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	\| ~~Name~~ = Mingus!		\| name = Mingus
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	\| ~~Released~~ = ~~1961~~		\| alt =
			\| released = October or November 1961<ref name=BillboardNewLPs/><ref name=BillboardMingus/><ref name="CashBox"/>
	\| Recorded = 21 October and 11 November 1960 at ''Nola Penthouse Sound Studios'', ]
			\| recorded = 20 October and 11 November 1960
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	\| ~~Label~~ = ]		\| studio = Nola Penthouse Sound Studios, ]
		⚫	\| genre = ]
	\| Last album = '']'' <br /> (1960)
			\| length = 39:52
	\| This album = '''''Mingus'''''<br />(1960)
			\| label = ] <small>CJM-8021/CJS-9021</small>
	\| Next album = '']''<br /> (1960)
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			\| next_year = 1961
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	\| rev1Score = {{rating\|3\|5}}<ref>{{cite web \|url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/mingus%21-mw0000196193 \|title=Mingus - Charles Mingus \| AllMusic \|first=Stacia \|last=Proefrock. \|work=allmusic.com \|year=2011 \|accessdate=29 September 2012}}</ref>		\| rev1Score = {{rating\|3\|5}}<ref>{{cite web \|url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/mingus%21-mw0000196193 \|title=Mingus - Charles Mingus \| AllMusic \|first=Stacia \|last=Proefrock. \|work=allmusic.com \|year=2011 \|accessdate=29 September 2012}}</ref>
	\| rev2 =		\| rev2 = '']''
			\| rev2Score = {{Rating\|4\|5}}<ref>]: February 1, 1962 vol. 29, no. 3</ref>
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			\| rev4 = '']''
			\| rev4Score = {{rating\|5\|5}}<ref name=RSJRG>{{Cite book
			\|editor-last=Swenson
			\|editor-first=J.
			\| author-link =
			\| year = 1985
			\| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
			\| publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone
			\| location = USA
			\| isbn = 0-394-72643-X
			\| pages = 142
			}}</ref>
			\|rev3 = '']''
			\|rev3score = {{Rating\|3.5\|4}}<ref name="Penguin">{{cite book \|last1=Cook \|first1=Richard \|authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) \|last2=Morton \|first2=Brian \|authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) \|title=] \|year=2008 \|edition=9th \|publisher=] \|isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 \|page=1003}}</ref>
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			'''''Mingus''''' is an ] by the ] ] and ] ]. The album was recorded in October and November 1960 in New York and released in late 1961 on ]'s Candid label.<ref name=BillboardNewLPs>{{cite news \|title=New LP Releases \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vyAEAAAAMBAJ&q=candid+8021&pg=PA6 \|accessdate=18 June 2019 \|work=Billboard Music Week \|publisher=The Billboard Publishing Co. \|date=23 October 1961}}</ref><ref name=BillboardMingus>{{cite news \|title=Reviews of New Albums \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xyAEAAAAMBAJ&q=candid+8021&pg=PA44 \|accessdate=18 June 2019 \|work=Billboard Music Week \|publisher=The Billboard Publishing Co. \|date=6 November 1961}}</ref><ref name="CashBox">{{cite news \|title=Mingus \|url=https://americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Cash-Box-IDX/60s/1961/CB-1961-11-25-OCR-Page-0023.pdf \|accessdate=14 August 2019 \|work=The Cash Box \|publisher=The Cash Box Publishing Co. Inc., NY \|date=25 Nov 1961}}</ref>
	'''''Mingus!''''' is an album by ] ] and ] ]. The album was recorded in October and November 1960 in New York for ]'s Candid label.

			==Background==
	At this time Mingus was working regularly with a piano-less quartet featuring ], ] and ], as heard on the '']'' album also recorded in ~~November~~ 1960. The ''Mingus!'' album features one track, "Stormy Weather", recorded by the same quartet, plus two tracks recorded by a larger group featuring piano and additional horns.		At this time Mingus was working regularly with a piano-less quartet featuring ], ] and ], as heard on the '']'' album also recorded in October 1960. The ''Mingus'' album features one track, "Stormy Weather", recorded by the same quartet, plus two tracks recorded by a larger group featuring piano and additional horns.

	The track "M.D.M." weaves together the themes from three compositions: ]'s "Main Stem", ]'s "Straight, No Chaser" and Mingus's own "Fifty-First Street Blues". The track "Lock 'Em Up" was inspired by ~~an apparently involuntary~~ period of treatment Mingus ~~underwent~~ at New York's ] psychiatric facility.		The track "M.D.M." weaves together the themes from three compositions: ]'s "Main Stem", ]'s "Straight, No Chaser" and Mingus's own "Fifty-First Street Blues". The track "Lock 'Em Up" was inspired by a period of treatment that Mingus describes undergoing in his autobiography '']'', at New York's ] psychiatric facility.

