Mingus Rarities 1946 -1977 : cleaned (just a bit) and Speed Fixed
with Duke Ellington orchestra Playing The Clown
a Flambay-u014945 production
uploaded to Dime by u014945 november 24th 2016
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001. What Is This Thing Called Love (5:40)
002. I�m Beginning To See the Light (5:30)
003. Laura (4:19)
004. Lady Bird (5:42)
005. Schizophrenic Samovar (tea for Two) (7:24)
006. Trois Mots Petit (Three litttle Words) (3:30)
Billy Taylor Trio:
Billy Taylor: piano
Charles Mingus: bass
Marquis Foster: drums
Nat Hentoff Intro
Storyville, Boston 1951-11-06
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007. Got No Lead In My Pencil (2:51)
008. Let's Go Again (3:01)
Darby Hicks Quartette:
"The Lead Man": vocals 1
Carolyn Richards: vocals 2
Darby Hicks: piano
Buddy Harper: guitar
Buddy Collette: sax
Charles Mingus: bass
Recorded 1946 California
Originally released as Indigo 100 (78 rpm), a title not on the "Baron
Mingus" compilation of this period
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009. Goldwyn Stomp (2:39)
010. Red Top (2:54)
011. Giddy Up (3:03)
Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra
Leo Sheppard, Duke Garrette, Wendell Culley, Teddy Buckner, Snooky Young:
trumpets
Andrew Penn, James Robinson, Britt Woodman, James Wormick: trombones
Bobby Plater, Ben Kynard: alto sax
Jack Kelso: clarinet, alto sax
Morris Lane, John Sparrow: tenor sax
Charlie Fowlkes: baritone sax
Lionel Hampton: vibraphone
Milt Buckner: piano
Billy Mackel: guitar
Joe Comfort, Charles Mingus: bass
Earl Walker: drums
Recorded 1947-11-03, Los Angeles
78 rpms released by Decca
unknown location, ca 1951
Storyville 6 11 1951
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012. The Clown outtakes (from take 24 to 47) (32:45)
Charles Mingus: bass
Jimmy Knepper: trombone
Shafi Hadi: tenor sax
Wade Legge: piano
Dannie Richmond: drums
Jean Shepherd: narration
Outtakes, Audio-Video Studios, NYC 1957-02-13
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013. Confirmation (5:01)
014. Just Bohemia + Intro (1:35)
015. What Is This Thing Called Love? (3:18)
Charles Mingus: bass
Jackie McLean: alto sax
Donald Byrd, Bill Hardman or Clarence Shaw: trumpet
Phineas Newborn: piano on What�s This Thing Called Love
unidentified piano player on the first two tracks
unidentified guitar player
Dannie Richmond: drums
Caf� Bohemia, Greenwich Village, NYC 1957
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016. The Arts Of Tatum and Freddie Webster (5:31)
'17. Don�t Let It Happen Here (3:13)
Charles Mingus: bass, piano, narration
Hobart Dotson: trumpet
Lonnie Hillyer: trumpet
Jimmy Owens: trumpet, fluegelhorn
Julius Watkins: french horn
Howard Johnson: tuba
Charles McPherson: alto sax
Dannie Richmond: drums
Village Gate NYC 1965-09-10
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018. interview (2:23)
Most likely from 1971. Mingus talks about the Village Gate and Monterey 1965
performances
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019. Introductory remarks by Duke Ellington (1:19)
020. The Clown (09:56)
021. Mingus interview (3:53)
The Duke Ellington Orchestra
This is the only recorded "collaboration" between Duke Ellington and Charles
Mingus apart from the "Money Jungle" album.
The recording is Duke playing and narrating "The Clown". Mingus was supposed
to conduct Ellington�s orchestra, but chickened out, hiding on the balcony
(!)
Zellerbach Auditorium, University Of California, Berkeley, CA 1969-09-29
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022. Haitian Fight Song (4:59)
Roland Kirk: tenor, manzello, stritch, flute, with:
Charles Mingus: bass
Archie Shepp: tenor sax
Roy Haynes: drums
+ the house band
Ed Sullivan show 1971-01-24
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023-027. Solo piano outtakes
023 wedding march 1 (2:43)
024 wedding march 2-3 (2:55)
025 wedding march 4-5 (2:31)
026 wedding march 6-7-8- (1:13)
027 wedding march 10 -11-13 (1:25)
028 Guitar and bass Outtakes (4:29)
Record Plant Studios, NYC, 1977-05-01
Takes 9 and 12 officially released not present here
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029. Themes From A Movie (4:33)
Charles Mingus: solo piano
10th New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 1976
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030. Noddin Ya Head Blues (10:49)
Charles Mingus: bass
Ricky Ford: tenor sax
Jack Walrath: trumpet
Robert Neloms: piano
Dannie Richmond: drums
Sol�s Theatre, Montevideo, Uruguay 1977-05-31
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TT: 151:20