Mysterious Blues

~ Release by Charles Mingus (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

As far as one can tell, this is a f* mess, with no logic in the order of tracks.

It seems that the producer of this took each and every available (early) Mingus track and cram it into this, without even bothering checking what came from where.

Avoid?

Annotation last modified on 2014-05-02 20:30 UTC.

Tracklist

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1Sure Thing
recording of:
Sure Thing
composer:
Bud Powell
2:09
2What Is This Thing Called Love
recording of:
What Is This Thing Called Love? (Wake Up and Dream musical revue)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1929)
publisher:
Harms, Inc., Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) and Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.)
part of:
Wake Up and Dream (1929 revue)
8:06
3What's This
2:38
4Boppin' in Boston
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1949-03)
double bass:
Charles Mingus (in 1949-03)
drums (drum set):
Johnny Berger (in 1949-03)
piano:
Donn Trenner (piano, jazz cat who emerged during the 40s, also musical director) (in 1949-03)
tenor saxophone:
Herb Caro (40s west coast talented jazz cat who died at 22) (in 1949-03)
trombone:
Bob Lowry (in 1949-03)
trumpet:
Tommy Alexander (singer-songwriter) (in 1949-03)
vocals:
Charles Mingus (in 1949-03)
recording of:
Boppin’ in Boston
composer:
Charles Mingus
2:51
5Bottoms Up
2:57
6Four Hands
recording of:
Four Hands
composer:
John LaPorta and Charles Mingus
8:49
7Jay
3:40
8Old Folks
3:36
9Portrait (take 1)
recording of:
Portrait
lyricist and composer:
Charles Mingus
3:13
10M D M
recording engineer:
Bob d’Orleans (on 1960-10-20)
producer:
Nat Hentoff
alto saxophone:
Charlie McPherson (on 1960-10-20) and Eric Dolphy (on 1960-10-20)
bass clarinet and flute:
Eric Dolphy (on 1960-10-20)
double bass:
Charles Mingus (on 1960-10-20)
drums (drum set):
Dannie Richmond (drummer) (on 1960-10-20)
piano:
Nico Bunick (on 1960-10-20)
tenor saxophone:
Booker Ervin (tenor saxophonist) (on 1960-10-20)
trombone:
Jimmy Knepper (trombonist) (on 1960-10-20) and Britt Woodman (on 1960-10-20)
trumpet:
Ted Curson (on 1960-10-20) and Lonnie Hillyer (trumpet) (on 1960-10-20)
recorded at:
Nola Studios (Nola's Penthouse, NYC) in New York, New York, United States (on 1960-10-20)
edit of:
MDM (studio, Candid, Nola Penthouse Sound Studio, NYC, October 20, 1960, with spoken introduction) by Charles Mingus
19:14
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