Mingus Big Band
jazznojazz festival
Zürich (Switzerland), Theaterhaus Gessnerallee
November 1, 1998

Philip Harper, Earl Gardner, Kenny Rampton - trumpets
Jamal Haynes - trombone
Kuumba Frank Lacy - trombone, vocals
Douglas Purviance - bass trombone, tuba
Steve Slagle (musical director, m.c.) - alto sax
Vincent Herring - alto sax
John Stubblefield, Seamus Blake - tenor sax
Gary Smulyan - baritone sax
David Kikoski - piano
Boris Kozlov - bass
Jonathan Blake - drums

CD1/61:34
1. Moanin' (14:39)
solos: Smulyan, Kikoski, Haynes, Rampton
2. Announcement (0:51)
3. Mingus Fingers (11:13)
solos: Herring, Harper, Kikoski
4. Announcement (0:21)
5. Diane > Alice's Wonderland (11:43)
solos: Rampton, Slagle
6. Announcement (0:37)
7. Isobel's Table Dance (22:07)
solos: Lacy, Kikoski, S. Blake, Slagle, J. Blake

CD2/37:36
1. Baby Take a Chance With Me (4:23)
solo: Lacy (voc)
2. Announcement (0:50)
3. Cumbia and Jazz Fusion (22:12)
solos: Stubblefield, Kikoski, Harper
4. Band Intros/Better Git It In Your Soul > Applause (6:39)
5. Announcement (0:15)
6. O.P. (dedicated to Oscar Pettiford) (3:21) [encore]
solo: J. Blake

All music composed by Charles Mingus

TT: 99:10 - complete!

Sound: A



:: #1-8,13 (dime version) ::
Source: DRS 2 / 1999-02-26 re-broadcast
Lineage: FM > DAT > R09 > Magix XXL 2008 > flac > dime
Additional: FLAC > TLH > WAV > Cool Edit Pro > TLH > FLAC (8,asb)

:: #9,10,12 & parts of #7,8,11,13 (ubu version) ::
Source: DRS 2 / 1998-11-01 live broadcast
Lineage: FM > tape > minidiscs > analogue to HD > GoldWave > FLAC (8)(asb)
Additional: DVD (back-up of FLACs) > TLH > WAV > Cool Edit Pro > TLH > FLAC (8,asb)


:: ubu notes & edits (2010-01) ::

I used the re-broadcast version where possible, and added additional tunes and announcements from my own version from the live-broadcast.

Adjustments made to my own version:
- centred the WAVs (corrected DC-offset)
- lowered volume -3dB
- raised pitch (was 5 cents flat - thanks to goody for his help!)

For the re-broadcast, the radio guys decided to cut out some empty spaces - the live-broadcast ran for 101:26 min.

:: details ::

#1-6: taken entirely from the dime upload - partly retracked
separated the announcements (#2, #4, #6) from the music.
the mark before "Mingus Fingers" was too late and freaked-up -> fixed

#7: mostly from the dime version, spliced in missing bits of applause to restore the actual live concert
-> splice @ 21:12.3

#8: this was crossfaded in the re-broadcast, missing the opening trombone notes and adding applause (fading out) that wasn't there.
spliced first 5 sec from my own version, re-installing the opening trombone notes and getting rid of the applause from the cross-fade
-> splice @ 0:05.9
also I spliced in the announcement following it:
-> splice #4:09

#9 & #10: entirely taken from my own version

#11: the beginning was taken from my version, also the applause at the end
-> splice @ 00:10.3 & @ 4:08.0

#12: entirely taken from my own version

#13: restored "Yeah Baby!" at the end...
-> splice @ 3:05