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Jazz Composers Workshop

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Released
  
April 1956

Artist
  
Charles Mingus

Producer
  
Ozzie Cadena

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
41:25

Release date
  
1955

Label
  
Savoy Records

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Recorded
  
October 31, 1954 (#1-4, 9-10) January 30, 1955 (#5-8) Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack

Jazz Composers Workshop (1954-55)
  
The Jazz Experiments of Charlie Mingus (1955)

Similar
  
Charles Mingus albums, Jazz albums

Jazz Composers Workshop is an album featuring jazz bassist Charles Mingus. It combines the earlier album Moods of Mingus with a Wally Cirillo session released earlier on the album Wally Cirillo & Bobby Scott. It was released on the Savoy label.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 2½ stars stating "The complex music on this LP finds bassist Charles Mingus looking toward contemporary classical music in some of the rather cool-toned arrangements. It was not until later in 1955 that he found the right combination of influences in which to express himself best but these slightly earlier performances have their moments".

Track listing

All compositions by Charles Mingus except as indicated
  1. "Purple Heart" - 5:36
  2. "Gregarian Chant" - 2:51
  3. "Eulogy for Rudy Williams" - 6:22
  4. "Tea for Two" - 6:19 (Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans)
  5. "Smog L.A." - 3:14 (Wally Cirillo)
  6. "Level Seven" - 4:17 (Cirillo)
  7. "Transeason" - 4:23 (Cirillo)
  8. "Rose Geranium" - 4:13 (Cirillo)
  9. "Getting Together" - 4:41
  10. "Body and Soul (Alternate Take 1)" - 3:07 On CD reissue

Personnel

  • Charles Mingus - bass
  • John LaPorta - clarinet (tracks 1, 2, 4, 9 and 10), alto saxophone (track 3)
  • Teo Macero - tenor saxophone (tracks 2-10), baritone saxophone (track 1)
  • George Barrow - tenor saxophone (track 1), baritone saxophone (tracks 2-4, 9 & 10)
  • Wally Cirillo (tracks 5-8), Mal Waldron (tracks 2-4, 9 & 10) - piano
  • Kenny Clarke (tracks 5-8), Rudy Nichols (tracks 1-4, 9 & 10) - drums

    • Songs

    1Purple Heart5:33
    2Gregarian Chant2:48
    3Eulogy for Rudy Williams6:19

    References

    Jazz Composers Workshop Wikipedia
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