Mingus at the Bohemia
by Charles Mingus
- Type: Album
- Released: August 1956
- Label: Debut
- Country: United States
- Length: 1:04:35
- Community rating: 4.44/5 from 5 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Documenting his ambitious early ensemble at the Caf茅 Bohemia, this set represents Mingus actively dismantling standard hard bop formats in search of greater compositional complexity. Featuring early extended suites like 'Pithecanthropus Erectus', the recording marks his definitive emergence as a major, forward-thinking bandleader and writer.
Genres
Descriptors: instrumental, acoustic
Tracklist
- Jump Monk (6:53)
- Serenade In Blue (6:02)
- Percussion Discussion (8:36)
- Work Song - Live (6:26)
- Septemberly (7:04)
- All The Things You Can C# (6:55)
- Jump Monk - Alternate Take - Live (11:52)
- All The Things You Can C# - Alternate Take (10:44)
Credits
- Charles Mingus - primary artist, bass, written-by, arranged by [arr.]
- Bob Parent - cover
- Willie Jones - drums
- Max Roach - guest [special guest], drums [uncredited], written-by
- George Barrow - tenor saxophone
- Eddie Bert - trombone