Charles Mingus & His Jazz Groups - Mingus Dynasty (1959) [2014 Japan Jazz Collection 1000] CD-Rip

Mingus Dynasty is an album by Charles Mingus, recorded and released in 1959. It is the companion album to the classic Mingus Ah Um and was inducted in the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999. Brilliant work by Mingus – recorded right around the same time as his legendary Mingus Ah Um album for Columbia! The group features some of Mingus' best sidemen – like Booker Ervin, Jimmy Knepper, John Handy, Roland Hanna and Don Ellis – and the tracks have that wild mix of emotion, tight composition, and freewheeling soloing that made Mingus' late 50's output so compelling. Includes "Diane", "Song With Orange", "Gunslinging Bird", and "Far Wells, Mill Valley". Plus the CD includes the bonus track "Strollin" and unedited versions of "Slop", "Song With Orange", "Gunslinging Bird", and "Things Ain't What They Used to Be" – all of which were originallly shaved down for release on the original album, now here in their proper form.

Tracks:

01 - Slop
02 - Diane
03 - Song With Orange
04 - Gunslinging Bird
05 - Things Ain't What They Used To Be
06 - Far Wells, Mill Valley
07 - New Now, Know How
08 - Mood Indigo
09 - Put Me In That Dungeon
10 - Strollin'

Personnel:

Charles Mingus - bass
John Handy - alto sax
Booker Ervin – tenor sax
Benny Golson - tenor sax
Jerome Richardson - baritone sax
Richard Williams - trumpet
Don Ellis - trumpet
Jimmy Knepper – trombone
Roland Hanna - piano
Nico Bunink - piano
Dannie Richmond – drums
Teddy Charles - vibes
Maurice Brown - cello
Seymour Barab - cello
Honi Gordon - vocals