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Charles Mingus, Mingus Dynasty
Audio CD
Disk ID: 233382
Disk length: 60m 18s (10 Tracks)
Original Release Date: 1959
Label: Unknown
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Tracks & Durations
| 1. Slop | 6:20 |
| 2. Diane | 7:36 |
| 3. Song With Orange | 6:54 |
| 4. Gunslinging Bird | 5:18 |
| 5. Things Ain't What They Used To Be | 7:38 |
| 6. Far Wells, Mills Valley | 6:18 |
| 7. New Now, Know How | 4:17 |
| 8. Mood Indigo | 8:17 |
| 9. Put Me In That Dungeon | 2:57 |
| 10. Strollin' | 4:35 |
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Review
Like its companions in the button-bursting Complete Columbia Recordings three-CD set, Mingus Dynasty has some expanded pleasures. First, there's the band, which reaches to 10 members for half the tunes here. Second, there's the reissue's unique expansions, returning "Slop," "Song with Orange," "Gunslinging Bird," and "Things Ain't What They Used to Be" to their full, unedited length for the first time on CD. Columbia had a bad rep for some of the original edits on this and Mingus Ah Um, and the restorations give a far fleshier feel to these works, all of them balanced on a seesaw of flesh and brawn. There are downright lovely moments, as on "Diane," and moderately punching swingers, as on "Slop" and the undertow pull of "Gunslinging Bird." Jerome Richardson does wonders on the baritone sax, tugging the ear to the lower realms so Mingus can thumpily shine on his big axe. Of equal importance are John Handy, busy here training his alto sax to sound unlike anyone else's, and Booker Ervin, busy here giving the band a Texas tenor sound as wide open, unequivocal, and tonally economical as the dusty prairie. --Andrew Bartlett
Other Versions
Albums are mined from the various public resources and can be actually the same but different in the tracks length only. We are keeping all versions now.
Tracks: 10, Disk length: 59m 43s (-1m 25s)
Tracks: 10, Disk length: 59m 42s (-1m 24s)
Tracks: 10, Disk length: 59m 41s (-1m 23s)
Tracks: 10, Disk length: 59m 41s (-1m 23s)
Tracks: 12 (+2 tracks), Disk length: 1h 12m 46s (+12m 28s)
Tracks: 10, Disk length: 1h 13m 10s (+12m 52s)
Tracks: 9 (-1 tracks), Disk length: 45m 45s (-15m 27s)
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