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Mingus at the Bohemia is a live album by Charles Mingus that was recorded at Café Bohemia in New York City on December 23, 1955. It was released in August 1956.[1][4] Max Roach makes a guest appearance on one track. Other recordings from the same performance were released in 1964 under the title The Charles Mingus Quintet & Max Roach.

Mingus at the Bohemia
Live album by Charles Mingus
Released	August 1956[1]
Recorded	December 23, 1955
Venue	Café Bohemia, New York City
Genre	Avant-garde jazz
Length	41:04
Label	Debut
Charles Mingus chronology
The Jazz Experiments of Charlie Mingus (1954) Mingus at the Bohemia (1956) The Charles Mingus Quintet & Max Roach (1964)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[3]

Mingus at the Bohemia has also been released under the title Chazz! and credited to The Charles Mingus Quintet.[5]

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 4.5 stars, citing Mingus' standout bass playing and noting that "this is the first Mingus recording to feature mostly his own compositions."[2]

Track listing

Notes:

• "Septemberly" is Mingus' compositional combination of "September in the Rain" by Dubin and Warren, and "Tenderly" by Gross and Lawrence.
• "All The Things You C#" is Mingus' compositional combination of "All The Things You Are" by Kern and Hammerstein, and "Prelude in C-sharp minor" by Rachmaninoff.
• On some reissues, a brief spoken intro and false start are omitted from track 8 for a reduced length of 9:50.[2][6]

Personnel

• George Barrow - tenor saxophone
• Eddie Bert - trombone
• Mal Waldron - piano
• Charles Mingus - double bass (bass and cello on "Percussion Discussion")
• Willie Jones - drums (except "Percussion Discussion")
• Max Roach - drums (on "Percussion Discussion")

Sources

• Horst Weber, Gerd Filtg hi: Charles Mingus. Sein Leben, seine Musik, seine Schallplatten. Oreos, Gauting-Buchendorf, o.J., ISBN 3-923657-05-6
• Marcus A. Woelfle: Liner Notes zu Charles Mingus - 80th Birthday Celebration (Fantasy)
• Richard Cook & Brian Morton: The Penguin Guide To Jazz On CD; Penguin, London, 2002.
• Mal Waldron: Vinyl LP Liner Notes

References

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