Charles Mingus - Three Or Four Shades Of Blues (1977) LP
Artist: Charles Mingus
Title: Three Or Four Shades Of Blues
Year Of Release: 1977
Label: Atlantic
Genre: Post Bop, Contemporary Jazz
Quality: FLAC (image+.cue) 24/192
Total Time: 44:58
Total Size: 1.64 GB
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:Title: Three Or Four Shades Of Blues
Year Of Release: 1977
Label: Atlantic
Genre: Post Bop, Contemporary Jazz
Quality: FLAC (image+.cue) 24/192
Total Time: 44:58
Total Size: 1.64 GB
WebSite: Album Preview
A1.Better Get Hit In Your Soul
A2.Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
A3.Noddin' Ya Head Blues
B1.Three Or Four Shades Of Blues
B2.Nobody Knows
Credits
Alto Saxophone – Sonny Fortune (tracks: A2)
Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – George Coleman (tracks: A1 to B1)
Arranged By – Charles Mingus (tracks: B1), Paul Jeffrey (tracks: A1 to A3, B2)
Art Direction, Design [Album] – Lynn Breslin
Bass – George Mraz (tracks: A1 to A3), Ron Carter (tracks: B2)
Bass, Written-By – Charles Mingus
Coordinator [Project] – Raymond Silva
Drums – Dannie Richmond
Engineer [Recording & Re-mix] – Bobby Warner, Carmine Rubino, Don Puluse
Executive Producer – Nesuhi Ertegun
Guitar – John Scofield (tracks: B1, B2), Larry Coryell (tracks: A1 to B1), Philip Catherine (tracks: A1 to A3, B2)
Mastered By – George Piros
Photography By – Rüstem Batum, Susan Graham*
Piano – Bob Neloms, Jimmy Rowles (tracks: B1)
Producer, Liner Notes – Ilhan Mimaroglu
Tenor Saxophone – Ricky Ford
Trumpet – Jack Walrath
Three or Four Shades of Blues is an album by Charles Mingus recorded for the Atlantic label in 1977. It features two new versions of Mingus’ “standards” and three new compositions performed by large ensembles featuring Jack Walrath, Ricky Ford, George Coleman, Sonny Fortune, Jimmy Rowles, Philip Catherine, Larry Coryell, John Scofield, Ron Carter, George Mraz and Dannie Richmond. The Allmusic review by Stuart Kremsky states that the album is “Not his best work, but not without merit”.
