Tonight at Noon
Studio album by Charles Mingus
Released	June 1964[1]
Recorded	March 12, 1957, and November 6, 1961
Genre	Jazz
Length	38:08
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Joel Dorn
Charles Mingus chronology
Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus (1964) Tonight at Noon (1964) Mingus Plays Piano (1964)

Tonight at Noon is an album by the jazz bassist and composer Charles Mingus, released on the Atlantic label in 1964. It compiles tracks recorded at two sessions – the 1957 sessions for the album entitled The Clown and the 1961 sessions for Oh Yeah but is considered a studio album.^[2][3] These tracks have since been added to the CD re-releases of their respective albums as bonus tracks.

Reception

The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek stated: "While the former session features Mingus going for the blues via European harmonics and melodic approaches with hard bop tempos (particularly on the title track), the latter session with its nocturnal elegance and spatial irregularities comes off more as some kind of exercise in vanguard Ellington with sophisticated harmonies that give way to languid marches and gospel-tinged blues... Despite the fact that this is an assembled album, it holds plenty of magic nonetheless".^[4]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
Record Mirror	[5]

Track listing

All compositions by Charles Mingus

1. "Tonight at Noon" – 6:00
2. "Invisible Lady" – 4:51
3. ""Old" Blues for Walt's Torin" [aka "Roland Kirk's Message"] – 7:57
4. "Peggy's Blue Skylight" – 9:46
5. "Passions of a Woman Loved" – 9:47

• Recorded at Atlantic Studios in New York City on March 13, 1957 (tracks 1 & 5) and November 6, 1961

Personnel

• Charles Mingus – bass, piano, vocals
• Jimmy Knepper – trombone
• Shafi Hadi (as Curtis Porter) (tracks 1 & 5) – alto saxophone
• Booker Ervin (tracks 2–4) – tenor saxophone
• Roland Kirk – tenor saxophone, manzello, stritch, siren, flute (tracks 2–4)
• Wade Legge – piano (tracks 1 & 5)
• Doug Watkins – bass (tracks 2–4)
• Dannie Richmond – drums