The Great Concert of Charles Mingus

The Great Concert of Charles Mingus
Live album by Charles Mingus
Released 1964
Recorded Apr 17 - Apr 19, 1964
Genre Jazz
Length 129:25 (vinyl) 127:11 (CD)
Label America
Charles Mingus chronology
Town Hall Concert
(1964)		 The Great Concert of Charles Mingus
(1964)		 Right Now: Live at the Jazz Workshop
(1964)
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The Great Concert of Charles Mingus is a 1964 live album by jazz bassist and composer Charles Mingus, recorded at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris, France on April 19th, 1964.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Charles Mingus, except where noted. On the original vinyl release, "So Long Eric" was credited as "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat"; this has been corrected below.

Vinyl pressing

Side one
No. Title Length
1. "Introduction and Presentation"   1:35
2. "So Long Eric (Don't Stay Over There Too Long) (1ere partie)"   23:30
Total length:
 25:05
Side two
No. Title Length
1. "So Long Eric (Don't Stay Over There Too Long) (2e partie)"   5:40
2. "Orange Was the Color of Her Dress, Then Blue Silk"   14:00
Total length:
 19:40
Side three
No. Title Length
1. "Parkeriana (Dedicated to a Genius)"   23:00
Total length:
 23:00
Side four
No. Title Length
1. "Meditation for Integration (Or for a Pair of Wire Cutters)"   27:00
Total length:
 27:00
Side five
No. Title Length
1. "Fables of Faubus (1ere partie)"   17:20
Total length:
 17:20
Side six
No. Title Length
1. "Fables of Faubus (2e partie)"   11:20
2. "Sophisticated Lady" (Ellington, Mills, Parish) 6:00
Total length:
 17:20

CD pressing

Disc one
No. Title Length
1. "A.T.F.W. (Art Tatum Fats Waller)"   4:17
2. "Presentation of Musicians"   1:08
3. "So Long Eric (Don't Stay Over There Too Long)"   21:47
4. "Orange Was the Color of Her Dress, Then Blue Silk"   14:29
5. "Fables of Faubus"   27:46
Total length:
 69:27
Disc two
No. Title Length
1. "Sophisticated Lady" (Ellington, Mills, Parish) 7:55
2. "Parkeriana (Dedicated to a Genius)"   27:04
3. "Meditation for Integration (Or for a Pair of Wire Cutters)"   22:45
Total length:
 57:44

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Yanow, Scott (2011 [last update]). "The Great Concert of Charles Mingus - Charles Mingus | AllMusic". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r165251. Retrieved 13 August 2011. 

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Charles Mingus
Studio albums
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