Jazz Composers Workshop
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Jazz Composers Workshop | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | April 1956[1] | |||
Recorded | October 31, 1954 (#1-4, 9-10) January 30, 1955 (#5-8) | |||
Studio | Van Gelder (Hackensack) | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 41:25 | |||
Label | Savoy MG 12059 | |||
Producer | Ozzie Cadena | |||
Charles Mingus chronology | ||||
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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.[2]
Reception
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated: "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".[3]
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [3] |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [4] |
Track listing
- All compositions by Charles Mingus, except as indicated
- "Purple Heart" - 5:36
- "Gregarian Chant" - 2:51
- "Eulogy for Rudy Williams" - 6:22
- "Tea for Two" - 6:19 (Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans)
- "Smog L.A." - 3:14 (Wally Cirillo)
- "Level Seven" - 4:17 (Cirillo)
- "Transeason" - 4:23 (Cirillo)
- "Rose Geranium" - 4:13 (Cirillo)
- "Getting Together" - 4:41
- "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
References
- ^ Billboard Apr 28, 1956
- ^ Charles Mingus discography accessed June 8, 2011
- ^ a b Yanow, S. AllMusic Review accessed June 8, 2011
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 141. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
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- Charles Mingus albums
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- Albums produced by Ozzie Cadena
- Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio
- Albums recorded in a home studio