	==Track ~~listing~~==		== Track listings ==
			=== Candid release ===
⚫	#"M.D.M. (Monk, Duke and Me)" – 19:49
			#"M.D.M. (], ] and ])" – 19:49
	#"]"* – 13:23		#"]"* – 13:23
	#"Lock 'Em Up (Hellview of Bellevue)" – 6:40		#"Lock 'Em Up (Hellview of Bellevue)" – 6:40
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	:''All compositions by Charles Mingus'' except * by ] & ]		:''All compositions by Charles Mingus'' except * by ] & ]

			=== Barnaby reissue ===
⚫	==Personnel==
			In April, 1974, Barnaby Records reissued this album as ''Mingus: The Candid Recordings'' (KZ-31034), adding the track "Vasserlean", which had appeared only on a 1961 Candid Records various-artists collection called ''Jazz Life'' (CJM-8019/CJS-9019).
⚫	*] – ]
			The new track listing was:
⚫	*], ]– ]
⚫	*], ] - ]
⚫	*] - ]
⚫	*] – ], ] and ]
⚫	*] - ]
⚫	*], ] - ]
⚫	*] – ]

		⚫	#"M.D.M. (Monk, Duke and Me)" – 19:49
⚫	==References==
			#"Vasserlean" – 6:35
			#"]" – 13:23
			#"Lock 'Em Up (Hellview of Bellevue)" – 6:40

			=== Jazz Man reissue ===
			In 1980, Jazz Man Records reissued this album under its original Candid title, ''Mingus'' (JAZ-5002), also including the track "Vasserlean."
			The track listing was:

			#"]" – 13:23
			#"Lock 'Em Up (Hellview of Bellevue)" – 6:40
			#"M.D.M. (Monk, Duke and Me)" – 19:49
			#"Vasserlean" – 6:35

		⚫	== Personnel ==
		⚫	* Charles Mingus – ]
		⚫	* ], ] – ]
		⚫	* ], ] – ]
		⚫	* ] – ]
		⚫	* ] – alto saxophone, ] and ]
		⚫	* ] – ]
		⚫	* Nico Bunink, ] – ]
		⚫	* ] – ]

		⚫	== References ==
	{{Reflist}}		{{Reflist}}

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Latest revision as of 08:33, 5 July 2022

1961 studio album by Charles Mingus

Mingus

Studio album by Charles Mingus

Released

October or November 1961

Recorded

20 October and 11 November 1960

Studio

Nola Penthouse Sound Studios, New York City

Genre

Jazz

Length

39:52

Label

Candid CJM-8021/CJS-9021

Charles Mingus chronology

Pre-Bird
(1961)

Mingus
(1961)

Newport Rebels
(1961)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
DownBeat
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide

Mingus is an album by the jazz bassist and composer Charles Mingus. The album was recorded in October and November 1960 in New York and released in late 1961 on Nat Hentoff's Candid label.

Background

At this time Mingus was working regularly with a piano-less quartet featuring Eric Dolphy, Ted Curson and Dannie Richmond, as heard on the Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus album also recorded in October 1960. The Mingus album features one track, "Stormy Weather", recorded by the same quartet, plus two tracks recorded by a larger group featuring piano and additional horns.

The track "M.D.M." weaves together the themes from three compositions: Duke Ellington's "Main Stem", Thelonious Monk's "Straight, No Chaser" and Mingus's own "Fifty-First Street Blues". The track "Lock 'Em Up" was inspired by a period of treatment that Mingus describes undergoing in his autobiography Beneath the Underdog, at New York's Bellevue psychiatric facility.

Track listings

Candid release

"M.D.M. (Monk, Duke and Me)" – 19:49
"Stormy Weather"* – 13:23
"Lock 'Em Up (Hellview of Bellevue)" – 6:40

All compositions by Charles Mingus except * by Harold Arlen & Ted Koehler

Barnaby reissue

In April, 1974, Barnaby Records reissued this album as Mingus: The Candid Recordings (KZ-31034), adding the track "Vasserlean", which had appeared only on a 1961 Candid Records various-artists collection called Jazz Life (CJM-8019/CJS-9019). The new track listing was:

"M.D.M. (Monk, Duke and Me)" – 19:49
"Vasserlean" – 6:35
"Stormy Weather" – 13:23
"Lock 'Em Up (Hellview of Bellevue)" – 6:40

