Album: The Charles Mingus Quintet + Max Roach by Charles Mingus (1955)
Genre: Jazz | Mood: Excitable
Format: Live

Description: Live recording at Café Bohemia on 23 December 1955.

The first part of this concert is available on Mingus at the Bohemia.

Both albums content can be found in the recently released Complete Live at the Bohemia 1955, which also contains additional rare takes from another later date at the Bohemia.

Artist Background: Charles Mingus Jr. (April 22, 1922 - January 5, 1979) was a highly influential American jazz double bassist, composer and bandleader. Mingus's compositions retained the hot and soulful feel of hard bop and drew heavily from black gospel music while sometimes drawing on elements of Third Stream, free jazz, and classical music. Yet Mingus avoided categorization, forging his own brand of music that fused tradition with unique and unexplored realms of jazz. He once cited Duke Ellington and church... Part of the USA music scene. Associated with Jazz movement.

Related Artists: John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, Eric Dolphy

Music Scene: Part of the USA music scene. Associated with Jazz movement.

Tags: Jazz, Excitable, classic, Live


Live recording at Café Bohemia on 23 December 1955.

The first part of this concert is available on Mingus at the Bohemia.

Both albums content can be found in the recently released Complete Live at the Bohemia 1955, which also contains additional rare takes from another later date at the Bohemia.

The Charles Mingus Quintet + Max Roach

Charles Mingus

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