Charles Mingus The Lost Album From Ronnie Scott'S Vinyl LP RSD 2022
Tracklist:
1. Introduction
2. Orange Was The Color Of Her Dress, Then Silk Bules (Part 1)
3. Orange Was The Color Of Her Dress, Then Silk Bules (Part 2)
4. Noddin’ Ya Head Blues
5. Mind-Readers’ Convention In Milano (aka Number 29)
6. Ko Ko (Theme)
7. Fables Of Faubus (Part 1)
8. Fables Of Faubus (Part 2)
9. Pops (aka When The Saints Go Marching In)
10. The Man Who Never Sleeps
11. Air Mail Special
The Lost Album from Ronnie Scott's is a never-before-released live recording of jazz icon Charles Mingus from Ronnie Scott's jazz club in London captured in August of 1972.
Features a stellar band with alto saxophonist Charles McPherson, tenor saxophonist Bobby Jones, trumpeter Jon Faddis, pianist John Foster and drummer Roy Brooks. The limited-edition 180-gram 3-LP is mastered by acclaimed vinyl mastering engineer Bernie Grundman and pressed by RTI (also available as a deluxe 3-CD set). Includes an extensive insert with rare photos from Jan Persson, Christian Rose, Jean-Pierre Leloir, Hans Harzheim and others; essay by British jazz author Brian Priestley, who saw the band during this run and conducted an interview with Mingus and McPherson at the time; new interviews with Charles McPherson, Mingus' friend and author Fran Lebowitz, plus bass icons Eddie Gomez and Christian McBride. Previously unissued recordings of the Charles Mingus Sextet at Ronnie Scott’s in London.
This is a Record Store Day release. Stock will be available on a first come first served basis, and strictly one per customer.