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Mingus Plays Piano (CD)

By: Charles Mingus (Artist)

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DISC 1 for Mingus Plays Piano (CD) Album By Charles Mingus (Artist)
1   Myself When I Am Real
2   I Can't Get Started
3   Body And Soul
4   Roland Kirk's Message
5   Memories Of You
6   She's Just Miss Popular Hybrid
7   Orange Was The Color Of Her Dress, Then Silk Blue
8   Meditations For Moses
9   Old Portrait
10   I'm Getting Sentimental Over You
11   Compositional Theme Story: Medleys, Anthems And Folklore
 

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JazzTimes (9/97, p.101) - "...most of the time his playing's pensive and harmonically intriguing....while his main instrument was bass, many pianists would be happy to play as creatively as he does here."

Title Note

Solo performer: Charles Mingus (piano).

Producer: Bob Thiele.

Reissue producer: Michael Cuscuna.

Recorded on July 30, 1963. Originally released on Impulse! in 1963. Includes original release liner notes by Nat Hentoff.

Digitally remastered by Erick Labson.

This album is unique in Mingus' enormous catalogue. As the title indicates, the famous bassist takes to the ivories-solo-to give life to his dazzling improvisational art. At first it seems odd to hear Mingus without one of his trademark interactive and exploratory ensembles. But the sensibility that he brings to this collection of piano pieces bears all the signs of the composer's genius.

In the first piece, "Myself When I Am Real," turbulence and aching beauty merge in Mingus' spontaneous unfolding of phrases. Such standards as "Body And Soul" and "Memories Of You" are given personal, harmonically intriguing readings that blend in seamlessly with a Mingus original like "Old Portrait." In many ways, it is a treat to hear the artist working in this pared down, quieter atmosphere, as it allows one to concentrate more intently upon the range and compositional brilliance of this incomparable figure.

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