Jazz / Post-Bop; Avant-Garde Jazz
Recorded: May 24-25, 1960, Plaza Sound, New York, New York
Charles Mingus - bass
Gunther Schuller - conductor
Lorraine Cusson - vocals
Eric Dolphy - alto saxophone, flute, bass clarinet
John LaPorta - alto saxophone, clarinet
Yusef Lateef - tenor saxophone, flute
Joe Farrell - tenor saxophone, flute
Booker Ervin - tenor saxophone
Bill Barron - tenor saxophone
Danny Bank - baritone saxophone
Marcus Belgrave - trumpet
Ted Curson - trumpet
Clark Terry - trumpet
Hobart Dotson - trumpet
Richard Williams - trumpet
Slide Hampton - trombone
Jimmy Knepper - trombone
Eddie Bert - trombone
Charles Greenlee - trombone
Don Butterfield - tuba
Robert DiDomenica - flute
Harry Schulman - oboe
Charles McCracken - cello
Paul Bley - piano
Roland Hanna - piano
Dannie Richmond - drums
Max Roach - percussion
Sticks Evans - percussion
George Scott - percussion
Long before it was fashionable to talk about honoring "the jazz tradition," Charles Mingus was doing it -- in his own unique way, of course. Recorded in 1960 with a nonet and an expanded big band, Pre-Bird consists primarily of music Mingus composed in the Forties, some of which had never been recorded before. The influence of Duke Ellington is powerfully evident, but so is a wide range of other influences, and the resulting mix can be best described as pure Mingus.
Includes liner notes by Brian Priestly, Martin Williams and Leonard Feather. |
