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Cornell 1964 from: Blue Note Records List Price: $24.98 CD-Charts Price: $19.97 You Save: $5.01 (20%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0094639221028 Format: Live Label: Blue Note Records Manufacturer: Blue Note Records Number Of Discs: 2 Publisher: Blue Note Records Release Date: July 17, 2007 Studio: Blue Note Records Sales Rank: 7298 MPN: 92210 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Amazon.com: The band that Charles Mingus, the doyen of jazz's mercurial polymaths, pulled together for his early-1964 European tour was phenomenal—and here they are playing 130 minutes worth of live music no one’s ever heard. Pianist Jaki Byard, alto saxophonist/flutist/bass clarinetist Eric Dolphy, tenor saxophonist Clifford Jordan, trumpeter Johnny Coles, and longtime drummer Dannie Richmond came together for the Mingus tour knowing that Dolphy would be staying in Europe after their gigs—he died tragically just 12 weeks after this gig. And Coles would come perilously close to death himself with a stomach ulcer within a month of the band’s Cornell date, forcing him off the tour. So the music here is particularly special and musically resplendent. There is considerable overlap with the The Great Concert of Charles Mingus, but that 2-CD set is sans the ailing Coles, who fattens the sound here: playing beautifully as "Johnny O'Coles" on the unlikely "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling." But Eric Dolphy, his every breath is poetry: from his palpitating bass clarinet on the pugnacious "Fables of Faubus" to the tipsy, whirling flute he plays on "Jitterbug Waltz," a tune he loved playing. The sound here is less crisp than The Great Concert, thick in the middle and ill-defined when it comes to Richmond's drums, leaving the group's interplay like an ear-magnet. "Take the 'A' Train" pays soulful, blossoming homage to Billy Strayhorn even as you can hear the band tightening their grip collectively, learning to fly as a unit. Unheard music of this caliber demands a listen, and here the rewards are bountiful. --Andrew Bartlett Customer Reviews
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 Rating: - Unmissable.This is a brilliant, magnificent, previously unreleased and recently discovered recording of Charles Mingus's greatest band - or at least one of them - playing live at Cornell University, shortly before the European tour, in March 1964. The music is scorchingly good, endlessly inventive, full of surprises and played with a fire that only rarely makes it onto record. The only caveat is that the remarkable sextet in question was extensively documented, performing much the same repertoire. It included Eric Dolphy - one of the supreme jazz figures of the era - on flute, alto and bass clarinet in towering form throughout on extended versions of "Fable of Faubus" and "Meditations", but the rest of the group are not far behind. If ... Read More: Rating:  - Charles Mingus Cornell 1964Clifford Jordan, Eric Dolphy, Johnny Coles, Jaki Byard, and of course, the powerhouse team of Mingus and Richmond. In short, this was one of the great Mingus bands. It was also sadly, short-lived with the departure of Eric Dolphy, who died not long after, then the hospitalization of the Johnny Coles (shamelessly under-recorded) and not long after, the departure of Clifford Jordan. While this is an outstanding two disc set, I still prefer the Legendary Paris Concerts recorded just one month later. Having said that, I should add that this is an outstanding album, capturing one of the best bands Mingus ever put together. To those who don't know of Mingus, this record is a good starting point. Rating: - Excellent musicianship, fun and playfullOMG, this is wonderful music. Jackie Byard's piano solos are worth the price in gold. He includes so many nuances, tidbits of memories, and incorporates the whole Americana. Mr. Mingus's bass is thumping and pushing the musicians far beyond what I have heard in the past. How about Jonny Coles? What can I say, his tone is clear and he puts in 110%. Eric Dolphy's solos are great, and even Danny Richmond gets some too! All this, plus it swings! This is 5 star all the way! A welcome addition to my collection. Rating: - Mingus Live at Cornell - 1964When I found this album and listened to it for the first time, I felt I had discovered something wonderful and unique. Here is an album that has all the positives and negatives of a live end-to-end recording. Sure, it has rough patches along with some sound and recording issues, but it doesn't matter. I had the sense of being right there with Mingus and his group as they played / played off each other and grooved in a number of wild and Mingus-like ways. Sounds / rhythms / riffs / grooves / puns and explorations are all to be found on this wonderful album. Thank God this recording was found (even if posthumously). It is as if Mingus left us all an inheritance - his own gift to the rest of us as reminder of his wonderful sound and the ... Read More: Rating: - A prime example of the Mingus band in action.The discovery of previously unissued material by major artists does not always deliver on its apparent promise, but this heretofore unknown date is not only of historic significance, but is also a prime example of the Mingus band in action. It was recorded at Cornell University in March, shortly before the European tour of 1964, and features a line-up of Mingus's ever-changing Jazz Workshop that has not been preserved in studio recordings. The two-disc set not only adds a new slice of high-quality music to the Mingus catalogue, but also extends the available material from saxophonist Eric Dolphy, who is prominently featured here (three months before his death in Berlin) alongside Clifford Jordan on tenor saxophone, Johnny Coles on trumpet, ... Read More: |
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