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Cumbia and Jazz Fusion

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Released
  
1978 (1978)

Artist
  
Charles Mingus

Label
  
Atlantic Records

Length
  
50:16

Release date
  
1978

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
March 29-31,1976 at Sound WorkShop and Dirmaphon Studio, Rome, Italy; March 1 & March l0, 1977 in NYC

Cumbia & Jazz Fusion (1978)
  
The Music of Charles Mingus (1979)

Songs
  
Cumbia & Jazz Fusion, Music for "Todo Modo"

Producers
  
İlhan Mimaroğlu, Daniele Senatore

Similar
  
Charles Mingus albums, Jazz albums

Cumbia & Jazz Fusion is an album by Charles Mingus recorded for the Atlantic label in 1977. It features two extended compositions written for the film Todo Modo by Mingus and performed by large ensembles featuring Jack Walrath, Jimmy Knepper, Paul Jeffrey, Ricky Ford, Dannie Richmond, Candido, Ray Mantilla, George Adams and Danny Mixon. The first two tracks on the album were inspired by Colombian Cumbia. The CD reissue added two solo performances by Mingus on piano.

Contents

Critical reception

Village Voice critic Robert Christgau felt Cumbia & Jazz Fusion's loftier compositions suggested Mingus was more of an "important jazz eccentric" rather than a "great": "The 27-minute title fantasia is rich, lively, irreverent, and enjoyable, but it's marred by overly atmospheric Hollywood-at-the-carnival moments, while the kitschy assumed seriousness of 'Music for Todo Modo' almost ruins its fresh big-band colors." AllMusic critic Scott Yanow later wrote, "The music is episodic but generally holds its own away from the film".

Track listing

All compositions by Charles Mingus

Tracks 3 & 4 Bonus track on CD

Personnel

  • Charles Mingus: bass, vocals, percussion, arranger
  • Jack Walrath: trumpet, percussion (tracks 1 & 2)
  • Jimmy Knepper: trombone, bass trombone (track 1)
  • Mauricio Smith: flute, piccolo, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone (track 1)
  • Paul Jeffrey: oboe, tenor saxophone (track 1)
  • Gene Scholtes: bassoon (track 1)
  • Gary Anderson: contrabass clarinet, bass clarinet (track 1)
  • Ricky Ford: tenor saxophone, percussion (track 1)
  • Bob Neloms: piano (track 1)
  • Dannie Richmond: drums (tracks 1 & 2)
  • Candido: congas (track 1)
  • Daniel Gonzales: congas (track 1)
  • Ray Mantilla: congas (track 1)
  • Alfredo Ramirez: congas (track 1)
  • Bradley Cunningham: percussion (track 1)
  • Dino Piana: trombone (track 2)
  • Anastasio Del Bono: oboe, english horn (track 2)
  • Pasquale Sabatelli: bassoon (track 2)
  • Roberto Laneri: bass clarinet (track 2)
  • Giancarlo Maurino: alto saxophone (uncredited) (track 2)
  • Quarto Maltoni: alto saxophone (track 2)
  • George Adams: tenor saxophone, alto flute (track 2)
  • Danny Mixon: piano, organ (track 2)
  • References

    Cumbia & Jazz Fusion Wikipedia