Pre-Bird (CD)

• Category:  Music  »  Jazz  »  Bass
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• Release Date: April 27, 1999
• Label: Verve (USA)
• UPC: 731453863620
• WAPI (Tower ID): 105802176
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• Tower.com Sales Rank: #15504 in Music (See Top 100 Music Bestsellers)
• #996 in Jazz (See Top 100 Jazz Bestsellers)
• #21 in Bass (See Top 100 Bass Bestsellers)

Personnel: Charles Mingus (bass); Gunther Schuller (conductor); Lorraine Cusson (vocals); Eric Dolphy (alto saxophone, flute, bass clarinet); John LaPorta (alto saxophone, clarinet); Yusef Lateef, Joe Farrell (tenor saxophone, flute); Booker Ervin, Bill Barron (tenor saxophone); Danny Bank (baritone saxophone); Marcus Belgrave, Ted Curson, Clark Terry, Hobart Dotson, Richard Williams (trumpet); Slide Hampton, Jimmy Knepper, Eddie Bert, Charles Greenlee (trombone); Don Butterfield (tuba); Robert DiDomenica (flute); Harry Schulman (oboe); Charles McCracken (cello); Paul Bley, Roland Hanna (piano); Dannie Richmond (drums); Max Roach, Sticks Evans, George Scott (percussion).

Producer: Leonard Feather.

Reissue producer: Ben Young.

Recorded at Plaza Sound, New York, New York on May 24 & 25, 1960. Includes liner notes by Brian Priestly, Martin Williams and Leonard Feather.

Digitally remastered using 24-bit technology by Kevin Reeves (Polygram Studios).

This is part of the Verve Master Edition series.

Charles Mingus was and remains one of American music's most colorful figures. A volatile personality, dynamic bandleader, influential composer--Mingus was all these and more. Drawing upon the blues and gospel roots of jazz, Duke Ellington and early 20th century classical music, Mingus' compositions are among the most distinctive and passionate in jazz. PRE-BIRD, recorded in 1960, is a set of music that Mingus composed in the 1940s, before the ascendance of Charlie "Bird" Parker to the jazz pantheon.

This collection includes a couple of Ellington covers, and music that sounds like the Duke's influence filtered through Igor Stravinsky and Charles Ives ("Half-Mast Inhibition," "Eclipse"). The tunes surge with emotion and power that will be felt long after the disc ends. Mingus assembled a big band (conducted by Gunther Schuler) to give his early tunes (some previously unrecorded before '60) the vibrancy they deserve--featured players include Jimmy Knepper (trombone), Eric Dolphy, Yusef Lateef (reeds), Clark Terry (trumpet) and Paul Bley (piano). A winner.

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