Passions of a Man: The Complete Atlantic Recordings 1956-1961 (2013 reissue)

~ Release by Charles Mingus (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Annotation

2013 repackaging in clamshell box with cds in individual cardsleeves and 112-page booklet

Date and location:
Disc 1, 1-5: January 30, 1956, Audio-Video Studios, New York City
Disc 1, 5-8: November 12, 1956, New York City
Disc 2, 1: February 13, 1957, Audio-Video Studios, New York City
Disc 2: 2-6: March 12, 1957, Atlantic Studios, New York City
Disc 3: February 4, 1959, Atlantic Studios, New York City
Disc 4: July 13, 1960, Antibes Jazz Festival, Juan-les-Pins, France
Disc 5: November 6, 1961, Atlantic Studios, New York City
Disc 6: late 1961/early 1962, Nesuhi Ertegun's office, Atlantic Records, New York City

Original issue (year):
Disc 1, 1-5: Atlantic 1237 as "Pithecanthropus Erectus" (July 1956)
Disc 1, 5-8: Atlantic 1274 as Teddy Charles' "Word From Bird" (June 1958)
Disc 2, 1,3,5,6: Atlantic 1260 as "The Clown" (August 1957)
Disc 2, 2,4; Disc 5, 3,4,9: Atlantic 1416 as "Tonight At Noon" (June 1964)
Disc 3, 1-6: Atlantic 1305 as "Blues & Roots" (March 1960)
Disc 3, 7-10: previously unissued
Disc 4: Atlantic 2-3001 as "Mingus At Antibes" (October 1976)
Disc 5, 1,2,5-8,10: Atlantic 1377 as "Oh Yeah" (April 1962)
Disc 6: previously unissued extended interview; edited version originally appeared on CD reissue of "Oh Yeah", Atlantic 90667-2 (1988)

Annotation last modified on 2023-11-09 15:25 UTC.

Tracklist

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1Prayer for Passive Resistance
alto saxophone:
Eric Dolphy (on 1960-07-13)
double bass and double bass [bass]:
Charles Mingus (on 1960-07-13)
drums (drum set):
Dannie Richmond (drummer) (on 1960-07-13)
tenor saxophone:
Booker Ervin (tenor saxophonist) (on 1960-07-13)
trumpet:
Ted Curson (on 1960-07-13)
recorded at:
Festival Mondial du Jazz Antibes, Juans-les-Pins in Antibes, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur, France (on 1960-07-13)
live recording of:
Prayer for Passive Resistance (on 1960-07-13)
composer:
Charles Mingus
recording of:
Prayer for Passive Resistance
composer:
Charles Mingus
8:06
2Better Git Hit in Your Soul
alto saxophone:
Eric Dolphy (on 1960-07-13)
double bass and piano:
Charles Mingus (on 1960-07-13)
drums (drum set):
Dannie Richmond (drummer) (on 1960-07-13)
tenor saxophone:
Booker Ervin (tenor saxophonist) (on 1960-07-13)
trumpet:
Ted Curson (on 1960-07-13)
recorded at:
Festival Mondial du Jazz Antibes, Juans-les-Pins in Antibes, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur, France (on 1960-07-13)
live recording of:
Better Git It in Your Soul (on 1960-07-13)
composer:
Charles Mingus
publisher:
Jazz Workshop, Inc.
11:36
3Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting
alto saxophone:
Eric Dolphy (on 1960-07-13)
double bass and piano:
Charles Mingus (on 1960-07-13)
drums (drum set):
Dannie Richmond (drummer) (on 1960-07-13)
tenor saxophone:
Booker Ervin (tenor saxophonist) (on 1960-07-13)
trumpet:
Ted Curson (on 1960-07-13)
recorded at:
Festival Mondial du Jazz Antibes, Juans-les-Pins in Antibes, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur, France (on 1960-07-13)
live recording of:
Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting (on 1960-07-13)
composer:
Charles Mingus
11:54
4Folk Forms I
alto saxophone:
Eric Dolphy (on 1960-07-13)
double bass:
Charles Mingus (on 1960-07-13)
drums (drum set):
Dannie Richmond (drummer) (on 1960-07-13)
tenor saxophone:
Booker Ervin (tenor saxophonist) (on 1960-07-13)
trumpet:
Ted Curson (on 1960-07-13)
recorded at:
Festival Mondial du Jazz Antibes, Juans-les-Pins in Antibes, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur, France (on 1960-07-13)
live recording of:
Folk Forms No. 1 (on 1960-07-13)
composer:
Charles Mingus
11:08
5What Love?
alto saxophone and bass clarinet:
Eric Dolphy (on 1960-07-13)
double bass:
Charles Mingus (on 1960-07-13)
drums (drum set):
Dannie Richmond (drummer) (on 1960-07-13)
trumpet:
Ted Curson (on 1960-07-13)
recorded at:
Festival Mondial du Jazz Antibes, Juans-les-Pins in Antibes, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur, France (on 1960-07-13)
live recording of:
What Love (on 1960-07-13)
composer:
Charles Mingus
14:04
6I'll Remember April
alto saxophone:
Eric Dolphy (on 1960-07-13)
double bass:
Charles Mingus (on 1960-07-13)
drums (drum set):
Dannie Richmond (drummer) (on 1960-07-13)
piano:
Bud Powell (on 1960-07-13)
tenor saxophone:
Booker Ervin (tenor saxophonist) (on 1960-07-13)
trumpet:
Ted Curson (on 1960-07-13)
recorded at:
Festival Mondial du Jazz Antibes, Juans-les-Pins in Antibes, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur, France (on 1960-07-13)
live instrumental recording of:
I’ll Remember April (on 1960-07-13)
lyricist:
Patricia Johnston and Don Raye
composer:
Gene de Paul
publisher:
Hub Music Co Inc, Leeds Music Co., MCA Music Ltd., Rytvoc, Inc. (ASCAP) and Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
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