Charles Mingus and Friends in Concert

Charles Mingus and Friends in Concert is a live album by jazz bassist and composer Charles Mingus recorded at the Philharmonic hall of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in 1972 and released on the Columbia label.^[1] The CD release added five previously unreleased performances from the concert.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 3 stars stating "Most of the music is overly loose but the overcrowded "E's Flat, Ah's Flat Too" and particularly the "Little Royal Suite" are memorable".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Charles Mingus except as indicated

1. Introduction - 1:06 Bonus track on CD
2. "Honeysuckle Rose" (Fats Waller) - 4:50
3. "Jump Monk" - Mingus 7:27
4. "E.S.P." - 9:24
5. "Ecclusiastics" - 9:31
6. "Eclipse" - 4:02
7. "Us Is Two" - 10:12
8. "Taurus in the Arena of Life" - 4:53 Bonus track on CD
9. "Mingus Blues" - 5:32
10. Introduction to Little Royal Suite - 0:13
11. "Little Royal Suite" - 20:20
12. Introduction to Strollin' - 0:50 Bonus track on CD
13. "Strollin'" (Honey Gordon, Mingus) - 10:13 Bonus track on CD
14. "The I of Hurricane Sue" - 11:11 Bonus track on CD
15. "E's Flat Ah's Flat Too" - 17:07
16. "Ool-Ya-Koo" (Curtis Fuller, Dizzy Gillespie) - 3:53
17. "Portrait" - 3:58 Bonus track on CD
18. "Don't Be Afraid, the Clown's Afraid Too" - 10:36 Bonus track on CD

• Recorded at the Philharmonic Hall in the Lincoln Centre for the Performing Arts in New York City on February 4, 1972

Personnel

• Charles Mingus - bass, arranger
• Jon Faddis, Lonnie Hillyer, Lloyd Michaels, Eddie Preston - trumpet
• Eddie Bert - bass trombone
• Richard Berg, Sharon Moe - French horn
• Robert Stewart - tuba
• Howard Johnson - tuba, bass saxophone
• James Moody - flute
• Lee Konitz, Charles McPherson, Richie Perri - alto saxophone
• Gene Ammons, George Dorsey - tenor saxophone
• Bobby Jones - tenor saxophone, clarinet
• Gerry Mulligan - baritone saxophone
• John Foster, Randy Weston - piano
• Milt Hinton - bass
• Joe Chambers - drums
• Dizzy Gillespie, Honey Gordon - vocals
• Bill Cosby - Master of Ceremonies
• Sy Johnson - arranger
• Teo Macero - arranger conductor

References