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Charles Mingus

Title: Tijuana Moods + bonus tracks

Label: Essential Jazz Classics

Cat No:EJC55438
Format:CD

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Discovery Records
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• The complete original classic 1957 album “Tijuana Moods”, which Mingus himself considered one of his best. Featuring a high quality group including Jimmy Knepper, Curtis Porter, and the greatly underrated trumpeter Clarence Shaw, who would break his instrument and quit music that same year after a fight with Mingus (he died relatively young at the age of 47 in 1973).

• ‘Tijuana Moods’ comes after two great Mingus albums : ‘Pithecanthropus Erectus’ and ‘The Clown’, and the level of performance and composition are clearly exceptional.

• Personnel (Tijuana Moods) : Charles Mingus (b, ldr), Jimmy Knepper (tb), Curtis Porter (as & ts), Clarence Shaw (tp), Bill Triglia (p), Frankie Dunlop (percussion), Dannie Richmond (d), Lonnie Elder (narration) New York, July 18 & August 6, 1957.

• As a bonus to ‘Tijuana Moods’, this release offers all of Mingus’ compositions from a session recorded only one month after the last Tijuana session. The personnel is very similar (but also includes Horace Parlan) and the first tune, “Scenes in the City”, was even attempted during the second Tijuana session (alternate takes from that day exist).

• Total Time: 75:27 - 11 tracks - Includes 16-page booklet.

Track Listing for Tijuana Moods + bonus tracks
01 DIZZY MOODS 5:53
02 YSABEL’S TABLE DANCE 10:28
03 TIJUANA GIFT SHOP 3:49
04 LOS MARIACHIS
(THE STREET MUSICIANS) 10:22
05 FLAMINGO 5:36
06 SCENES IN THE CITY 11:51*
07 NEW YORK SKETCHBOOK 8:51*
08 DUKE’S CHOICE 6:24*
09 NOUROOG 4:50*
10 SLIPPERS 3:30*
11 SLIPPERS (alternate take) 3:53*

Total Time: 75:27

Reviews

Jazzwise - Brian Priestley

If you don't have these already, waste no further time. ****

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