Charles Mingus - The Complete Debut Recordings 1951-1958 (1990) [FLAC] torrent - FLAC torrents

# Disc 1
1. What Is This Thing Called Love (3:02) (Porter)
2. Darn That Dream (3:38) (Van Heusen)
3. Yesterdays (3:05) (Kern)
4. Body And Soul (3:34) (Green)
5. Blue Moon (3:33) (Rodgers)
6. Blue Tide (3:10) (Givens)
7. Darn That Dream (3:37) (Van Heusen) **
8. Jeepers Creepers (take 1) (3:37) (Warren) *
9. Jeepers Creepers (take 2) (3:03) *
10. Portrait (take 1) (3:11) **
11. Portrait (take 2) (3:10)
12. I've Lost My Love (take 1) (3:01) *
13. I've Lost My Love (take 2) (3:01) *
14. Extrasensory Perception (2:48)
15. Extrasensory Perception (2:42) **
16. Precognition (2:43)
17. Make Believe (3:04)
18. Paris In Blue (3:12)
19. Montage (2:54)
20. Day Dream (take 1) (3:42) (Ellington/Strayhorn) *
21. Day Dream (take 2) (2:38) *
22. Theme From "Rhapsody In Blue" (take 1) (3:24) (Gerswhin) *
23. Theme From "Rhapsody In Blue" (take 2) (2:39) *

# Disc 2
1. Jet (take 1) (2:44) (Benjamin/Weiss/Revel) *
2. Jet (take 2) (2:35) *
3. (Medley) You Go To My Head (2:42) (Coots/Gillespie)
4. Can You Blame Me (2:48) (Gordon/Leonard)
5. You And Me (2:47) (Gordon/Leonard)
6. Bebopper (2:40) (Gordon/Leonard)
7. Cupid (2:46) (Gordon/Leonard)
8. Drum Conversation (4:02) (Roach)
9. I've Got You Under My Skin (2:49) (Porter)
10. Embraceable You (4:18) (Gershwin)
11. Sure Thing (2:03) (Powell)
12. Cherokee (4:48) (Noble)
13. (Jubilee) Hallelujah (3:51) (Youmans/Robin/Grey)
14. Lullaby Of Birdland (2:29) (Shearing/Weiss)
15. Wee (Allen's Alley) (6:40) (Best) *
16. Hot House (8:58) (Dameron) *
17. A Night In Tunisia (7:22) (Gillespie) *

# Disc 3
1. Perdido (8:10) (Tizol) *
2. Salt Peanuts (7:18) (Gillespie/Clarke) *
3. All The Things You Are (7:12) (Kern) *
4. 52nd Street Theme (0:38) (Monk) *
5. Perdido (7:24) (Tizol)
6. Salt Peanuts (7:20) (Gillespie/Clarke)
7. All The Things You Are (7:10) (Kern)
8. 52nd Street Theme (0:35) (Monk)
9. Wee (Allen's Alley) (6:36) (Best)
10. Hot House (9:01) (Dameron)
11. A Night In Tunisia (7:22) (Gillespie)

# Disc 4
1. Bass-ically Speaking (take 1) (3:58) **
2. Bass-ically Speaking (take 2) (3:50) **
3. Bass-ically Speaking (take 3) (3:51) **
4. Bass-ically Speaking (3:52)
5. Untitled Blues (2:35) *
6. Wee Dot (Blues For Some Bones) (14:17) (Johnson)
7. Stardust (4:52) (Carmichael)
8. Move (6:48) (Best)
9. I'll Remember April (11:04) (Raye/DePaul/Johnston)
10. Now's The Time (14:22) (Parker)

# Disc 5
1. Trombosphere (3:24) (Givens)
2. Ow! (15:11) (Gillespie)
3. Chazzanova (4:54)
4. Yesterdays (10:04) (Kern)
5. Kai's Day (5:22) (Winding)
6. Pink Topsy (3:03)
7. Miss Bliss (3:03)
8. Blue Tide (3:08) (Givens)
9. Pink Topsy (3:38) **
10. Eclipse (2:57) **
11. Eclipse (2:54)
12. Opus 1 (3:21) (Bley) **
13. Opus 1 (4:08)
14. (Teapot) Walkin' (4:28) (Carpenter)

# Disc 6
1. Like Someone In Love (4:03) (Van Heusen)
2. I Can't Get Started (3:37) (Duke)
3. Spontaneous Combustion (4:15) (Bley)
4. The Theme (3:40) (unknown) *
5. Split Kick (3:05) (Silver)
6. This Time The Dream's On Me (3:07) (Mercer) *
7. Zootcase (2:33) (Sims) *
8. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (3:22) (Coots/Gillespie)
9. The Pendulum At Falcon's Lair (4:40) (Pettiford)
10. Jack The Fieldstalker (4:30) (Pettiford)
11. Stockholm Sweetnin' (4:11) (Jones)
12. Low And Behold (3:26) (Pettiford)
13. Bitty Ditty (5:12) (Jones)
14. Chazzanova (3:41)
15. I'll Remember April (3:48) (Raye/DePaul/Johnston)
16. Elusive (Illusive) (4:50) (Jones)
17. Sombre Intrusion (2:46) (Jones)
18. You Don't Know What Love Is (3:29) (Raye/DePaul)

