Charles Mingus And His Jazz Groups - Mingus Dynasty (2LP)
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Charles Mingus, bass [click here to see more vinyl featuring Charles Mingus]
Dannie Richmond, drums
John Handy, alto saxophone
Booker Ervin, tenor saxophone [click here to see more vinyl featuring Booker Ervin]
Benny Golson, tenor saxophone
Jerome Richardson, baritone saxophone, flute
James Knepper, trombone
Roland Hanna, piano [click here to see more vinyl featuring Roland Hanna]
Theodore Cohen, vibes
Dick Williams, trumpet
Nico Benick, piano
Maurice Brown, cello
Seymour Barab, cello
2 LPs, Gatefold sleeve
Limited edition
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 33 RPM
Size : 12'’
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : Pallas
Label : Pure Pleasure
Original Label : Columbia
Recorded at 30th Street Studio, NYC, November 1 & 13, 1959 by Ray Moore and Fred Plaut
Produced by Teo Macero
Re-issue producer: Michael Cuscuna
Originally released in 1960
Reissued in 2007
Tracks:
Side A :
1. Slop B (unedited version)
2. Diane A
2. Diane A
Side B :
1. Song With Orange A (unedited version)
2. Gunslinging Bird A (unedited version)
Side C :
1. Things Ain’t What They Used To Be (unedited version)
2. Far Well Mill Valley
3. New Now Know How
Side D :
1. Mood Indigo
2. Put Me In The Dungeon
3. Strollin’ (not on original LP)
2. Put Me In The Dungeon
3. Strollin’ (not on original LP)
Reviews:
« Mingus Ah Um catapulted Charles Mingus from a much-discussed semi-underground figure to a near-universally accepted and acclaimed leader in modern jazz. Perhaps that's why his Columbia follow-up, Mingus Dynasty, is often overlooked in his canon -- it's lost in the shadow of its legendary predecessor, both because of that album's achievement and the fact that it's just a notch below the uppermost echelon of Mingus' work. Having said that, Mingus Dynasty is still an excellent album; in fact, it's a testament to just how high a level Mingus was working on that an album of this caliber could have gotten lost in the shuffle. There's a definite soundtrack quality to a great deal of the music here, and indeed the majority of Mingus' originals here were composed for film and television scores and an expanded, nine- to ten-piece group. On some pieces, Mingus refines and reworks territory he'd previously hit upon. "Slop," for example, is another gospel-inflected 6/8 stormer, composed for a TV production that requested a piece similar to "Better Get It in Your Soul." The ferocious "Gunslinging Bird" follows a similar pattern, and it's the same piece whose full title, "If Charlie Parker Were a Gunslinger, There'd Be a Whole Lot of Dead Copycats," is given elsewhere. There are a couple of numbers from the Ellington songbook that both feature cellos -- "Things Ain't What They Used to Be" and a fantastic, eight-minute "Mood Indigo" -- and a couple of pieces that rely on the even more tightly orchestrated approach of Mingus' pre-Pithecanthropus Erectus days -- "Far Wells, Mill Valley" and the atonal but surprisingly tender and melodic "Diane." » AllMusic Review by Steve Huey
Ratings :
AllMusic : 4.5 / 5 , Discogs : 4.57 / 5