Charles Mingus - The Lost Album from Ronnie Scott’s (2022)

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Title: The Lost Album from Ronnie Scott’s
Year Of Release: 2022
Label: Resonance Records
Genre: Jazz
Quality: Mp3 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 02:25:28
Total Size: 336 / 728 MB
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Tracklist:

1. Introduction (1:01)
2. Orange Was the Color of Her Dress (Then Silk Blues) (30:44)
3. Noddin' Ya Head Blues (19:53)
4. Mind-Readers' Convention in Milano (AKA Number 29) (29:57)
5. Ko Ko (Theme) (0:44)
6. Fables of Faubus (35:00)
7. Pops (AKA When the Saints Go Marching In) (7:36)
8. The Man Who Never Sleeps (18:34)
9. Air Mail Special (2:02)

The Lost Album from Ronnie Scott's is a never-before-released live recording of jazz icon Charles Mingus from Ronnie Scott's jazz club in London captured in August of 1972. Features a stellar band with alto saxophonist Charles McPherson, tenor saxophonist Bobby Jones, trumpeter Jon Faddis, pianist John Foster and drummer Roy Brooks.

The deluxe 2 CD set Includes an extensive insert with rare photos from Jan Persson, Christian Rose, Jean-Pierre Leloir, Hans Harzheim and others; essay by British jazz author Brian Priestley, who saw the band during this run and conducted an interview with Mingus and McPherson at the time; new interviews with Charles McPherson, Mingus' friend and author Fran Lebowitz, plus bass icons Eddie Gomez and Christian McBride.

Charles Mingus - Bass
Jon Faddis - Trumpet
Charles McPherson - Alto Saxophone
Bobby Jones - Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet
John Foster - Piano, Vocals
Roy Brooks - Drums, Musical Saw