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Charles 'Baron' Mingus - West Coast 1945-49 (2001)




Исполнитель: Charles Mingus
Название альбома: West Coast 1945-49
Год выпуска: 2001, Uptown Records
Формат файлов: Mp3, 320
Размер архива: 150 Mb
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For documentarians and jazz enthusiasts fascinated by Charles Mingus' career and musical aesthetic, Charles 'Baron' Mingus: West Coast 1945-1949 is a vastly significant CD. For it compiles into one package all of Mingus' first vinyl recordings as a band leader in Los Angeles.

Performing in venues along Central Avenue, honing his craft through lessons with Red Callender and Herman Rheinshagen, and establishing important relationships (some of which, like those with Eric Dolphy, lasted a lifetime), Mingus transformed from an enthuasiastic young musician to the first call bassist in the southern California scene during the war.

When Leon and Otis Rene established Excelsior Records in 1945, one of the first artists they recorded was Mingus. Those sextet recordings allowed Mingus to record for the first time with Central Avenue musicians like Lucky Thompson, Willie Smith, William Woodman (Britt's brother) and Lee Young (Lester's brother). Woodman proved to be a strong tenor saxophonist, as did, of course, Thompson. In spite of the conventionality of some of the early arrangements, particularly the eventually grating replays of Mingus' "Baby Take A Chance With Me" (a hit at the time), the horn players were assertive, personalizing the tunes. Only when vocalist Claude Trenier joins the group in the second evolution of Mingus' sextet does the singing create some interest beyond the standard male tenor vocalist tradition popular with the big bands. Swooping at the ends of his phrases and adding a grittier quality to the singing, Trenier brought some life to the words that Mingus wrote (which, frankly, were fairly banal).

The second sextet also showed a quickly growing sophistication in Mingus' compositions and arrangements. For instance, "Shuffle Bass Boogie" allows us to hear Mingus' bass pushing the band, the off-the-beat surge of the horns over the blues changes suggesting the germ of an idea that became the famous "Boogie Stop Shuffle."

When Mingus moved on to the Four Star label and recorded with his octet in 1946, promoter War Perkins added the "Baron" appellation to sell records and denote Mingus' presumed musical royalty. The stellar addition to Mingus' group was pianist Lady Will Carr, whose work subtly accentutated the more emotional approach of "This Subdues My Passion," her arpeggios fluttering behind the muted brass. Carr's role, it seemed, assumed the unavoidable yet in-the-background presence of Ellington. Indeed, it is easier to hear Ellington's influence on Mingus in these early recordings than it would be later when his music became freer, more aggressive and more political. Surprisingly, the Tadd Dameron influence is evident too, as Mingus created small tone poems and mixed clarinets with saxophones for a tentative delicacy played over experiments in modulation.

Two of the more obscure recordings appear as "The Dolphins Of Hollywood Session," named after the Detroiter, John Dolphin, who bought War Perkins' record store and started his own label. Recording as a quartet, Mingus' bass influence on his group becomes more prominent, and Buddy Collette's and pianist Jimmy Bunn's contributions shine more clearly than they would as parts of larger groups. Indeed, "These Foolish Things" consists of a Mingus lead, followed by Collette's bright interpretation on alto sax.

Mingus' growth finally seemed to accelerate when he was presented with the opportunity to write and arrange for his Symphonic Airs on the Fentone label and his 22-piece band on the Rex Hollywood label. "Story Of Love" represents Mingus' first foray into Latin music, as he re-creates some of the influences from his childhood near the Mexican border, complete with tambourines and the interweaving of sax and brass sections' lines for a composite blending various colors. "Inspiration," performed by a group of Stan Kenton sidemen, is performed in the more impressionistic style that Mingus adopted in his maturity, the tune eventually being broken into the later Mingus recording called "Portrait."

Thus, from Mingus' early simpler recordings obviously indebted to the swing bands, complete with vocalist, to his more complex orchestral pieces four years later, the growth of one of jazz' greatest composers and band leaders is unmistakable and astounding. Just as quickly as he arose, he fell, though. The Central Avenue scene changing, Mingus dropped out of music and worked as a mail carrier. We can thank Red Norvo for hunting down Mingus and hiring him for a trio date, which eventually led to Mingus' second and lifelong resurgence.

Befitting the importance of this CD, Uptown Records has included a comprehensive essay, which details Dr. Bob Sunenblick's work in exhaustively tracking down the finest details of Mingus' California years through searches of documents and interviews with survivors. In addition, Mingus scholar Andrew Homzy includes a perceptive analysis of each tune, as well as biographies of the musician, in the 96-page booklet accompanying the CD.

