The Complete Candid Recordings of Charles Mingus

~ Release by Charles Mingus (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Annotation

Notes

This is the reference edition for the Candid sessions.
Originally issued as a 4 LP set in 1985 (Mosaic MR4-111).

Notes

This is the reference edition for the Candid sessions.
Originally issued as a 4 LP set in 1985 (Mosaic MR4-111).

Notes

This is the reference edition for the Candid sessions.
Originally issued as a 4 LP set in 1985 (Mosaic MR4-111).

Annotation last modified on 2011-08-22 12:02 UTC.

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
# Title Rating Length
1 Folk Forms No. 1
13:05
2 Original Faubus Fables
9:08
3 What Love
15:23
4 All the Things You Could Be by Now If Sigmund Freud’s Wife Was Your Mother
8:36
5 Stormy Weather
13:27
6 Melody From the Drums
9:18
▼ CD 2
# Title Rating Length
1 Reincarnation of a Lovebird No. 1
9:20
2 Vasserlean
6:39
3 MDM
19:10
4 Bugs
8:31
5 Reincarnation of a Lovebird No. 2
6:57
6 Lock ’em Up
6:42
▼ CD 3
# Title Rating Length
1 Mysterious Blues
8:39
2 Body and Soul
13:49
3 Body and Soul (alternate take)
10:48
4 R & R
11:52
5 Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams
3:52
6 Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (alternate take)
3:54
7 Me and You
9:51

Credits

CD 1

drumset:
Dannie Richmond (track 6)
Dannie Richmond (1960-10-20) (tracks 4–5)
trumpet:
Ted Curson (tracks 1–3)
Ted Curson (1960-10-20) (tracks 4–5)
double bass:
Charles Mingus (tracks 1–3)
Charles Mingus (1960-10-20) (tracks 4–5)
alto saxophone, bass clarinet and flute:
Eric Dolphy (tracks 1–3, 5)
Eric Dolphy (1960-10-20) (track 4)
composer:
Charles Mingus (tracks 1–4)
Dannie Richmond (track 6)
Harold Arlen (1933) (track 5)
instruments arranger:
Charles Mingus (track 4)
lyricist:
Ted Koehler (1933) (track 5)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!) (track 5)
recorded at:
Nola Studios in New York, New York, United States (1960-10-20) (tracks 4–5)
instrumental recording of:
Stormy Weather (track 5)
later translated versions:
Ciel de plomb "Stormy Weather" (track 5)
Ohne dich (Stürmisches Wetter) (track 5)
later versions:
Nostalgia (Marie Myriam song) (track 5)
recording of:
All the Things You Could Be by Now If Sigmund Freud’s Wife Was Your Mother (track 4)
Folk Forms No. 1 (track 1)
Melody From the Drums (track 6)
Original Faubus Fables (track 2)
What Love (track 3)

CD 2

drumset:
Dannie Richmond (tracks 2, 4–5)
Dannie Richmond (1960-10-20) (track 3)
Dannie Richmond (1960-11-11) (track 6)
trumpet:
Ted Curson (tracks 1–2, 5)
Lonnie Hillyer (trumpet) (tracks 1–2, 4–5)
Ted Curson (1960-10-20) (track 3)
Lonnie Hillyer (trumpet) (1960-10-20) (track 3)
Ted Curson (1960-11-11) (track 6)
Lonnie Hillyer (trumpet) (1960-11-11) (track 6)
double bass:
Charles Mingus (tracks 2, 4–5)
Charles Mingus (1960-10-20) (track 3)
Charles Mingus (1960-11-11) (track 6)
alto saxophone:
Charles McPherson (tracks 1–2, 4–5)
Charlie McPherson (1960-10-20) (track 3)
Charlie McPherson (1960-11-11) (track 6)
alto saxophone and bass clarinet:
Eric Dolphy (track 5)
Eric Dolphy (1960-11-11) (track 6)
alto saxophone, bass clarinet and flute:
Eric Dolphy (tracks 1–2)
Eric Dolphy (1960-10-20) (track 3)
piano:
Paul Bley (tracks 4–5)
Nico Bunick (track 2)
Nico Bunick (1960-10-20) (track 3)
Paul Bley (1960-11-11) (track 6)
tenor saxophone:
Booker Ervin (tracks 4–5)
Booker Ervin (1960-10-20) (track 3)
Booker Ervin (1960-11-11) (track 6)
trombone:
Jimmy Knepper (1960-10-20) (track 3)
Britt Woodman (1960-10-20) (track 3)
composer:
Charles Mingus (tracks 1–6)
recorded at:
Nola Studios in New York, New York, United States (1960-10-20) (track 3)
Nola Studios in New York, New York, United States (1960-11-11) (track 6)
recording of:
Bugs (track 4)
Lock ’em Up (track 6)
MDM (track 3)
Reincarnation of a Lovebird No. 1 (track 1)
Reincarnation of a Lovebird No. 2 (track 5)
Vasserlean (track 2)

CD 3

drumset:
Jo Jones (tracks 2–6)
Jo Jones (1960-11-11) (tracks 1, 7)
trumpet:
Roy Eldridge (tracks 2–6)
Roy Eldridge (1960-11-11) (tracks 1, 7)
double bass:
Charles Mingus (tracks 2–6)
Charles Mingus (1960-11-11) (tracks 1, 7)
alto saxophone:
Eric Dolphy (tracks 2–4)
Eric Dolphy (1960-11-11) (track 1)
piano:
Tommy Flanagan (tracks 2–6)
Tommy Flanagan (1960-11-11) (tracks 1, 7)
trombone:
Jimmy Knepper (tracks 2–4)
Jimmy Knepper (1960-11-11) (track 1)
composer:
Roy Eldridge (track 7)
Tommy Flanagan (track 7)
Jo Jones (track 7)
Charles Mingus (tracks 1, 7)
engineer:
Bob d'Orleans (tracks 1, 7)
recording of:
Me and You (1960-11-11) (track 7)
Mysterious Blues (1960-11-11) (track 1)