Charles Mingus – Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus: 2021 (Acoustic Sounds Vinyl LP)

All-Analog 180g Vinyl LP of Charles Mingus’ Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Remastered from the Original Analog Tapes, Pressed at QRP, and Housed in Stoughton Gatefold Jacket

This 1963 recording is a major showcase for the multi-talented Charles Mingus as a bassist, pianist, and writer. From the blues-painted bass moaning that opens “II BS,” to the blazing fire of “Hora Decubitis,” these tunes come furiously barreling out one after another. Speed and density aside, however, there are also multi-color, lovely tunes like Duke Ellington’s “Mood Indigo” and Mingus’ paean to Lester Young. More than anything, though, Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus is a major document due to the presence of two alternating big ensembles, anchored by Jaki Byard on piano and fronted by a herd of horn players, Eric Dolphy and Booker Ervin chief among them. This all-analog 180g vinyl LP reissue was mastered from the original analog tapes by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound, pressed at QRP, and comes housed in a Stoughton tip-on gatefold jacket.

Musicians:
On A2 & A3:
Charles Mingus – Bass, Piano
Jerome Richardson – Baritone Sax, Soprano Sax, Flute
Dick Hafer – Tenor Sax, Flute
Charlie Mariano – Alto Sax
Rolf Ericson – Trumpet
Richard Williams – Trumpet
Quentin Jackson – Trombone
Don Butterfield – Contrabass Trombone, Tuba
Jay Berliner – Guitar
Jaki Byard – Piano
Dannie Richmond – Drums
On A2, A4, B1, B2, & B3:
Charles Mingus – Bass
Dick Hafer – Tenor Sax, Flute, Clarinet
Jerome Richardson – Baritone Sax, Soprano Sax, Flute
Booker Ervin – Tenor Sax
Eric Dolphy – Alto Sax, Flute
Eddie Preston – Trumpet
Richard Williams – Trumpet
Britt Woodman – Trombone
Don Butterfield – Tuba
Jaki Byard – Piano
Walter Perkins – Drums

1. II B.S.
2. I X Love
3. Celia
4. Mood Indigo
5. Better Get Hit In Yo’ Soul
6. Theme For Lester Young
7. Hora Decubitus