Charles Mingus- Charles Mingus' Finest Hour (2002 )

Tracks

1 Jump Monk 2:49
2 Mingus Fingers 3:06
3 Theme For Lester Young (AKA Goodbye Pork Pie Hat) 5:50
4 If I Love Again 2:25
5 Bemoanable Baby 4:23
6 Weird Nightmare 3:37
7 Zoo-Baba-Da-Oo-Ee 2:35
8 Old Portrait 3:45
9 Prayer For Passive Resistance 3:50
10 Consider Me 3:19
11 Freedom 5:10
12 A Sleepin' Bee 4:39
13 Group Dancers 7:20
14 Better Get Hit In Yo' Soul 6:28

Personnel

Tony Aless Piano
Robert Appleton Series Design
Ray Avery Photography
Benny Bailey Trumpet
Danny Bank Sax (Baritone)
Bill Barron Sax (Tenor)
Marcus Belgrave Trumpet
Jay Berliner Guitar
Eddie Bert Trombone
Butch Birdsall Bass (Vocal)
Paul Bley Guest Artist, Piano
Milt Buckner Piano
Teddy Buckner Trumpet
Don Butterfield Tuba
Jaki Byard Guest Artist, Piano
Truman Capote Composer
Jimmy Cleveland Trombone
Junior Collins French Horn
Joe Comfort Bass
Wendell Culley Trumpet
Ted Curson Trumpet
Lorraine Cusson Vocals
Kenny Dennis Drums
Robert DiDomenica Flute
Eric Dolphy Clarinet (Bass), Flute, Guest Artist, Sax (Alto)
Hobart Dotson Trumpet
Rolf Ericson Trumpet
Booker Ervin Sax (Tenor)
Sticks Evans Percussion
Art Farmer Trumpet
Joe Farrell Sax (Tenor)
Charlie Fowlkes Sax (Baritone)
Duke Garrette Trumpet
Charles "Majeed" Greenlee Trombone
Shafi Hadi Sax (Tenor)
Dick Hafer Clarinet, Flute, Sax (Tenor)
Curley Hamner Drums
Lionel Hampton Guest Artist, Primary Artist, Vibraphone, Vocals
Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra Primary Artist
Slide Hampton Trombone
Roland Hanna Piano
Langston Hughes Guest Artist, Narrator
Quentin Jackson Trombone
Hank Jones Primary Artist
Quincy Jones Arranger, Conductor
Jack Kelson, Jr. Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
Hollis King Art Direction
Jimmy Knepper Trombone
Bryan Koniarz Supervisor
James J. Kreigsmann Photography
Ben Kynard Sax (Alto)
Morris Lane Sax (Tenor)
John LaPorta Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
Yusef Lateef Flute, Guest Artist, Sax (Tenor)
Tommy Mace Oboe
Billy Mackel Guitar
Herbie Mann Flute, Sax (Tenor)
Charlie Mariano Sax (Alto)
Dodo Marmarosa Piano
Charles McCracken Cello
Hal McKusick Clarinet
Charles Mingus Arranger, Bass,Piano
Jack Nimitz Sax (Baritone)
Ben Oakland Composer
Charlie Parker Guest Artist
Jerry Parker Baritone (Vocal)
Horace Parlan Piano
Andrew Penn Trombone
Walter Perkins Drums
Charlie Persip Drums
Bobby Plater Sax (Alto)
Eddie Preston Trumpet
Jerome Richardson Flute, Sax (Baritone), Sax (Soprano)
Dannie Richmond Drums
Max Roach Drums, Guest Artist
Harry Schulman Oboe
Leo Shepherd Trumpet
John Sparrow Sax (Tenor)
Clark Terry Trumpet
Manny Thaler Bassoon
Bob Thiele Producer
Lucky Thompson Sax (Tenor)
Earl "Bagga" Walker Drums
Richard Gene Williams Trumpet
Britt Woodman Trombone
Phil Woods Sax (Alto)
Jimmy Wormick Trombone