Ken Burns Jazz
by Charles Mingus
- Type: Compilation
- Released: 7 November 2000
- Label: Legacy
- Country: United States
- Length: 1:09:20
- Community rating: 3.9/5 from 1 rating
Album Notes & Community Reviews
The Charles Mingus volume of the Ken Burns Jazz series, a Columbia and Legacy anthology of the bassist's Columbia recordings. It draws on his Columbia albums, 'Mingus Ah Um' and 'Mingus Dynasty' among them, the peak of his bandleading for the label.
Genres
Descriptors: improvisation, orchestral, melodic, percussive, complex
Tracklist
- Haitian Fight Song (11:59)
- Goodbye Pork Pie Hat (5:42)
- Better Get Hit In Your Soul (7:21)
- Original Faubus Fables (9:04)
- Peggy's Blue Skylight (9:43)
- Eat That Chicken (4:37)
- Solo Dancer - Stop! Look! And Listen, Sinner Jim Whitney (The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady) (6:36)
- Mood Indigo (4:45)
- The Shoes Of The Fisherman's Wife Are Some Jive Ass Slippers (9:33)
Credits
- Charles Mingus - primary artist, bass, bass, vocals, piano, piano, vocals, bass, piano
- Shafi Hadi - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
- John Handy - tenor saxophone, alto saxophone
- Roland Kirk - tenor saxophone, tenor saxophone, flute
- Jerome Richardson - soprano saxophone, baritone saxophone
- Dick Hafer - tenor saxophone, clarinet
- Mark Wilder - mastered by
- Seth Foster - mastered by
- Bob Belden - producer
- Michael Cuscuna - producer