A Modern Jazz Symposium of Music and Poetry

A Modern Jazz Symposium of Music and Poetry
Studio album by Charles Mingus
Released 1957
Recorded October 1957
Genre Jazz
Length 57 min 29 sec
Label Bethlehem
Producer Jeff Palo
Charles Mingus chronology
East Coasting
(1957)		 A Modern Jazz Symposium of Music and Poetry
(1957)		 Mingus in Wonderland
(1959)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
LA Times [2]
Penguin Guide to Jazz (8th ed.)

A Modern Jazz Symposium of Music and Poetry is an album by jazz bassist Charles Mingus. In spite of the title, the album does not contain any poetry.[3] "Scenes in the City", however, includes narration performed by Melvin Stewart and written by actor Lonne Elder with assistance from Langston Hughes.[4][5][6] The composition "Duke's Choice" re-appears, in updated form, as "I X Love" on the 1963 album Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus.[7][8][9] "Nouroog", "Duke's Choice" and "Slippers" form the basis of the suite "Open Letter to Duke" on Mingus Ah Um.[10] The Penguin Guide to Jazz gives the album a three-star review (of a possible four stars), and describes it as "an opportunity for Mingus to experiment with texts and with pure sound".[11] The Penguin editors furthermore cite Clarence Shaw's performance on "New York Sketchbook" as "the best trumpet heard on a Mingus album for some time before or since".[11]

Track listing

All titles by Charles Mingus, except where noted.

  1. "Scenes in the City" (Music: Mingus; Narrative: Elder, Hughes) – 11:55
  2. "Nouroog" – 4:52
  3. "New York Sketchbook" – 8:55
  4. "Duke's Choice" – 6:27
  5. "Slippers" – 3:29
  6. "Woody 'N' You" (Gillespie) – 8:44
    • Mistitled "Wouldn't You" on earlier releases
  7. "Bounce" – 9:22
  8. "Slippers (Alternate Take)" – 3:50

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Yanow, Scott (2011 [last update]). "A Modern Jazz Symposium of Music and Poetry - Charles Mingus | AllMusic". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r143957. Retrieved 13 August 2011. 
  2. ^ Heckman, Don (2011 [last update]). "A More Complete Introduction to Mingus - Los Angeles Times". articles.latimes.com. http://articles.latimes.com/2001/feb/11/entertainment/ca-23867. Retrieved 13 August 2011. 
  3. ^ Yanow, Scott. A Modern Jazz Symposium of Music and Poetry at Allmusic
  4. ^ The liner notes credit "Lonnie Elders"; other sources credit "Lonne Elder III."
  5. ^ Hentoff, Nat (1957). Album notes for A Modern Jazz Symposium of Music and Poetry by Charles Mingus, pp. 3–6 [CD booklet]. Bethlehem Records/Shout! Factory (DK 37964).
  6. ^ Heckman, Don (2001-02-19). "A More Complete Introduction to Mingus". Los Angeles Times. http://articles.latimes.com/2001/feb/11/entertainment/ca-23867. Retrieved 18 February 2009. 
  7. ^ Santoro, Gene (2000). Myself when I Am Real. New York: Oxford University Press US. pp. 413. ISBN 0-19-514711-1. 
  8. ^ Mathieson, Kenny (1999). Giant Steps. Canongate US. pp. 217. ISBN 0-86241-859-3. 
  9. ^ Nat Hentoff identifies "Nouroog" as the precursor to "I X Love". Hentoff, Nat (1963). Album notes for Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus by Charles Mingus, pp. 2–10 [CD booklet]. Impulse! Records (IMPD-170).
  10. ^ Priestley, Brian (1998). "Charles Mingus", pp. 17–20 [CD booklet]. Album notes for Mingus Ah Um by Charles Mingus. Sony Music (CK 65512).
  11. ^ a b Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2006) [1992]. The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (8th ed. ed.). New York: Penguin. pp. 907. ISBN 0-14-102327-9. 
Charles Mingus
Studio albums
Jazz Composers Workshop (1954-55) · The Jazz Experiments of Charlie Mingus (1955) · Pithecanthropus Erectus (1956) · The Clown (1957) · East Coasting (1957) · A Modern Jazz Symposium of Music and Poetry (1957) · Mingus Ah Um (1959) · Mingus Dynasty (1959) · Blues & Roots (1960) · Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus (1960) · Reincarnation of a Lovebird (1960) · Oh Yeah (1961) · Tonight at Noon (1957-61) · Tijuana Moods (1962) · The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady (1963) · Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus (1964) · Mingus Plays Piano (1964) · Let My Children Hear Music (1972) · Mingus Moves (1973) · Changes One (1974) · Changes Two (1975) · Three or Four Shades of Blues (1977) · Cumbia & Jazz Fusion (1978)
Live albums
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