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Three Or Four Shades Of Blues (CD)

By: Charles Mingus (Artist)

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DISC 1 for Three Or Four Shades Of Blues (CD) Album By Charles Mingus (Artist)
1   Better Git Hit In Your Soul
2   Goodbye, Porkpie Hat
3   Noddin Ya Head Blues
4   Three Or Four Shades Of Blues
5   Nobody Knows
 

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Q (7/93, p.110) - 3 Stars - Good - "...THREE OR FOUR SHADES OF BLUES was one of his last hurrahs..."

Title Note

The Mingus Band: Charles Mingus (acoustic bass); Ricky Ford (tenor saxophone); Jack Walrath (trumpet); Bob Neloms (piano); Dannie Richmond (drums).

Additional personnel: George Coleman (alto & tenor saxophones); Sonny Fortune (alto saxophone); Jimmy Rowles (piano); Larry Coryell, Philip Catherine, John Scofield (guitar); George Mraz, Ron Carter (acoustic bass); Dannie Richmond (drums).

Recorded on March 9 & 11, 1977 at Atlantic Studios, New York, and March 29, 1977 at The Record Plant, New York. Includes liner notes by Ilhan Mimaroglu.

Even in the latter stages of his career the notoriously restless Mingus never stopped searching for new ways to interpret and present his compositions. As befits one with such a mercurial muse, his artistic destinations were often surprising, but seldom as surprising as on THREE OR FOUR SHADES OF BLUES. Here he reconfigures (and redefines in the process) some of the best-known tunes from his daunting canon, tackling them in a more contemporary style. In 1977, this meant the enlistment of guitarists Larry Coryell and Philip Catherine to add some burning, fusion-friendly licks to "Better Git Hit in Your Soul" and frenetic amphetamine-flamenco riffs to "Goodbye Porkpie Hat." It's to Mingus' credit as arranger and bandleader that these updates never seem contrived and still don't sound dated. It's just one more way of viewing the revolutionary work of this compositional giant. THREE OR FOUR SHADES is exhilarating in its fresh outlook and unfettered passion.

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