Oh Yeah (album)

Oh Yeah is a 1962 album by jazz musician Charles Mingus. It was recorded in 1961, and features the leader (who was mainly noted as a bassist and composer) singing on three of the cuts and playing piano throughout.

Track listing

All compositions by Charles Mingus.

1. "Hog Callin' Blues" – 7:27
2. "Devil Woman" – 9:42
3. "Wham Bam Thank You Ma'am" – 4:43
4. "Ecclusiastics" – 6:59
5. "Oh Lord Don't Let Them Drop That Atomic Bomb on Me" – 5:43
6. "Eat That Chicken" – 4:38
7. "Passions of a Man" – 4:56

The 1999 Rhino CD reissue included three additional tracks recorded at the same session (and previously released on Tonight at Noon in 1965):

8. "'Old' Blues for Walt's Torin" – 7:58
9. "Peggy's Blue Skylight" – 9:49
10. "Invisible Lady" – 4:48

The 1988 Atlantic CD reissue included only one additional track, a 24-minute excerpt of an interview with Mingus conducted by Nesuhi Ertegün which was discovered in 1987. The full 77-minute interview appears as a bonus disc on the box set Passions of a Man: the Complete Atlantic Recordings (1956-1961).

Personnel

• Charles Mingus – piano and vocals
• Rahsaan Roland Kirk – flute, siren, tenor saxophone, manzello, and strich
• Booker Ervin – tenor saxophone
• Jimmy Knepper – trombone
• Doug Watkins – bass
• Dannie Richmond – drums

Technical personnel

• Nesuhi Ertegün – producer
• Tom Dowd – recording engineer
• Phil Iehle – recording engineer

References