Mingus in Europe Volume I
1980 live album by Charles Mingus
| Mingus in Europe Volume I | ||||
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| Live album by Charles Mingus | ||||
| Released | 1980 | |||
| Recorded | April 26, 1964 at Wuppertal Townhall in Germany | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 67:28 | |||
| Label | Enja 3049 | |||
| Producer | Horst Weber | |||
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Mingus in Europe Volume I is a live album by the jazz bassist and composer Charles Mingus, recorded in 1964 in Stadthalle in Wuppertal, Germany and released on the Enja label in 1980.[1][2]
Reception
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated: "Although this music could be called avant-garde, there is nothing random about the notes picked or the many emotions expressed".[3]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |  [5] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [4] |
Track listing
All compositions by Charles Mingus except as indicated
- "Fables of Faubus" - 37:35
- "Starting" (Eric Dolphy, Charles Mingus) - 5:27
- "Meditations" 22:24 Bonus track on CD reissue
Personnel
- Charles Mingus - bass
- Eric Dolphy – alto saxophone, bass clarinet, flute
- Clifford Jordan – tenor saxophone (tracks 1 & 3)
- Jaki Byard – piano (tracks 1 & 3)
- Dannie Richmond – drums (tracks 1 & 3)
References
- ^ Charles Mingus discography accessed April 29, 2015
- ^ The European Tour of April 1964, accessed April 30, 2015
- ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Mingus in Europe Volume I – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 29, 2015.
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 141. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1004. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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albums
- The Jazz Experiments of Charlie Mingus
- Jazz Composers Workshop
- Pithecanthropus Erectus
- The Clown
- East Coasting
- Mingus Three
- A Modern Jazz Symposium of Music and Poetry
- Mingus Ah Um
- Blues & Roots
- Mingus Dynasty
- Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus
- Pre-Bird
- Mingus
- Oh Yeah
- Tijuana Moods
- Money Jungle
- The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
- Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus
- Tonight at Noon
- Mingus Plays Piano
- Blue Bird
- Pithycanthropus Erectus
- Let My Children Hear Music
- Mingus Moves
- Changes One
- Changes Two
- Three or Four Shades of Blues
- His Final Work
- Cumbia & Jazz Fusion
- Something Like a Bird
- Charles Mingus with Orchestra
- Reincarnation of a Lovebird
albums
- Mingus at the Bohemia (1956)
- Jazz Portraits: Mingus in Wonderland (1959)
- The Complete Town Hall Concert (1962)
- The Charles Mingus Quintet & Max Roach (1963)
- Astral Weeks (1964)
- Town Hall Concert (1964)
- Revenge! (1964)
- The Great Concert of Charles Mingus (1964)
- Mingus in Europe Volume I (1964)
- Mingus in Europe Volume II (1964)
- Right Now: Live at the Jazz Workshop (1964)
- Mingus at Monterey (1964)
- My Favorite Quintet (1965)
- Music Written for Monterey 1965 (1965)
- Charles Mingus Sextet In Berlin (1970)
- Charles Mingus and Friends in Concert (1972)
- Mingus at Antibes (1974)
- Mingus at Carnegie Hall (1974)
- Cornell 1964 (2007)
- Beneath the Underdog (1971 autobiography)
- Mingus Big Band
- Mingus Dynasty
- Sue Mingus
- Jazz at Massey Hall (1953)
- Weary Blues (1958)
- Newport Rebels (1960)
- Pepper Adams Plays the Compositions of Charlie Mingus (1964)
- Mingus (1979)
- Epitaph (1990)
- Mingus: Charlie Mingus 1968
- Charles Mingus: Triumph of the Underdog (1998 documentary)
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