Cumbia & Jazz Fusion | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1978 | |||
Recorded | March 29–31, 1976 at Sound WorkShop and Dirmaphon Studio, Rome, Italy; March 1 & March 10, 1977 in NYC | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 50:16 | |||
Label | Atlantic | |||
Producer | Ilhan Mimaroglu, Daniele Senatore | |||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [4] |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [2] |
Sounds | [5] |
The Village Voice | B+ [3] |
Cumbia & Jazz Fusion is an album by Charles Mingus, recorded for the Atlantic label in 1977. It features two extended compositions written for the film Todo Modo by Mingus and performed by large ensembles featuring Jack Walrath, Jimmy Knepper, Paul Jeffrey, Ricky Ford, Dannie Richmond, Candido, Ray Mantilla, George Adams and Danny Mixon. The CD reissue added two solo performances by Mingus on piano.
Village Voice critic Robert Christgau felt Cumbia & Jazz Fusion's loftier compositions suggested Mingus was more of an "important jazz eccentric" rather than a "great": "The 27-minute title fantasia is rich, lively, irreverent, and enjoyable, but it's marred by overly atmospheric Hollywood-at-the-carnival moments, while the kitschy assumed seriousness of 'Music for Todo Modo' almost ruins its fresh big-band colors." [3] AllMusic critic Scott Yanow later wrote: "The music is episodic but generally holds its own away from the film". [1]
All compositions by Charles Mingus
No. | Title | recording date | Length |
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1. | "Cumbia and Jazz Fusion" | March 10, 1977 | 28:05 |
2. | "Music for "Todo Modo"" | March 29–31, 1976 | 22:21 |
3. | "Wedding March/Slow Waltz" | March 1, 1977 | 2:04 |
4. | "Wedding March/Slow Waltz [alternate take]" | March 1, 1977 | 2:21 |
Tracks 3 & 4 are bonus tracks on CD.