Mingus Dynasty
by Charles Mingus
- Type: Album
- Released: 11 April 1960
- Label: Columbia
- Country: United States
- Length: 59:14
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Intended as a thematic companion piece to 'Mingus Ah Um', the recording utilizes expanded instrumentation including flute, cello, and vibraphone. The heavily orchestrated ensemble navigates sophisticated tributes to Duke Ellington alongside intense, sprawling original compositions like 'Gunslinging Bird'.
Genres
Descriptors: instrumental, complex, acoustic, technical, improvisation
Tracklist
- Slop (6:14)
- Diane (7:28)
- Song with Orange (6:47)
- Gunslinging Bird (5:11)
- Things Ain't What They Used to Be (7:35)
- Far Wells, Mill Valley (6:11)
- New Now Know How (4:12)
- Mood Indigo (8:12)
- Put Me in That Dungeon (2:51)
- Strollin' (4:33)
Credits
- Charles Mingus - bass, liner notes, Double Bass
- Maurice Brown - cello
- Seymour Barab - cello
- Dannie Richmond - drums, Drums (drum Set)
- Jerome Richardson - flute, saxophone
- Nico Bunink - piano
- Roland Hanna - piano
- Benny Golson - saxophone, Tenor Saxophone
- Booker Ervin - saxophone, Tenor Saxophone
- John Handy - saxophone, Alto Saxophone
- Jimmy Knepper - trombone
- Don Ellis - trumpet
- Richard Williams - trumpet
- Theodore Cohen - vibraphone [vibes]
- “Sir” Roland Hanna - Piano
- Teddy Charles - Vibraphone
- Teo Macero - Producer