I may be in the minority, but I actually prefer the original edited versions of the Mingus songs from the 1959 Columbia sessions to the complete ones featured here... I've never been able to pin down for sure whether it was Mingus's, or Teo Macero's, artistic decision to cut them, or if it was out of necessity to fit more songs on the LPs... maybe it's because the edited versions are the ones I grew up... anyway, I think they make the songs tighter and more successful... but it appears that the "canonical" versions easily available these days are the longer ones... I am quite taken with the Mingus composition "New York Sketchbook"... recorded in the studio in 1958, as far as I can tell, the only other version is a scorching live one from Newport in 1956 (titled there as "Tourist in Manhattan")... I think it's a Mingus masterpiece, ranking up there with the Mingus Dynasty material... anybody know of any other versions?... The Globe Unity album Compositions is interesting and enjoyable, but I much prefer the more improvisational aspect of that orchestra... I understand why McCoy Tyner had to leave the Coltrane quartet, and I love Alice Coltrane's piano playing, so: fine... but I also sometimes wonder what it would have been like if Tyner had stuck around a little longer... his piano solos on Live in Seattle are enticing teasers of where he might have gone...
Playlist 2022-12-12:
*Art Ensemble of Chicago: Urban Bushmen (side 1)
*Derek Bailey/George Lewis/John Zorn: Yankees
*Beach Boys: Sail on Sailor 1972 (Super Deluxe Ed.) (discs 1, 2, 5, 6)
*Anthony Braxton: 12 Comp (ZIM) 2017 (Comp. 414, 419)
*Taylor Ho Bynum: Enter the Plustet
*Rodger Coleman and Sam Byrd: 2022-11-26 Nashville (wav)
*John Coltrane: Live in Seattle (disc 1) "Out of This World"
*Duke Ellington: The Girl's Suite/The Perfume Suite (sides 1, 2)
*Globe Unity: Compositions
*Grateful Dead: 1968-01-17 Carousel Ballroom, SF (CDR) (disc 2)
*Grateful Dead: Dick's Picks 26 (1969-04-26/27) (disc 1)
*Grateful Dead: 1973 Selections (CDR compilation)
*Grateful Dead: Dick's Picks 12 (1974-06-26 Providence RI) (disc 1)
*Mary Halvorson: Belladonna
*Lucas & Corey: Hectic in L.A. (streaming)
*Charles Mingus Duo & Trio with Spaulding Givens & Max Roach: Debut Rarities Vol. 2
*Charles Mingus Octet/Jimmy Knepper Quintet: Debut Rarities Vol. 1
*Charles Mingus: Chazz! (sides 1, 2)
*Charles Mingus Jazz Workshop: 1956-07-05 Newport (CDR)
*Charles Mingus: Nostalgia In Times Square/The Immortal 1959 Sessions (side 2)
*Roscoe Mitchell Sound Ensemble: 1980-12-27 Detroit (CDR)
*Roscoe Mitchell/David Wessel: Contact
*Roscoe Mitchell/Sandy Ewen/Damon Smith/Weasel Walter: A Railroad Spike Forms the Voice
*Rova Saxophone Quartet/Fred Frith/Henry Kaiser: 1987-09-18 San Francisco (CDR) (disc 2)
*Tyshawn Sorey: Alloy
*Sparks: Angst in My Pants
*Sparks: Lil' Beethoven (sides 1, 2)
*Sparks: A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip (side 1)
*Sun Ra: Singles: The Definitive 45s Collection 1952-1991 (disc 1)
*Sun Ra and His Astro Infinity Arkestra: My Brother the Wind Vol. II
*Sun Ra and His Blue Universe Arkestra: Universe in Blue (2022 remaster) (side 1)
*Cecil Taylor Unit: 1979-03-15 WKCR, NYC (CDR)
*Cecil Taylor Unit: 1981-11-07 Zurich (CDR)
*XTC: Drums and Wires
*John Zorn/Chaos Magick: Multiplicities: A Repository of Non-Existent Objects
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