Music Written For Monterey, 1965

Mingus, Charles
Sue Mingus Music
Jazz | Nov 2006

Reviews

Don Farrell
Reviewed 2007-03-07
Bassist Charles Mingus, Jazz concert/workshop style, some of the great ones on Brass No FCCs detected
CD#1
1: 0: 42 introduction ( low audio)
*****2: 17:57 a mournful prayer, absolutely beautiful slow bass bowing, slow brass, ominous haunting percussion. mini free piano thing + applause at end
3: 1:41 credits for #2 and intro to #4
4: 0:51 bowing + percussion
5: 0:14 introduction
6: 0:08 tuba
7: 0:27 lecture to the band ( low audio)
8: 1:22 false start talking ( low audio)
9: 10:18 straight ahead fast hard bop jazz, applause at end
10: 0:54 intro to #11
***11: 7:11 slow mellow, nice long trumpet?? solo note at end
CD#2
1: 10:01 slow then fast hard bop, lots of brass
2: 1:24 speech about #1 and more
3: 11:01 slow brass dirge intro, faster @ 2min. piano & some vocals & drums
4: 0: 35 applause & speech
***5: 3:11 Dixieland as only Mingus could do it, lots of brass, cool tuba. applause
6: 0:11 distorted audio
7: 8:21 introduction, more brass, mellow Miles style trumpet, nice tuba
****8: 10:53 piano & brass & spoken word "one day they came and took . . . the……" then some swinging b bop D Farrell 02/2007

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2007-03-04 — 2007-05-06 Jazz
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Track listing

1. Opening Speech
2. Meditation On Inner Peace
3. Speech Introducing Musicians
4. Meditation On Inner Piece [Bass Solo]
5. Speech
6. Once Upon A Time [1st False Start]
7. Lecture To Band
8. Once Upon A Time [2nd False Start]
9. Ode To Bird And Dizzy
10. Speech: Call Octet Back
11. They Traspass The Land Of The Sacred Sioux
12. The Arts Of Tatum And Freddy Webster
13. Speech
14. Once Upon An Time, There Was A Holding Corporation Called Old America
15. Speech: Introduction To Lonnie Hillyer
16. Muskrat Ramble
17. Pause
18. Don't Be Afraid, The Clown's Afraid Too
19. Don't Let It Happen Here