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Released
  
1959

Length
  
44:11

Jazz Portraits Mingus in Wonderland (1959)
  
Blues & Roots (1959)

Release date
  
1959

Genre
  
Jazz

Recorded
  
January 16, 1959

Producer
  
Alan Douglas

Artist
  
Charles Mingus

Label
  
United Artists Records

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Charles Mingus albums, Jazz albums

Jazz Portraits: Mingus in Wonderland is a live album by jazz bassist and composer Charles Mingus recorded in 1959 and released on the United Artists label. The original release was titled Jazz Portraits and a subsequent edition titled Wonderland.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars, calling the music "advanced bop that looks toward the upcoming innovations of the avant-garde and is frequently quite exciting".

Track listing

All compositions by Charles Mingus except as indicated
  1. "Nostalgia in Times Square" - 12:18
  2. "I Can't Get Started" (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin) - 10:08
  3. "No Private Income Blues" - 12:51
  4. "Alice's Wonderland" - 8:54
  • Recorded at the Nonagon Art Gallery in New York City on January 16, 1959

    • Personnel

  • Charles Mingus - bass
  • John Handy - alto saxophone
  • Booker Ervin - tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 3 & 4)
  • Richard Wyands - piano
  • Dannie Richmond - drums

    • Songs

    1Nostalgia in Times Square12:18
    2I Can't Get Started10:09
    3No Private Income Blues12:51

    References

    Jazz Portraits: Mingus in Wonderland Wikipedia
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