Jazzical Moods, Vol. 2

by Charles Mingus & John LaPorta

Jazzical Moods, Vol. 2 cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1955
  • Label: Period
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 46:08
  • Community rating: 3.08/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Expanding upon their radical, highly intellectual experiments, the formidable bassist and clarinetist continue to forge a daring synthesis of modern bebop and contemporary classical chamber music. The highly complex, deeply contrapuntal arrangements actively demand immense technical precision and deep intuitive listening from the unconventional, cello-augmented ensemble. The highly esoteric, historically significant project provided a crucial developmental platform for the bassist's massive, boundary-pushing orchestral concepts.

Genres

Descriptors: improvisation, instrumental, acoustic

Tracklist

  1. Basin Street Blues (10:29)
  2. Seven Steps To Heaven (6:24)
  3. I Fall In Love Too Easily (6:47)
  4. So Near, So Far (7:00)
  5. Baby Won't You Please Come Home (8:27)
  6. Joshua (7:01)

Credits

  • Miles Davis - primary artist, trumpet, written-by
  • Ron Carter - bass
  • Frank Butler - drums [cal.]
  • Anthony Williams - drums [n.y.]
  • Victor Feldman - piano [cal.], written-by
  • Herbie Hancock - piano [n.y.]
  • George Coleman - tenor saxophone
  • Spencer Williams - written-by

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