Released October 1957 Length 38:49 Release date October 1957 Genre Jazz | Recorded August 16, 1957 Artist Charles Mingus Label Parlophone | |
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East Coasting
(1957) A Modern Jazz Symposium of Music and Poetry
(1958) Similar Charles Mingus albums, Jazz albums | ||
Charles mingus east coasting
East Coasting is an album by Charles Mingus, recorded and released in 1957. It was reissued on CD with bonus takes in 1993.
Contents
Charles mingus east coasting take 4
Reception
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars stating "One of Charles Mingus's lesser-known band sessions, this set of five of his originals (plus the standard "Memories of You") features his usual sidemen of the period (trombonist Jimmy Knepper, trumpeter Clarence Shaw, Shafi Hadi on tenor and alto and drummer Dannie Richmond) along with pianist Bill Evans. The music stretches the boundaries of bop, is never predictable and, even if this is not one of Mingus's more acclaimed dates, it is well worth acquiring for the playing is quite stimulating.".
Track listing
- "Memories of You" [Take 7] (Eubie Blake, Andy Razaf) - 4:27
- "East Coasting" [Take 4] - 5:13
- "West Coast Ghost" [Take 6] - 10:28
- "Celia" [Take 5] - 7:54
- "Conversation" [Take 16] - 5:28
- "Fifty-First Street Blues" [Take 4] - 5:48
- "East Coasting" [alternate take] - 5:30
- "Memories of You" [alternate take] (Blake, Razaf) - 4:42
Personnel
Songs
1Memories of You4:27
2East Coasting5:13
3West Coast Ghost10:28