Charles Mingus - Mingus Revisited / Jazz Portraits: Mingus in [New CD]

2 LPs ON 1 CDThis CD presents the complete original Charles Mingus album Mingus Revisited (Limelight LS 86015 – also issued as Pre-Bird on Mercury MG20627). Recorded in 1960, it features an all-star group with Clark Terry, Ted Curson, Jimmy Knepper, Slide Hampton, Paul Bley, Roland Hanna, Yusef Lateef, Booker Ervin, Eric Dolphy, and Mingus himself, among others. To complement this brilliant album, the complete LP Jazz Portraits –Mingus in Wonderland (United Artists UAL4036), recorded by a Charles Mingus Quintet live at New York’s Nonagon Jazz Gallery in 1959.PERSONNEL:CHARLES MINGUS, bass & leader on all tracks, with:[1-3] & [5-6]: Ted Curson (tp), Jimmy Knepper (tb), Eric Dolphy (fl, cl, as, b-cl),Yusef Lateef (ts, fl), Joe Farrell, Booker Ervin (ts), Paul Bley (p on 1, 3 & 5),Roland Hanna (p # 2 & 6), Dannie Richmond (d), Lorraine Cousins (vcl # 3 & 5 only).New York, May 25, 1960.[4] & [7-8] Marcus Belgrave, Ted Curson, Hobart Dotson, Clark Terry,Richard Williams (tp), Eddie Bert, Charles Greenlee, Slide Hampton,Jimmy Knepper (tb), Don Butterfield (tu), Harry Schulmann (oboe),Robert Di Domenica (fl), Eric Dolphy (fl, as, b-cl), John LaPorta (cl, as),Bill Barron, Joe Farrell (ts), Yusef Lateef (ts, fl), Danny Bank (bar),Charles McCracken (cello), Sir Roland Hanna (p), Dannie Richmond (d),Sticks Evans,George Scott, Max Roach (perc # 8), Gunther Schuller (cond on 8).New York, May 24, 1960.[9-12] BONUS ALBUM: Jazz Portraits- Mingus In Wonderland (4 Stars All Music Guide)John Handy (as), Booker Ervin (ts), Richard Wyands (p), Dannie Richmond (d).Live at Nonagon Art Gallery, New York, January 16, 1959.INCLUDES 16-PAGE BOOKLETTRACKS:01. Take The “A” Train/ Exactly Like You02. Prayer For Passive Resistence03. Eclipse04. Mingus Fingus No. 205. Weird Nightmare06. Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me / I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart07. Bemoanable Lady08. Half-Mast Inhibition09. Nostalgia In Times Square10. I Can’t Get Started11. No Private Income Blues12. Alice’s Wonderland [Aka Diane]TOTAL TIME: 79:23