music.wikisort.org - CompositionJazz Portraits: Mingus in Wonderland is a live album by jazz bassist and composer Charles Mingus, recorded in 1959 and released on the United Artists label in September of that year.[1][2][3] The original release was titled Jazz Portraits, and a subsequent edition was titled Wonderland, leading to the combined title of Jazz Portraits: Mingus in Wonderland.
1959 live album by Charles Mingus
Jazz Portraits: Mingus in Wonderland |
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Released | September 1959[1][2] |
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Recorded | January 16, 1959 |
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Genre | Jazz |
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Length | 44:11 |
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Label | United Artists |
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Producer | Alan Douglas |
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Composition
Both "Alice's Wonderland" and "Nostalgia in Times Square" were originally written for the 1959 John Cassavetes film Shadows as part of a full soundtrack, but Mingus’ music was almost entirely replaced for the final version of the film. A partial reconstruction of the soundtrack was released in 2015 as the compilation album Shadows.
A reworked version of "Nostalgia in Times Square," with vocals by Honi Gordon, was recorded during Mingus' 1959 Mingus Dynasty sessions and included on reissues of that album as a bonus track titled "Strollin'".
Though never a major part of Mingus’ repertoire, "Nostalgia in Times Square" has since become a jazz standard, widely performed and recorded by other musicians.[4] Notably, jazz fusion trio Medeski Martin & Wood have long performed the song, usually as part of a medley with Sun Ra’s “Angel Race.”[5]
Reception
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow called the music "advanced bop that looks toward the upcoming innovations of the avant-garde and is frequently quite exciting".[6]
Professional ratingsReview scores |
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Source | Rating |
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AllMusic |     [6] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |    [7] |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide |     [8] |
Track listing
- All compositions by Charles Mingus except as indicated
- "Nostalgia in Times Square" – 12:18
- "I Can't Get Started" (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin) – 10:08
- "No Private Income Blues" – 12:51
- "Alice's Wonderland" – 8:54
- Recorded at the Nonagon Art Gallery in New York City on January 16, 1959
Personnel
- Charles Mingus – bass
- John Handy – alto saxophone
- Booker Ervin – tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 3 & 4)
- Richard Wyands – piano
- Dannie Richmond – drums
References
- "September Album Releases" (PDF). The Cash Box. The Cash Box Publishing Co. Inc., NY. 19 September 1959. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- "Jazz Portraits". The Billboard. The Billboard Publishing Co. 7 September 1959. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- Charles Mingus discography accessed June 8, 2011
- "Nostalgia in Times Square by Charles Mingus". SecondHandSongs. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
- Corroto, Mark. "Medeski, Martin & Wood: Free Magic: Live (Review)". All About Jazz. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
- Yanow, S. AllMusic Review accessed June 8, 2011
- Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1002. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 140. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
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Discography |
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Live albums | |
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Books |
- Beneath the Underdog (1971 autobiography)
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Booker Ervin |
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except when this was delayed |
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With Charles Mingus | |
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With others |
- Hot Line (Bill Barron, 1962)
- Out Front! (Jaki Byard, 1964)
- Urge (Ted Curson, 1965)
- Cracklin' (Roy Haynes, 1963)
- In the Land of the Giants (Eric Kloss, 1969)
- Havin' a Ball at the Village Gate (Lambert, Hendricks & Bavan, 1963)
- Up & Down (Horace Parlan, 1961)
- Happy Frame of Mind (Horace Parlan, 1963)
- The Exciting New Organ of Don Patterson (Don Patterson)
- Hip Cake Walk (Don Patterson, 1964)
- Patterson's People (Don Patterson, 1964)
- Tune Up! (Don Patterson, 1964 [1971])
- Soul People (Sonny Stitt, 1964)
- The Quest (Mal Waldron, 1961)
- Highlife (Randy Weston, 1963)
- Randy/African Cookbook (Randy Weston, 1964)
- Monterey '66 (Randy Weston, 1966 [1994])
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