Jazz Composers Workshop Explained

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]

Reception

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]

Track listing

All compositions by Charles Mingus, except as indicated

  1. "Purple Heart" - 5:36
  2. "Gregarian Chant" - 2:51
  3. "Eulogy for Rudy Williams" - 6:22
  4. "Tea for Two" - 6:19 (Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans)
  5. "Smog L.A." - 3:14 (Wally Cirillo)
  6. "Level Seven" - 4:17 (Cirillo)
  7. "Transeason" - 4:23 (Cirillo)
  8. "Rose Geranium" - 4:13 (Cirillo)
  9. "Getting Together" - 4:41
  10. "Body and Soul (Alternate Take 1)" - 3:07 On CD reissue

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. https://books.google.com/books?id=9h4EAAAAMBAJ&dq=Composers+Workshop+12059&pg=PA34 Billboard Apr 28, 1956
  2. http://www.jazzdisco.org/charles-mingus/catalog/#savoy-mg-12059 Charles Mingus discography
  3. Yanow, S. AllMusic Review accessed June 8, 2011