Charles Mingus Sextet with Eric Dolphy: Cornell 1964
Copy at Case Memorial Library
Personnel: Johnny Coles, trumpet; Eric Dolphy, alto sax, flute, bass clarinet; Clifford Jordan, tenor sax; Jaki Byard, piano; Charles Mingus, bass; Dannie Richmond, drums.
Contents: Opening (:17) — ATFW you (4:26) — Sophisticated lady (4:23) — Fables of Faubus (29:42) — Orange was the colour of her dress, then blue silk (15:05) — Take the "A" train (17:26) — Meditations (31:23) — So long Eric (15:33) — When Irish eyes are smiling (6:07) — Jitterbug waltz (9:59). Recorded live, Mar. 18, 1964 at Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.
From the notes by Gary Giddins: "Mingus opens with two incantations of the jazz past: Byard's dazzling 'ATFW You,' a braiding of Art Tatum and Fats Waller, and Mingus's solo reading of Ellington's 'Sophisticated Lady' — two stirring choruses and a rising coda, yet merely a warm-up for the electrifying bass playing to follow. The delirious half-hour version of the 1959 classic 'Fables of Faubus' is surely the most fun ever inspired by Arkansas governor Orval Faubus. The unified sound of Dolphy and Jordan gives it a fresh blast from the start. …"
Personnel: Johnny Coles, trumpet; Eric Dolphy, alto sax, flute, bass clarinet; Clifford Jordan, tenor sax; Jaki Byard, piano; Charles Mingus, bass; Dannie Richmond, drums.
Contents: Opening (:17) — ATFW you (4:26) — Sophisticated lady (4:23) — Fables of Faubus (29:42) — Orange was the colour of her dress, then blue silk (15:05) — Take the "A" train (17:26) — Meditations (31:23) — So long Eric (15:33) — When Irish eyes are smiling (6:07) — Jitterbug waltz (9:59). Recorded live, Mar. 18, 1964 at Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.
From the notes by Gary Giddins: "Mingus opens with two incantations of the jazz past: Byard's dazzling 'ATFW You,' a braiding of Art Tatum and Fats Waller, and Mingus's solo reading of Ellington's 'Sophisticated Lady' — two stirring choruses and a rising coda, yet merely a warm-up for the electrifying bass playing to follow. The delirious half-hour version of the 1959 classic 'Fables of Faubus' is surely the most fun ever inspired by Arkansas governor Orval Faubus. The unified sound of Dolphy and Jordan gives it a fresh blast from the start. …"
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