Jazz Man reissue

In 1980, Jazz Man Records reissued this album under its original Candid title, Mingus (JAZ-5002), also including the track "Vasserlean." The track listing was:

"Stormy Weather" – 13:23
"Lock 'Em Up (Hellview of Bellevue)" – 6:40
"M.D.M. (Monk, Duke and Me)" – 19:49
"Vasserlean" – 6:35

Personnel

Charles Mingus – bass
Ted Curson, Lonnie Hillyer – trumpet
Jimmy Knepper, Britt Woodman – trombone
Charles McPherson – alto saxophone
Eric Dolphy – alto saxophone, flute and bass clarinet
Booker Ervin – tenor saxophone
Nico Bunink, Paul Bley – piano
Dannie Richmond – drums

References

^ "New LP Releases". Billboard Music Week. The Billboard Publishing Co. 23 October 1961. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
^ "Reviews of New Albums". Billboard Music Week. The Billboard Publishing Co. 6 November 1961. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
^ "Mingus" (PDF). The Cash Box. The Cash Box Publishing Co. Inc., NY. 25 Nov 1961. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
Proefrock., Stacia (2011). "Mingus - Charles Mingus | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
Down Beat: February 1, 1962 vol. 29, no. 3
Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 142. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1003. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

v t e Charles Mingus
Discography
Studio albums	The Jazz Experiments of Charlie Mingus Jazz Composers Workshop Pithecanthropus Erectus The Clown East Coasting Mingus Three A Modern Jazz Symposium of Music and Poetry Mingus Ah Um Blues & Roots Mingus Dynasty Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus Pre-Bird Mingus Oh Yeah Tijuana Moods Money Jungle The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Tonight at Noon Mingus Plays Piano Blue Bird Pithycanthropus Erectus Let My Children Hear Music Mingus Moves Changes One Changes Two Three or Four Shades of Blues His Final Work Cumbia & Jazz Fusion Something Like a Bird Charles Mingus with Orchestra Reincarnation of a Lovebird
Live albums	Mingus at the Bohemia (1956) Jazz Portraits: Mingus in Wonderland (1959) The Complete Town Hall Concert (1962) The Charles Mingus Quintet & Max Roach (1963) Astral Weeks (1964) Town Hall Concert (1964) Revenge! (1964) The Great Concert of Charles Mingus (1964) Mingus in Europe Volume I (1964) Mingus in Europe Volume II (1964) Right Now: Live at the Jazz Workshop (1964) Mingus at Monterey (1964) My Favorite Quintet (1965) Music Written for Monterey 1965 (1965) Charles Mingus Sextet In Berlin (1970) Charles Mingus and Friends in Concert (1972) Mingus at Antibes (1974) Mingus at Carnegie Hall (1974) Cornell 1964 (2007)
Books	Beneath the Underdog (1971 autobiography)
Related	Mingus Big Band Mingus Big Band Live at Jazz Standard Mingus Dynasty Sue Mingus Jazz at Massey Hall (1953) Weary Blues (1958) Newport Rebels (1960) Pepper Adams Plays the Compositions of Charlie Mingus (1964) Mingus (1979) Epitaph (1990) Mingus: Charlie Mingus 1968 Charles Mingus: Triumph of the Underdog (1998 documentary)

v t e Ted Curson
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	Plenty of Horn (1961) Ted Curson Plays Fire Down Below (1962) Flip Top (1964–66) Tears for Dolphy (1964) The New Thing & the Blue Thing (1965) Urge (1966) Ode to Booker Ervin (1970) Pop Wine (1971) Cattin' Curson (1973) Quicksand (1974) Blue Piccolo (1976) Jubilant Power (1976) Blowin' Away (and Dizzy Reece, 1978) The Trio (1979) I Heard Mingus (1980) Snake Johnson (1981)
With Charles Mingus	Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus (1960) Mingus (with Charles Mingus, 1960) Mingus at Antibes (with Charles Mingus, 1960) Mingus Revisited/Pre-Bird (with Charles Mingus, 1960)
With others	California Cookin' (Pepper Adams, 1983) The Tenor Stylings of Bill Barron (1961) Modern Windows (Bill Barron, 1961) Baritone Madness (Nick Brignola and Pepper Adams, 1977) Hoarded Dreams (Graham Collier, 1983) Spiral (Andrew Hill, 1974–75) Bill Dixon 7-tette/Archie Shepp and the New York Contemporary 5 (New York Contemporary Five, split album, 1964) Fire Music (Archie Shepp, 1965) Love for Sale (Cecil Taylor, 1959) Seant (Andrzej Trzaskowski, 1965–66)

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