A Modern Jazz Symposium of Music and Poetry
A Modern Jazz Symposium of Music and Poetry | ||||
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Studio album by Charles Mingus | ||||
Released | May or June 1959[1][2] | |||
Recorded | October 1957 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 57:29 | |||
Label | Bethlehem | |||
Producer | Jeff Palo | |||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [3] |
Los Angeles Times | [4] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz | [5] |
A Modern Jazz Symposium of Music and Poetry is an album by the jazz bassist, composer, and band leader Charles Mingus, released by Bethlehem Records in mid-1959.[1][2] In spite of the title, the album does not contain any poetry.[3] "Scenes in the City", however, includes narration performed by Mel Stewart and written by actor Lonne Elder with assistance from Langston Hughes.[4][6][7] The composition "Duke's Choice" re-appears, in updated form, as "I X Love" on the 1963 album Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus.[8][9][10] "Nouroog", "Duke's Choice" and "Slippers" form the basis of the suite "Open Letter to Duke" on Mingus Ah Um.[11]
The CD issues of the album include three bonus tracks: the Dizzy Gillespie standard "Woody 'n' You", Charlie Parker's "Billie's Bounce", which is listed as "Bounce" and miscredited to Mingus, and an alternate take of "Slippers".[12]
Reception
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow called the album "an excellent set of challenging yet often accessible music".[3] The Penguin Guide to Jazz deemed it "an opportunity for Mingus to experiment with texts and with pure sound".[5] The Penguin editors furthermore cite Clarence Shaw's performance on "New York Sketchbook" as "the best trumpet heard on a Mingus album for some time before or since".[5]
Track listing
All titles by Charles Mingus, except where noted.
- "Scenes in the City" (Music: Mingus; Narrative: Elder, Hughes) – 11:55
- "Nouroog" – 4:52
- "New York Sketchbook" – 8:55
- "Duke's Choice" – 6:27
- "Slippers" – 3:29
Bonus tracks
- "Woody 'n' You" (Gillespie) – 8:44
- Mistitled "Wouldn't You" on earlier releases
- "Bounce" (Parker) – 9:22
- "Slippers (Alternate Take)" – 3:50
Personnel
- Charles Mingus – bass
- Jimmy Knepper – trombone
- Shafi Hadi – tenor and alto saxophone
- Bill Hardman – trumpet (on "Nouroog")
- Clarence Shaw – trumpet (except on "Nouroog")
- Dannie Richmond – drums
- Horace Parlan – piano (on "Nouroog", "Duke's Choice", "Slippers"; left hand during final solo on "New York Sketchbook")
- Bob Hammer – piano (on remaining tracks)
- Mel Stewart – voice (narration on "Scenes in the City")
References
- ^ a b Editorial Staff, Cash Box (16 May 1959). "May Album Releases" (PDF). The Cash Box. The Cash Box Publishing Co. Inc., NY. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
- ^ a b Editorial Staff, Billboard (22 June 1959). "A Modern Jazz Symposium of Music and Poetry with Charlie Mingus". The Billboard. The Billboard Publishing Co. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
- ^ a b c Yanow, Scott (2011). "A Modern Jazz Symposium of Music and Poetry - Charles Mingus | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
- ^ a b Heckman, Don (2001-02-19). "A More Complete Introduction to Mingus". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
- ^ a b c Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2006) [1992]. The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (8th ed.). New York: Penguin. pp. 907. ISBN 0-14-102327-9.
- ^ Hentoff, Nat (1957). A Modern Jazz Symposium of Music and Poetry (CD booklet). Charles Mingus. Bethlehem Records/Shout! Factory. pp. 3–6. DK 37964.
- ^ The liner notes credit "Lonnie Elders"; other sources credit "Lonne Elder III."
- ^ Santoro, Gene (2000). Myself when I Am Real. New York: Oxford University Press US. pp. 413. ISBN 0-19-514711-1.
- ^ Mathieson, Kenny (1999). Giant Steps. Canongate US. p. 217. ISBN 0-86241-859-3.
- ^ Nat Hentoff identifies "Nouroog" as the precursor to "I X Love". Hentoff, Nat (1963). Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus (CD booklet). Charles Mingus. Impulse! Records. pp. 2–10. IMPD-170.
- ^ Priestley, Brian (1998). "Charles Mingus". Mingus Ah Um (CD booklet). Charles Mingus. Sony Music. pp. 17–20. CK 65512.
- ^ Jenkins, Todd S. (2006). I Know what I Know: The Music of Charles Mingus. Westport, CT: Praeger. p. 55. ISBN 9780275981020.
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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)