Charles Mingus

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Impulse! / Elemental

A masterpiece from the same few months in 1963 as The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady, adding a couple more players to its killer lineup of Booker Ervin, Jaki Byard, Charlie Mariano and co. A kind of testimonial match by the eleven-piece, doing over some of Mingus’ best tunes so far: he didn’t take a group back into the studio till 1970.

• II B.S.
• I X Love
• Celia
• Mood Indigo
• Better Get Hit In Yo' Soul
• Theme For Lester Young
• Hora Decubitus
• Freedom