Mingus, Charles Sextet With Eric Dolphy / Cornell 1964
Album: | Cornell 1964 | Collection: | Jazz | |
Artist: | Mingus, Charles Sextet With Eric Dolphy | Added: | Jul 2007 | |
Label: | Blue Note |
A-File Activity
Add Date: | 2007-09-09 | Pull Date: | 2007-11-11 | Charts: | Jazz |
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Week Ending: | Oct 14 | Oct 7 | Sep 30 | Sep 23 | Sep 16 |
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Airplays: | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
1. | Jul 15, 2016: | Rebop
Orange Was The Colour Of Her Dress, Then Blue Silk |
4. | Apr 11, 2008: | "In Your Ear ..." with David Bug, into the night with sound and flurry in-step
Take The A Train |
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2. | Aug 20, 2009: | "In Your Ear ..." with Bug, from morning to noon!
Sophisticated Lady |
5. | Oct 12, 2007: | Memory Select
Fables Of Faubus |
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3. | Jun 14, 2009: | "In Your Ear ..." with Bug, an impromptu post commencement on the air waves
Meditations |
6. | Oct 10, 2007: | Eran Mukamel (shallow apartment)
Take The A Train |
Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2007-09-09
Reviewed 2007-09-09
CHARLES MINGUS SEXTET: Cornell 1964
Blue Note, 1964/2007
This “lost” recording of a campus concert turns out to be the earliest recording of a brief-lived but highly-regarded Mingus ensemble with Eric Dolphy, Clifford Jordan and Johnny Coles (it only lasted a few months). The band is in high spirits, the music is freewheeling, and the sound quality is generally quite decent, if uneven. Good stuff.
Fo’s Picks: Disc 1 – 2, 4, maybe 5 Disc 2 – 2, 4
DISC ONE:
2. 04:26 – great Jaki Byard piano solo, channeling Art Tatum & Fats Waller
3. 04:23 – solo bass, classic ballad: exceptional, highly lyrical playing
4. 29:42 – classic angular swing, brisk start: the tune shifts organically through many tempos, moods & quotes. Slightly sour trumpet, playful piano, boisterous sax, honking clarinet, moody bass. Excellent solos.
5. 15:05 – relaxed, somewhat lumpy ballad with uptempo interjections; the mix sounds a little weird but it’s still nice. Dolphy’s clarinet solo is killer.
Note: earliest recording of this famous tune with a full band!
6. 17:26 – starts as straightforward, dull swing, but after 5 or 6 minutes it’s cooking like crazy. Long solos for bass, drums, clarinet.
DISC TWO:
1. 31:23 – wide-ranging piece with muddy sound: starts as melancholy ballad with a nostalgic touch, becomes a popping avant-garde stomp. Byard & Dolphy get most action in first half, then the others.
2. 15:33 – stage chatter, bass intro, then a cool glide stays low, loose, bluesy
3. 06:07 – light take on a corny Irish tune becomes breezy trumpet feature
4. 09:59 – lighthearted uptempo waltz, great lilting flute, propulsive rhythm
[ Fo ] 9-Sep-07
Blue Note, 1964/2007
This “lost” recording of a campus concert turns out to be the earliest recording of a brief-lived but highly-regarded Mingus ensemble with Eric Dolphy, Clifford Jordan and Johnny Coles (it only lasted a few months). The band is in high spirits, the music is freewheeling, and the sound quality is generally quite decent, if uneven. Good stuff.
Fo’s Picks: Disc 1 – 2, 4, maybe 5 Disc 2 – 2, 4
DISC ONE:
2. 04:26 – great Jaki Byard piano solo, channeling Art Tatum & Fats Waller
3. 04:23 – solo bass, classic ballad: exceptional, highly lyrical playing
4. 29:42 – classic angular swing, brisk start: the tune shifts organically through many tempos, moods & quotes. Slightly sour trumpet, playful piano, boisterous sax, honking clarinet, moody bass. Excellent solos.
5. 15:05 – relaxed, somewhat lumpy ballad with uptempo interjections; the mix sounds a little weird but it’s still nice. Dolphy’s clarinet solo is killer.
Note: earliest recording of this famous tune with a full band!
6. 17:26 – starts as straightforward, dull swing, but after 5 or 6 minutes it’s cooking like crazy. Long solos for bass, drums, clarinet.
DISC TWO:
1. 31:23 – wide-ranging piece with muddy sound: starts as melancholy ballad with a nostalgic touch, becomes a popping avant-garde stomp. Byard & Dolphy get most action in first half, then the others.
2. 15:33 – stage chatter, bass intro, then a cool glide stays low, loose, bluesy
3. 06:07 – light take on a corny Irish tune becomes breezy trumpet feature
4. 09:59 – lighthearted uptempo waltz, great lilting flute, propulsive rhythm
[ Fo ] 9-Sep-07
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