Three or Four Shades of Blues

Three or Four Shades of Blues
Studio album by Charles Mingus
Released 1977
Recorded March 9, 10 & 29, 1977
Genre Jazz
Length 44:13
Label Atlantic
Charles Mingus chronology
Changes Two
(1975)		 Three or Four Shades of Blues
(1977)		 Cumbia & Jazz Fusion
(1978)
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Allmusic [1]

Three or Four Shades of Blues is an album by Charles Mingus recorded for the Atlantic label in 1977. It features two new versions of Mingus' "standards" and three new compositions performed by large ensembles featuring Jack Walrath, Ricky Ford, George Coleman, Sonny Fortune, Jimmy Rowles, Philip Catherine, Larry Coryell, John Scofield, Ron Carter, George Mraz and Dannie Richmond. The Allmusic review by Stuart Kremsky states that the album is "Not his best work, but not without merit".[2]

Track listing

  1. "Better Get Hit in Yo' Soul" - 4:35
  2. "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" - 7:00
  3. "Noddin Ya Head Blues" - 10:29
  4. "Three or Four Shades of Blues" - 12:03
  5. "Nobody Knows" - 10:06
All compositions by Charles Mingus
  • Recorded on March 9 (tracks 1-3), March 11 (track 5) and March 29 (track 4), 1977 in NYC.

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References

  1. ^ Allmusic Review
  2. ^ Kremsky, S. Allmusic Review accessed April 15, 2009.
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)
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