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4 1/2 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE
PERSONNEL:
ON TRACKS A2-A4 & B2-B3:
CHARLES MINGUS, bass & leader
JIMMY KNEPPER, trombone
DICK WILLIAMS, trumpet
JEROME RICHARDSON, baritone sax & flute
BOOKER ERVIN & BENNY GOLSON, tenor sax
JOHN HANDY, alto sax
THEODORE COHEN, vibes
ROLAND HANNA, piano
DANNY RICHMOND, drums
[NICO BENICK (p) replaces Hanna on B3.
On the same track omit Williams, Golson, Richardson, and Charles.]
New York, November 1, 1959.
ON TRACKS A1, A5, B1 & B4:
CHARLES MINGUS, bass & leader
JIMMY KNEPPER, trombone
DON ELLIS, trumpet
BOOKER ERVIN, tenor sax
JOHN HANDY, alto sax
ROLAND HANNA, piano
DANNY RICHMOND, drums
[Add MAURICE BROWN & SEYMOUR BARAB (cello) on A1 & A5.]
New York, November 13, 1959.
SIDE A:
01 SLOP
02 DIANE
03 SONG WITH ORANGE
04 GUNSLINGING BIRD
05 PUT ME IN THAT DUNGEON
SIDE B:
01 THINGS AINâT WHAT THEY USED TO BE
02 FAR WELLS, MILL VALLEY
03 NEW NOW, KNOW HOW
04 MOOD INDIGO
When the widely celebrated LP Mingus Ah Um was being released, Charles Mingus and producer Teo Macero were about to record the bassist/ composerâs second album for Columbia. Whoever thought up the title of the first collection was obviously inspired by studying Latin at school, and the same person or someone else managed to top that achievement with the follow-up title, Mingus Dynasty. The reference to Imperial Chinaâs Ming emperors was appropriate since the bassistâs teenage nickname was âMingâ, and he was in fact one-quarter Chinese himself and quite happy to go along with the art directorâs ideas for the album cover. Thereâs a definite soundtrack quality to a great deal of the music on this album, and indeed the majority of Mingusâ originals here were composed for film and television scores.