More compact than the multi-CD box sets, Charles 'Baron' Mingus: West Coast 1945-1949 is no less significant. As a final clue to Mingus' work during those years, the last track consists of a tape recording of Mingus developing on the piano an introduction to "He's Gone," which the Symphonic Airs recorded. Plunking out each note and pulling together ideas, we get to hear Mingus' thoughts unfolding through the preserved scratchiness of the vinyl before the fadeout.
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1. The Texas Hop
2. Baby, Take a Chance With Me
3. Lonesome Woman Blues
4. Swingin' An Echo
Los Angeles, CA, circa June, 1945

5. Ain't Jivin' Blues
6. Baby, Take a Chance With Me
7. Shuffle Bass Boogie
8. Weird Nightmare
Los Angeles, CA, early 1946
9. Make Believe
10. Honey, Take a Chance With Me
11. Bedspread
12. This Subdues My Passion
13. Pipe Dream
Los Angeles, CA, April 20 & May 6, 1946

14. Mingus Fingers
15. These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)
Los Angeles, CA, early November 1948

16. Story of Love
17. He's Gone
San Francisco, mid-February 1949

18. Pennies From Heaven
19. Lyon's Roar
San Francisco, February 1949

20. Say It Isn't So
21. Boppin' In Boston
Los Angeles, late February-early March 1949

22. The Story of Love
23. Inspiration
Hollywood, CA, spring 1949

24. He's Gone (Rehearsal Arrangement)
Ralph Manza's home, San Francisco, CA, February 10, 1949

Personnel:
Charles Mingus Sextet, tr. 1-4:
N.R. 'Nat' Bates - trumpet
Maxwell Davies - tenor sax
William Woodman - tenor sax
Robert Mosley - piano
Charles Mingus - bass
Roy Porter - drums
Oradell Mitchell - vocals on 1 and 3
Everett Pettis - vocals on 2

Charles Mingus Sextette, tr. 5-8:
Karl George - trumpet
John Plonsky - trumpet
Henry Coker - trombone
Willie Smith - alto sax
Lucky Thompson - tenor sax
Gene Porter - baritone sax, clarinet
Wilbert Baranco - piano
Buddy Harper - guitar
Charles Mingus - bass
Lee Young - drums
Claude Trenier - vocals on 5, 6 and 8

Baron Mingus And His Octet, tr. 9-13:
Karl George - trumpet
John Anderson - trumpet
William Woodman - tenor sax, baritone sax
Buddy Collette - alto sax, clarinet
Britt Woodman - trombone
Lady Will Carr - piano
Louis Speigner - rhythm guitar
Charles Mingus - bass
Lee Young - drums
Claude Trenier - vocals on 9 and 10

Baron Mingus And His Rhythm, tr. 14-15:
Buddy Collette - alto sax, clarinet
Jimmy Bunn - piano
Charles Mingus - bass
Chuck Thompson - drums

Charles 'Barron' Mingus Presents His Symphonic Airs, tr. 16-17:
John Coppola - trumpet
Vernon Carlson - trumpet
Allen Smith - trumpet
Andy Peele - trumpet
Bob Olney - alto sax, clarinet, flute
Bud Hooven - alto sax
Morrie Stewart - tenor sax
Alex Megyesey - tenor sax
Don Smith - tenor sax
Herb Caro - baritone sax
Haig Eshow - trombone
Bob Lowry - trombone
possibly Hawes Coleman - trombone
Richard Wyands - piano
Charles Mingus - bass
Cal Tjader - drums
Johnny Berger - percussion
Dante Perfumo - flute
Jean McGuire - cello
Herb Gayle - vocals on 17

Barron Mingus And His Rhythm, tr. 18-19:
Herb Caro - baritone sax
Buzz Wheeler - piano
Charles Mingus - bass
Warren Thompson - drums
Herb Gayle - vocals on 18

Baron Mingus And His Rhythm, tr. 20-21:
Tommy Alexander - trumpet
Herb Caro - tenor sax
Bob Lowry - trombone
Donn Trenner - piano
Charles Mingus - bass, scat vocals on 21
Johnny Berger - drums
Helen Carr - vocals on 20

Charlie Mingus And His 22 Piece Bebop Band (Stan Kenton's Sidemen), tr. 22-23:
Buddy Childers - trumpet
John Anderson - trumpet
Hobart Dotson - trumpet
Eddie Preston - trumpet
probably one or two unknown - trumpet
Eric Dolphy - alto sax, flute, clarinet
Art Pepper - alto sax, clarinet
Herb Caro - tenor sax, clarinet
probably William Green - tenor sax, clarinet, flute
Jewel Grant - alto sax, clarinet
Gene Porter - baritone sax, clarinet
Britt Woodman - trombone
Jimmy Knepper - trombone
Marty Smith - trombone
Russ Freeman - piano
Charles Mingus - bass
Red Callender - bass
Roy Porter - drums
possibly Johnny Berger - percussion
unknown - guitar

tr.24: Charles Mingus - piano



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