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1956 live album by Charles Mingus
Mingus at the Bohemia is a live album by
Charles Mingus that was recorded at
Café Bohemia in New York City on December 23, 1955. It was released in August 1956.
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Max Roach makes a guest appearance on one track. Other recordings from the same performance were released in 1964 under the title
The Charles Mingus Quintet & Max Roach .
Mingus at the Bohemia has also been released under the title Chazz! and credited to The Charles Mingus Quintet.
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Reception
Allmusic awarded the album 4.5 stars, citing Mingus' standout bass playing and noting that "this is the first Mingus recording to feature mostly his own compositions."
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Track listing
1990 Fantasy, Inc. CD reissue additional tracks: Title 7. "Jump Monk (Alternate Take)" 11:38 8. "All The Things You C# (Alternate Take)" 10:44
Notes:
"Septemberly" is Mingus' compositional combination of "September in the Rain" by Dubin and Warren, and "
Tenderly " by Gross and Lawrence.
"All The Things You C#" is Mingus' compositional combination of "
All The Things You Are " by Kern and Hammerstein, and "
Prelude in C-sharp minor " by Rachmaninoff.
On some reissues, a brief spoken intro and false start are omitted from track 8 for a reduced length of 9:50.
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Personnel
Sources
Horst Weber, Gerd Filtg hi: Charles Mingus. Sein Leben, seine Musik, seine Schallplatten. Oreos, Gauting-Buchendorf, o.J.,
ISBN
3-923657-05-6
Marcus A. Woelfle: Liner Notes zu Charles Mingus - 80th Birthday Celebration (Fantasy)
Richard Cook & Brian Morton: The Penguin Guide To Jazz On CD ; Penguin, London, 2002.
Mal Waldron: Vinyl LP Liner Notes
References
Studio albums Live albums Books Related
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Max Roach + 4 (1956)
Jazz in 3/4 Time (1956–57)
The Max Roach 4 Plays Charlie Parker (1957–58)
Award-Winning Drummer (1958)
Booker Little 4 and Max Roach (1958)
MAX (1958)
Max Roach + 4 on the Chicago Scene (1958)
Max Roach + 4 at Newport (1958)
Max Roach with the Boston Percussion Ensemble (1958)
Deeds, Not Words (1958)
Moon Faced and Starry Eyed (with
Abbey Lincoln , 1959)
Quiet as It's Kept (1959)
Rich Versus Roach (and
Buddy Rich , 1959)
The Many Sides of Max (1959)
Long as You're Living (1960)
Parisian Sketches (1960)
We Insist! (1960)
Percussion Bitter Sweet (1961)
It's Time (1962)
Money Jungle (and
Duke Ellington ,
Charles Mingus , 1962)
Speak, Brother, Speak! (1962)
The Max Roach Trio Featuring the Legendary Hasaan (and
Hasaan Ibn Ali , 1964)
Drums Unlimited (1965)
Members, Don't Git Weary (1968)
Lift Every Voice and Sing (1971)
Re: Percussion (
M'Boom ,
Strata-East , 1973)
Birth and Rebirth (and
Anthony Braxton , 1978)
Historic Concerts (and
Cecil Taylor , 1979)
M'Boom (1979)
One in Two – Two in One (and
Anthony Braxton , 1979)
Pictures in a Frame (1979)
The Long March (and
Archie Shepp , 1979)
In the Light (1982)
Live at Vielharmonie (1983)
Collage (M'Boom, 1984)
It's Christmas Again (1984)
Scott Free (1984)
Survivors (1984)
Easy Winners (1985)
Bright Moments (1986)
Max + Dizzy: Paris 1989 (and
Dizzy Gillespie , 1989)
To the Max! (1990–91)
With
Clifford Brown Compilations
Year(s) indicated are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader With
Gene Ammons With
Jackie McLean With
Charles Mingus With the Prestige All Stars With others
All Night Long (
Kenny Burrell , 1956)
Earthy (Kenny Burrell, 1957)
2 Guitars (Kenny Burrell &
Jimmy Raney , 1957)
Where? (
Ron Carter , 1961)
The Teddy Charles Tentet (1956)
Coolin' (
Teddy Charles , 1957)
Cattin' with Coltrane and Quinichette (
John Coltrane &
Paul Quinichette , 1957)
Coltrane (1957)
Dakar (John Coltrane,
Pepper Adams &
Cecil Payne , 1957)
At the Five Spot (
Eric Dolphy , both volumes, 1961)
Tuba Sounds (
Ray Draper , 1957)
Hornful of Soul (aka, Catwalk ,
Bennie Green , 1960)
Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday at Newport (1957)
Lady in Satin (
Billie Holiday , 1958)
So Warm (
Etta Jones , 1961)
After Hours (
Thad Jones , 1957)
Olio (Thad Jones, 1957)
Reflections: Steve Lacy Plays Thelonious Monk (1958)
Straight Ahead (
Abbey Lincoln , 1961)
Teo (
Teo Macero , 1957)
On the Sunny Side (Paul Quinichette, 1957)
Percussion Bitter Sweet (
Max Roach , 1961)
It's Time (Max Roach, 1962)
Speak, Brother, Speak! (Max Roach, 1962)
For Lady (
Webster Young , 1957)