Live at the Theatre Boulogne-Billancourt/Paris, Vol. 1

Live at the Theatre Boulogne-Billancourt/Paris, Vol. 1 is an album by Mingus Dynasty, billed as Big Band Charlie Mingus.

Live at the Theatre Boulogne-Billancourt/Paris, Vol. 1
Live album by
RecordedJune 8, 1988
VenueTheatre Boulogne-Billancourt, Paris, France
GenreJazz
LabelSoul Note

Recording and music edit

Live at the Theatre Boulogne-Billancourt/Paris, Vol. 1 was recorded on June 8, 1988.[1] The band was billed as Big Band Charlie Mingus, a larger version of Mingus Dynasty, which plays the music of Charles Mingus.[2] The performances were conducted by Jimmy Knepper.[3]

"Sy Johnson's arrangement of 'The Shoes of the Fishermans Wife Are Some Jive Ass Slippers' [...] builds from opening rubato horns through rocking, tumbling riffs to a solo piano interlude and tenor saxophone (Clifford Jordan and David Murray) solos in 4/4 and 3/4 slowly engulfed by rising ensemble backgrounds."[1]

Releases edit

The album was released by Soul Note.[1] It was later included, with Live at the Theatre Boulogne-Billancourt/Paris, Vol. 2 and other albums, in the CAM Jazz 4-CD compilation Mingus Dynasty Big Band Charlie Mingus.[1]

Track listing edit

  1. "Jump Monk"
  2. "E's Flat Ah's Flat Too"
  3. "Duke Ellington's Sound of Love"
  4. "The Shoes of the Fisherman's Wife Are Some Jive Ass Slippers"
  5. "Ecclusiastics"

Personnel edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d George Kanzler (March 2016) "Boxed Set". The New York City Jazz Record. p. 36.
  2. ^ Kremsky, Stuart "Mingus Dynasty – Live at the Theatre Boulogne-Billancourt, Paris, Vol. 2". AllMusic.
  3. ^ "Big Band Charlie Mingus – Live at the Theatre Boulogne-Billancourt/Paris, Vol.1". CAM Jazz. Retrieved July 4, 2017.