Epitaph

by Mingus Big Band

Epitaph cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1990
  • Label: Columbia
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 2:07:16
  • Community rating: 3.53/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Under the direction of Gunther Schuller, this monumental live recording marks the first full realization of Charles Mingus's sprawling, 4000-measure posthumous masterpiece. Reconstructed meticulously from scattered scores, a massive 30-piece orchestra performs the deeply complex suite at Lincoln Center. It stands as one of the most significant and historic rescue operations in modern jazz history.

Genres

Descriptors: complex, technical, death, suite, conscious, instrumental

Tracklist

  1. Main (7:08)
  2. Percussion Discussion (8:36)
  3. Main Score Part 2 (5:07)
  4. Started Melody (11:54)
  5. Better Get It In Your Soul (9:07)
  6. The Soul (3:19)
  7. Moods In Mambo (4:15)
  8. Self Portrait/Chill Of Death (11:27)
  9. Oscar Pettiford (2:03)
  10. Please Don't Come Back From The Moon (9:49)
  11. Monk, Bunk & Vice Versa (Osmotin') (3:05)
  12. Peggy's Blue Skylight (4:35)
  13. Wolverine Blues (6:12)
  14. The Children's Hour Of Dream (9:08)
  15. Ballad (In Other Words, I Am Three) (9:42)
  16. Freedom - Part Two (7:03)
  17. Interlude(The Underdog Rising) (5:25)
  18. Noon Night (4:27)
  19. Main Score Reprise (4:46)

Credits

  • Charles Mingus - primary artist, music by
  • Jerome Richardson - alto saxophone, clarinet
  • John Handy - alto saxophone, clarinet
  • Bobby Watson - alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute, clarinet
  • Gary Smulyan - baritone saxophone, clarinet
  • Roger Rosenberg - baritone saxophone, clarinet, flute, piccolo flute
  • Ed Schuller - bass
  • Reggie Johnson - bass

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