''Mingus at the Bohemia'' is a live album by Charles Mingus that was recorded at

Café Bohemia The Café Bohemia is a jazz club located at 15 Barrow Street in the Greenwich Village neighbourhood of New York City. Its original run lasted from 1955 to 1960, and has been revived at its original location as of October 2019. History The club was ...

in New York City on December 23, 1955. It was released in August 1956.

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makes a guest appearance on one track. Other recordings from the same performance were released in 1964 under the title '' The Charles Mingus Quintet & Max Roach''. ''Mingus at the Bohemia'' has also been released under the title ''Chazz!'' and credited to The Charles Mingus Quintet.

Reception

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awarded the album 4.5 stars, citing Mingus' standout bass playing and noting that "this is the first Mingus recording to feature mostly his own compositions."

Track listing

Notes: *"Septemberly" is Mingus' compositional combination of "September in the Rain" by Dubin and Warren, and "

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" by Gross and Lawrence. *"All The Things You C#" is Mingus' compositional combination of " All The Things You Are" by Kern and Hammerstein, and " Prelude in C-sharp minor" by Rachmaninoff. *On some reissues, a brief spoken intro and false start are omitted from track 8 for a reduced length of 9:50."Charles Mingus – Mingus At The Bohemia (1990 Reissue)"
discogs.com. Retrieved on March 7, 2021.

Personnel

* George Barrow - tenor saxophone *

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- trombone * Mal Waldron - piano * Charles Mingus - double bass (bass and cello on "Percussion Discussion") * Willie Jones - drums (except "Percussion Discussion") *

- drums (on "Percussion Discussion")

Sources

* Horst Weber, Gerd Filtg hi: Charles Mingus. Sein Leben, seine Musik, seine Schallplatten. Oreos, Gauting-Buchendorf, o.J., * Marcus A. Woelfle: ''Liner Notes'' zu ''Charles Mingus - 80th Birthday Celebration'' (Fantasy) * Richard Cook & Brian Morton: ''The Penguin Guide To Jazz On CD''; Penguin, London, 2002. * Mal Waldron: ''Vinyl LP Liner Notes''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mingus At The Bohemia 1955 albums Charles Mingus albums Debut Records live albums Albums recorded at the Café Bohemia