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THE CHARLES MINGUS JAZZ WORKSHOP “PITHECANTHROPUS ERECTUS”
- New York, January 30, 1956
Pithecanthropus erectus [suite]: Evolution – Superiority-complex – Decline – Destruction
Jackie McLean (as) J.R. Monterose (ts) Mal Waldron (p) Charles Mingus (b) Willie Jones (d)
“THE CLOWN”
- New York, February 13, March 12, 1957
Haitian fight song (1), Reincarnation of a lovebird (1)
Jimmy Knepper (tb) Shafi Hadi (as-1,ts-2) [aka Curtis Porter (as,ts) ] Wade Legge (p) Charles Mingus (b) Dannie Richmond (d,tamb)
“MINGUS AH UM”
- New York, May 5, 1959
Better get it in your soul, Goodbye pork pie hat, Fables of Faubus
Jimmy Knepper (tb) John Handy (cl-1,as) Shafi Hadi (as-2,ts) Booker Ervin (ts) Horace Parlan (p) Charles Mingus (b,p-3) Dannie Richmond (d)
