Charlie Mingus – Pre-Bird – Vinyl LP

High Quality, Reissue

For this 1961 release, Mingus chose music composed before he heard the revolutionary playing of Charlie Parker. The album features large ensembles and includes two swing-era contrapuntal mash-ups, with one song playing out of the left channel and another from the right.

1 Take the a Train
2 Prayer for Passive Resistance
3 Eclipse
4 Mingus Fingus No. 2
5 Weird Nightmare
6 Do Nothin’ Till You Hear from Me
7 Bemoanable Lady
8 Half-mast Inhibition