The Great Concert of Charles Mingus
Live album by
Charles Mingus
Released1971
RecordedApril 19, 1964
VenueThéâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris
GenreJazz
Length129:25 (vinyl) 127:11 (CD)
LabelAmerica
Charles Mingus chronology
Revenge!
(1964) 		The Great Concert of Charles Mingus
(1971) 		Mingus in Europe Volume I
(1964)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[4]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[2]
DownBeat[3]

The Great Concert of Charles Mingus is a live album by the jazz bassist and composer Charles Mingus, recorded at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris, France, on April 19, 1964. It was originally released as a triple album in 1971 on the French America label. The album was recorded just two days after the live sessions that produced Revenge!, which was also recorded live in Paris.

Track listing

All songs written by Charles Mingus, except where noted. On the original vinyl release, "So Long Eric (Don’t Stay Over There Too Long)" was credited as "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat", "Parkeriana" was credited as "Parker Iana", "Meditations On Integration" was credited as "Meditation For Integration". These three errors have been corrected in subsequent editions on CD. On April 18, during the preceding concert at The Salle Wagram, after playing "So Long Eric", Johnny Coles became ill and fainted on stage. For this reason, Coles only appears on the version of "So Long Eric" included on the LP issue, with a restored version without Coles included on the CD reissue.[4] Coles can be heard on recordings of other dates during Mingus' concert tour.

Vinyl pressing

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Introduction and Presentation"1:35
2."Good Bye Pork Pie Hat (1ère partie)"23:30
Total length:25:05
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Good Bye Pork Pie Hat (2e partie)"5:40
2."Orange Was The Colour Of Her Dress"14:00
Total length:19:40
Side three
No.TitleLength
1."Parker Iana"23:00
Total length:23:00
Side four
No.TitleLength
1."Meditation For Integration"27:00
Total length:27:00
Side five
No.TitleLength
1."Fables of Faubus (1ère partie)"17:20
Total length:17:20
Side six
No.TitleLength
1."Fables of Faubus (2e partie)"11:20
2."Sophisticated Lady" (Ellington, Mills, Parish)6:00
Total length:17:20

CD pressing

Disc one
No.TitleLength
1."A.T.F.W. (Art Tatum Fats Waller)"4:17
2."Presentation Of Musicians"1:08
3."So Long Eric (Don't Stay Over There Too Long)"21:47
4."Orange Was the Color of Her Dress, Then Blue Silk"14:29
5."Fables of Faubus"27:46
Total length:69:27
Disc two
No.TitleLength
1."Sophisticated Lady" (Ellington, Mills, Parish)7:55
2."Parkeriana (Dedicated To A Genius)"27:04
3."Meditations On Integration (Or For A Pair Of Wire Cutters)"22:45
Total length:57:44

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Yanow, Scott (2011). "The Great Concert of Charles Mingus - Charles Mingus | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
  2. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 140. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  3. ^ Smith, Will (January 18, 1973). "Record Reviews: Charles Mingus". DownBeat. 40 (1): 26–27.
  4. ^ a b 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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