{"product_id":"pre-order-charles-mingus-presents-charles-mingus-lp","title":"Charles Mingus - Presents Charles Mingus ( VINYL )","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff2a00;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff2a00;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e180gm Tip-on Jacket Remastered by Bernie Grundman.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe combo here, referred to by Mingus as The Jazz Workshop, had been in residence at the Showplace on W. 4th St. in Greenwich Village for nearly a year when they entered the studio to record what became the album\u003cem\u003e Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus \u003c\/em\u003ein October of 1961.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSaxophone and bass clarinet Eric Dolphy, trumpeter Ted Curson, and drummer Dannie Richmond had been performing the material on this album for weeks.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMingus decided to set a mood that might resemble a night at the club, in hopes to capture the fierceness the musicians had been exploring on stage. “I finally realized that a lot of jazz records don’t make it because the guys almost unsoundly cage their approach in a studio from what they do every night” Mingus said.  “I finally wanted to make an album the way we are on the job.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo recreate this atmosphere, Mingus introduces the songs as if he were speaking to the audience, giving off the illusion of a live album.  The charade paid off.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProduced by Candid co-founder, famed music critic and social activist, Nat Hentoff, the album accomplishes what the best of Mingus’s work accomplishes; the perfect tension between jazz played as an ensemble and jazz played as totally free.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe LP includes extraordinary liner notes written by Hentoff himself, giving a context and insight that adds to the experience of hearing these magnificent performances.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTRACKLISTING\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSIDE A\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolk Forms \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOriginal Faubus Fables \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSIDE B\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat Love\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAll The Things You Could Be By Now If Sigmund Freud’s Wife Was Your Mother\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Redeye","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59548575989841,"sku":"708857300518","price":8.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1034\/5778\/3889\/files\/CharlesMingusPresentsCharlesMingus_2200x-1_jpg.webp?v=1779353755","url":"https:\/\/c09u90-kd.myshopify.com\/products\/pre-order-charles-mingus-presents-charles-mingus-lp","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}