| Jazz Composers Workshop | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Charles Mingus |
| Cover: | Jazz Composers Workshop.jpg |
| Released: | April 1956[1] |
| Recorded: | October 31, 1954 (#1–4, 9–10) January 30, 1955 (#5–8) |
| Studio: | Van Gelder (Hackensack) |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Length: | 41:25 |
| Label: | Savoy MG 12059 |
| Producer: | Ozzie Cadena |
| Chronology: | Charles Mingus |
| Prev Title: | The Jazz Experiments of Charlie Mingus |
| Prev Year: | 1955 |
| Next Title: | Mingus at the Bohemia |
| Next Year: | 1956 |
Jazz Composers Workshop is an album featuring jazz bassist Charles Mingus. It combines the earlier album Moods of Mingus with a Wally Cirillo session released earlier on the album Wally Cirillo & Bobby Scott. It was released on the Savoy label.[2]
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated: "The complex music on this LP finds bassist Charles Mingus looking toward contemporary classical music in some of the rather cool-toned arrangements. It was not until later in 1955 that he found the right combination of influences in which to express himself best but these slightly earlier performances have their moments".[3]
All compositions by Charles Mingus, except as indicated