Charles Mingus - Changes: The Complete 1970s Atlantic Studio [7CD]

Format: 7 x CD
Catalogue No.: 0603497838363
Release Date: 23 Jun 2023
Genre: Jazz

2022 marks the 100th birthday of Charles Mingus, renowned American composer and bassist in the jazz genre. After his death in 1979, he was acknowledged as one of the most important jazz composers, alongside Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn. Mingus was innovative in his use of melody, rhythm, harmony, and form, and his compositions have become a core part of jazz repertoire. This boxset includes his final studio recordings for Atlantic Records, spanning from the 1970s, featuring previously unreleased outtakes of “Big Alice”, “The Call” and “Music For Todo Modo”. Mingus had two periods of recording with Atlantic Records, the first being in the 1950s and 1960s, and the second in the 1970s, which marked his last phase of music.

Tracklisting
Mingus Moves (1973 Atlantic)
Side 1
1. Canon [5:30]
2. Opus 4 [6:41]
3. Moves [3:45]
4. Wee [8:58]

Side 2
1. Flowers For A Lady [6:45]
2. Newcomer [7:15]
3. Opus 3 [10:25]

Changes One (1974, Atlantic)
Side 1
1. Remember Rockefeller At Attica [5:56]
2. Sue’s Changes [17:04]

Side 2
1. Devil Blues [9:28]
2. Duke Ellington’s Sound Of Love [12:11]

Changes Two (1974, Atlantic)
Side 1
1. Free Cell Block F, ‘Tis Nazi U.S.A. [6:53]
2. Orange Was The Color Of Her Dress, Then Silk Blue [17:28]

Side 2
1. Black Bats And Poles [6:19]
2. Duke Ellington’s Sound Of Love [4:12]
3. For Harry Carney [8:00]

Three or Four Shades of Blues (1977)
Side 1
1. Better Git Hit In Your Soul [4:38]
2. Goodbye, Porkpie Hat [7:12]
3. Noddin Ya Head Blues [10:33]

Side 2
4. Three Or Four Shades Of Blues [12:10]
5. Nobody Knows [10:09]

Cumbia & Jazz Fusion (1977, Atlantic)
Side 1
1. Cumbia & Jazz Fusion [27:59]
Side 2
2. Music for “Todo Modo” _[22:10]

Me, Myself An Eye (1979, Atlantic)
Side 1
1. Three Worlds Of Drums [30:21]
Side 2
1. Devil Woman [9:25]
2. Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting [9:51]
3. Carolyn “Keki” _Mingus [7:44]

Something Like a Bird (1979, Atlantic)

Side 1
1. Something Like A Bird Part 1 [19:14]
Side 2
1. Something Like A Bird Part 2 [12:17]
2. Farewell Farwell [7:00]

Vinyl (LP) Boxset also includes Additional Outtakes LP
Side 1
1. Music For Todo Modo (Take 1) [9:47]
2. Big Alice (Take 1) [4:55]
3. Big Alice (Take 2) [5:44]

Side 2
1. Big Alice (Take 3) [4:54]
2. Big Alice (Take 4) [5:44]
3. The Call (Take 1) [7:15]
4. The Call (Take 2) [7:16]