana Moods

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Tijuana Moods
Tijuana Moods cover
Studio album by Charles Mingus
Released 1962
Recorded July 18 and August 6, 1957
Genre Jazz
Length 35:15
Label RCA
Producer(s) Bob Rolontz
Professional reviews
Charles Mingus chronology
Oh Yeah
(1961)
Tijuana Moods
(1962)
The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
(1963)


Tijuana Moods is a 1962 album by Charles Mingus that was originally recorded in 1957. It was reissued in 1996 on CD as New Tijuana Moods with four alternate takes. At the time he considered it his greatest recording. [1]

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Dizzy Moods"
  2. "Ysabel's Table Dance"
  3. "Tijuana Gift Shop"
  4. "Los Mariachis" (The Street Musicians)
  5. "Flamingo" (Anderson, Grouya)

[edit] Personnel

  • Charles Mingus, bass, vocals
  • Clarence Shaw, trumpet
  • Jimmy Knepper, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
  • Bill Triglia, piano
  • Dannie Richmond, drums
  • Ysabel Morel, vocal
  • Frankie Dunlop, castanets
  • Lonnie Elder, narration


All songs composed by Mingus unless otherwise noted.