Released 1962 Producer Bob Rolontz | Length 35:15 Tijuana Moods(1957) East Coasting(1957) Release date 1962 | |
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Recorded July 18 and August 6, 1957 Similar Charles Mingus albums, Jazz albums |
Tijuana Moods is an album by Charles Mingus originally recorded in 1957 but not released until 1962. It was reissued in 1986 on CD as New Tijuana Moods with four alternate takes. 2-CD expanded versions with further alternate takes were issued by RCA in 2000 and by Columbia in 2010.
Contents
- Reception
- Track listing
- Track listing of New Tijuana Moods 1986
- Track listing of 2000 Expanded Edition
- Track listing of 2001 Expanded Edition
- Personnel
- Songs
- References
The name "Charlie Mingus" appears on the cover of the original album. Mingus hated all nicknames derived from Charles ("Don't call me Charlie; that's not a man's name, that's a name for a horse"). All songs were composed by Mingus except "Flamingo".
Reception
Track listing
All compositions by Charles Mingus except where noted.
- "Dizzy Moods"
- "Ysabel's Table Dance"
- "Tijuana Gift Shop"
- "Los Mariachis (The Street Musicians)"
- "Flamingo" (Ted Grouya)
Track listing of New Tijuana Moods (1986)
- "Dizzy Moods"
- "Ysabel's Table Dance"
- "Tijuana Gift Shop"
- "Los Mariachis"
- "Flamingo"
- "Dizzy Moods (Alternate Take)"
- "Tijuana Gift Shop (Alternate Take)"
- "Los Mariachis (Alternate Take)"
- "Flamingo (Alternate Take)"
Track listing of 2000 Expanded Edition
Released on RCA Victor Gold Series (catalog number 74321749992)
Disc 1
- "Dizzy Moods"
- "Ysabel's Table Dance"
- "Tijuana Gift Shop"
- "Los Mariachis (The Street Musicians)"
- "Flamingo"
- "A Colloquial Dream (Scenes in the City)"
Disc 2
- "Dizzy Moods (Alternate Take)"
- "Ysabel's Table Dance (Alternate Take)"
- "Tijuana Gift Shop (Alternate Take)"
- "Los Mariachis (Alternate Take)"
- "Flamingo (Alternate Take)"
- "A Colloquial Dream (Alternate Take)"
Track listing of 2001 Expanded Edition
Released on Columbia/Legacy (catalog number 88697694392). Same track listing on 2001 Blue Bird First Editions (09026638402).
Disc 1
- "Dizzy Moods"
- "Ysabel's Table Dance"
- "Tijuana Gift Shop"
- "Los Mariachis"
- "Flamingo"
- "Dizzy Moods (Alternate Take)"
- "Ysabel's Table Dance (Alternate Take)"
- "Los Mariachis (Alternate Take)"
- "Flamingo (Alternate Take)"
Disc 2
- "Tijuana Gift Shop (Alternate Take)"
- "A Colloquial Dream"
- "Flamingo (Alternate Take)"
- "Ysabel's Table Dance (Composite Incomplete Take)"
- "Dizzy Moods (Junkyard Take 8)"
- "Dizzy Moods (Bass Solos Take 14)"
- "Tijuana Gift Shop (Alternate Takes 1-4)"
- "Tijuana Gift Shop (Alternate Take 6)"
- "Los Mariachis (Take 1-3)"
- "Los Mariachis (Take 5-10)"
- "Los Mariachis (Take 15-23)"
- "A Colloquial Dream (Take 6)"
- "A Colloquial Dream (Take 8)"
Personnel
Songs
1Dizzy Moods5:52
2Ysabel's Table Dance10:28
3Tijuana Gift Shop3:49