Tonight at Noon explained

Tonight at Noon
Type:studio
Artist:Charles Mingus
Cover:Tonight at Noon (album).jpg
Recorded:March 12, 1957, and November 6, 1961
Genre:Jazz
Length:38:08
Label:Atlantic
Producer:Joel Dorn
Chronology:Charles Mingus
Prev Title:Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus
Prev Year:1964
Next Title:Mingus Plays Piano
Next Year:1964

Tonight at Noon is an album of music by the jazz bassist and composer Charles Mingus. It was released through Atlantic Records in July 1964.[1] It compiles tracks recorded at two sessions – the 1957 sessions for the album entitled The Clown and the 1961 sessions for Oh Yeah. These tracks have since been added to the CD re-releases of their respective albums as bonus tracks.

Reception

The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek stated: "While the former session features Mingus going for the blues via European harmonics and melodic approaches with hard bop tempos (particularly on the title track), the latter session with its nocturnal elegance and spatial irregularities comes off more as some kind of exercise in vanguard Ellington with sophisticated harmonies that give way to languid marches and gospel-tinged blues... Despite the fact that this is an assembled album, it holds plenty of magic nonetheless".[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Charles Mingus

  1. "Tonight at Noon" – 6:00
  2. "Invisible Lady" – 4:51
  3. ""Old" Blues for Walt's Torin" [aka "Roland Kirk's Message"] – 7:57
  4. "Peggy's Blue Skylight" – 9:46
  5. "Passions of a Woman Loved" – 9:47

Personnel

External links

Text of the Adrian Henri poem:Tonight at Noon:here

Notes and References

  1. News: New Album Releases. Zhito. Ackerman. Sternfield. Lee. Paul. Aaron. Paul Ackerman. Billboard. Cincinnati. The Billboard Publishing Co.. 35. July 18, 1964.
  2. Jurek, T. AllMusic Review accessed June 10, 2011