| Mingus at the Bohemia | |
| Type: | live |
| Artist: | Charles Mingus |
| Cover: | Mingus at the Bohemia.jpg |
| Released: | [1] |
| Recorded: | December 23, 1955 |
| Venue: | Café Bohemia, New York City |
| Genre: | Avant-garde jazz |
| Length: | 41:04 |
| Prev Title: | The Jazz Experiments of Charlie Mingus |
| Prev Year: | 1954 |
| Next Title: | Pithecanthropus Erectus |
| Next Year: | 1956 |
Mingus at the Bohemia is a live album by the jazz composer and bassist Charles Mingus. It was released in August 1956 through Mingus's own label Debut Records.[1] [2] It was recorded at Café Bohemia in New York City on December 23, 1955. 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 has also been released under the title Chazz! and credited to The Charles Mingus Quintet.[3]
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."
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