Released June 1964 Tonight at Noon
(1957-61) Money Jungle
(1962) Release date 1965 Label Atlantic Records | Length 38:08 Artist Charles Mingus Producer Joel Dorn Genre Jazz | |
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Recorded March 12, 1957, and November 6, 1961 Similar Charles Mingus albums, Jazz albums | ||
Tonight at Noon is an album by jazz bassist and composer Charles Mingus that was released on the Atlantic label in 1964. It compiles tracks recorded at two sessions – the 1957 sessions that produced The Clown and the 1961 sessions that produced the album Oh Yeah. These tracks have since been added to the CD re-releases of their respective albums as bonus tracks.
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Charles mingus tonight at noon
Reception
The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 3 stars, stating: "While the former session features Mingus going for the blues via European harmonics and melodic approaches with hard bop tempos (particularly on the title track), the latter session with its nocturnal elegance and spatial irregularities comes off more as some kind of exercise in vanguard Ellington with sophisticated harmonies that give way to languid marches and gospel-tinged blues... Despite the fact that this is an assembled album, it holds plenty of magic nonetheless".
Track listing
All compositions by Charles Mingus- "Tonight at Noon" – 6:00
- "Invisible Lady" – 4:51
- ""Old" Blues for Walt's Torin" [aka "Roland Kirk's Message"]– 7:57
- "Peggy's Blue Skylight" – 9:46
- "Passions of a Woman Loved" – 9:47
Personnel
Songs
1Tonight At Noon5:58
2Invisible Lady4:49
3Old Blues for Walt's Torin7:58