Charles Mingus - Pre-Bird (LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo)
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Description
Pre-Bird (later re-released as Mingus Revisited) is an album by jazz bassist and composer Charles Mingus consisting of music that was composed before Mingus first heard Charlie Parker, hence the title Pre-Bird. It was released on Mercury Records in September 1961.
The music is scored for various-sized large jazz ensembles and features many soloists prominent at the time of recording. The album includes two tracks which are contrapuntal arrangements of two swing era pieces, whereby "Take the "A" Train" (left channel) is paired with a simultaneous "Exactly Like You" (right channel), and likewise "Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me" with "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart". Tracks 1 to 3, 5 and 6 recorded May 25, 1960 probably at Plaza Sound, New York City; tracks 4, 7 and 8 recorded May 24, 1960 at Plaza Sound, New York City.
Release Info
Artist: Charles Mingus
Label: Mercury
Format: LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
Country: Worldwide
Label: Mercury
Released: 2023-09-29
Genre: Jazz
Style: Post Bop
Tracklist
A1 Take The "A" Train (Interpolation: Exactly Like You)
A2 Prayer For Passive Resistance
A3 Eclipse
A4 Mingus Fingus No. 2
A5 Weird Nightmare
B1 Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me (Interpolation: I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart)
B2 Bemoanable Lady
B3 Half-Mast Inhibition
