Charles Mingus – Rarities 1946 – 1977

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Mingus Rarities 1946 -1977 : cleaned (just a bit) and Speed Fixed

with Duke Ellington orchestra Playing The Clown

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uploaded to Dime by u014945 november 24th 2016

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001. What Is This Thing Called Love (5:40)

002. I´m Beginning To See the Light (5:30)

003. Laura (4:19)

004. Lady Bird (5:42)

005. Schizophrenic Samovar (tea for Two) (7:24)

006. Trois Mots Petit (Three litttle Words) (3:30)

Billy Taylor Trio:

Billy Taylor: piano

Charles Mingus: bass

Marquis Foster: drums

Nat Hentoff Intro

Storyville, Boston 1951-11-06

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007. Got No Lead In My Pencil (2:51)

008. Let’s Go Again (3:01)

Darby Hicks Quartette:

“The Lead Man”: vocals 1

Carolyn Richards: vocals 2

Darby Hicks: piano

Buddy Harper: guitar

Buddy Collette: sax

Charles Mingus: bass

Recorded 1946 California

Originally released as Indigo 100 (78 rpm), a title not on the “Baron

Mingus” compilation of this period

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009. Goldwyn Stomp (2:39)

010. Red Top (2:54)

011. Giddy Up (3:03)

Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra

Leo Sheppard, Duke Garrette, Wendell Culley, Teddy Buckner, Snooky Young:

trumpets

Andrew Penn, James Robinson, Britt Woodman, James Wormick: trombones

Bobby Plater, Ben Kynard: alto sax

Jack Kelso: clarinet, alto sax

Morris Lane, John Sparrow: tenor sax

Charlie Fowlkes: baritone sax

Lionel Hampton: vibraphone

Milt Buckner: piano

Billy Mackel: guitar

Joe Comfort, Charles Mingus: bass

Earl Walker: drums

Recorded 1947-11-03, Los Angeles

78 rpms released by Decca

unknown location, ca 1951

Storyville 6 11 1951

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012. The Clown outtakes (from take 24 to 47) (32:45)

Charles Mingus: bass

Jimmy Knepper: trombone

Shafi Hadi: tenor sax

Wade Legge: piano

Dannie Richmond: drums

Jean Shepherd: narration

Outtakes, Audio-Video Studios, NYC 1957-02-13

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013. Confirmation (5:01)

014. Just Bohemia + Intro (1:35)

015. What Is This Thing Called Love? (3:18)

Charles Mingus: bass

Jackie McLean: alto sax

Donald Byrd, Bill Hardman or Clarence Shaw: trumpet

Phineas Newborn: piano on What´s This Thing Called Love

unidentified piano player on the first two tracks

unidentified guitar player

Dannie Richmond: drums

Café Bohemia, Greenwich Village, NYC 1957

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016. The Arts Of Tatum and Freddie Webster (5:31)

’17. Don´t Let It Happen Here (3:13)

Charles Mingus: bass, piano, narration

Hobart Dotson: trumpet

Lonnie Hillyer: trumpet

Jimmy Owens: trumpet, fluegelhorn

Julius Watkins: french horn

Howard Johnson: tuba

Charles McPherson: alto sax

Dannie Richmond: drums

Village Gate NYC 1965-09-10

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018. interview (2:23)

Most likely from 1971. Mingus talks about the Village Gate and Monterey 1965

performances

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019. Introductory remarks by Duke Ellington (1:19)

020. The Clown (09:56)

021. Mingus interview (3:53)

The Duke Ellington Orchestra

This is the only recorded “collaboration” between Duke Ellington and Charles

Mingus apart from the “Money Jungle” album.

The recording is Duke playing and narrating “The Clown”. Mingus was supposed

to conduct Ellington´s orchestra, but chickened out, hiding on the balcony

(!)

Zellerbach Auditorium, University Of California, Berkeley, CA 1969-09-29

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022. Haitian Fight Song (4:59)

Roland Kirk: tenor, manzello, stritch, flute, with:

Charles Mingus: bass

Archie Shepp: tenor sax

Roy Haynes: drums

+ the house band

Ed Sullivan show 1971-01-24

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023-027. Solo piano outtakes

023 wedding march 1 (2:43)

024 wedding march 2-3 (2:55)

025 wedding march 4-5 (2:31)

026 wedding march 6-7-8- (1:13)

027 wedding march 10 -11-13 (1:25)

028 Guitar and bass Outtakes (4:29)

Record Plant Studios, NYC, 1977-05-01

Takes 9 and 12 officially released not present here

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029. Themes From A Movie (4:33)

Charles Mingus: solo piano

10th New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 1976

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030. Noddin Ya Head Blues (10:49)

Charles Mingus: bass

Ricky Ford: tenor sax

Jack Walrath: trumpet

Robert Neloms: piano

Dannie Richmond: drums

Solís Theatre, Montevideo, Uruguay 1977-05-31

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TT: 151:20