# Disc 7
1. Like Someone In Love (3:47) (Van Heusen)
2. Peace Of Mind (4:02) (Scott)
3. Lament (4:43) (Johnson)
4. The Jeep Is Jumpin' (3:56) (Ellington/Strayhorn)
5. Git Up From There (4:26) (Scott)
6. A Foggy Day (6:04) (Gershwin)
7. Mountain Greenery (4:44) (Rodgers) *
8. Git Up From There (3:56) (Scott) **
9. Lament (4:56) (Johnson) **
10. One More (7:28) (Jones)
11. I Can't Get Started (6:05) (Duke)
12. More Of The Same (5:12) (Jones)
13. Get Out Of Town (8:43) (Porter)
14. One More (3:59) (Jones) **

# Disc 8
1. Get Out Of Town (7:28) (Porter) **
2. Ensenada (5:25) (Dennis)
3. Machajo (4:02) (Dennis/Roach/Mingus)
4. Cherokee (4:17) (Noble)
5. Seven Moons (4:03) (Dennis)
6. Seven Moons (4:19) **
7. All The Things You Are (take 1) (5:27) (Kern) *
8. All The Things You Are (take 2) (4:12) *
9. Cherokee (5:11) (Noble) **
10. Nature Boy (6:12) (Ahbez)
11. Alone Together (7:13) (Dietz/Schwartz)
12. There's No You (8:01) (Adair/Hopper)
13. Easy Living (5:02) (Robin/Rainger)

# Disc 9
1. The Edge Of Love (2:48) (Baker/Ables/Goode)
2. Makin' Whoopee (2:38) (Donaldson/Kahn)
3. Fanny (3:01) (Rome)
4. Portrait (2:47)
5. Jump Monk (6:44)
6. Serenade In Blue (5:56) (Gordon/Warren)
7. Percussion Discussion (8:26)
8. Work Song (6:16)
9. Septemberly (6:55) (Warren/Dubin-Lawrence/Gross)
10. All The Things You C# (6:47) (Kern)
11. I'll Remember April (13:03) (Raye/DePaul/Johnston)

# Disc 10
1. Love Chant (7:20)
2. A Foggy Day (5:22) (Gershwin)
3. Drums (5:20)
4. Haitian Fight Song (5:16)
5. Lady Bird (5:51) (Dameron)
6. Jump Monk (11:38) **
7. All The Things You C# (9:45) (Kern) **
8. Drums (take 1) (6:17) **
9. Drums (take 2) (5:23) **

# Disc 11
1. I'll Remember April (13:07) (Raye/DePaul/Johnston) **
2. A Foggy Day (5:23) (Gershwin) **
3. A Portrait Of Bud Powell (4:09) (Waldron) *
4. Haitian Fight Song (5:17) **
5. Love Chant (8:12) **
6. Lady Bird (5:35) (Dameron) **
7. What Is This Thing Called Love (fragment) (2:30) (Porter) *
8. Latter Day Saint (4:00) (Knepper)
9. Cunningbird (4:45) (Knepper)
10. The Jumpin' Blues (Jump The Blues Away) (4:52) (Gordon)
11. The Masher (3:33) (Knepper)
12. Latter Day Saint (take 1) (5:22) Knepper **
13. Latter Day Saint (take 2) (3:46) **

# Disc 12
1. The Masher (4:15) (Knepper) **
2. Latter Day Saint (take #?) (3:51) (Knepper) **
3. Untitled Original Blues (take 1) (3:55) (Hadi) *
4. Stella By Starlight (take 4) (3:57) (Young) *
5. Stella By Starlight (take 5) (3:53) *
6. Untitled Original Composition (take 3) (5:17) (Hadi) *
7. Untitled Original Composition (take 5) (4:34) *
8. Autumn In New York (take 1) (5:29) (Duke) *
9. Autumn In New York (take 2) (5:05) *
10. Long Ago And Far Away (take 2) (3:24) (Kern) *
11. Long Ago And Far Away (take 4) (3:11) *
12. Long Ago And Far Away (take 5) (3:17) *
13. Untitled Original Blues (take 2) (4:00) (Hadi) *
14. Joldi (take 4) (5:24) (Hadi) *
15. Joldi (take 5) (5:08) *
16. Untitled Percussion Composition (7:18) *

(* previously unissued, ** previously unissued alternate take)

Personnel

* Disc 1, 1-9: Spaulding Givens (Nadi Qamar) (p); Charles Mingus (b)
* Disc 1, 10-16: Jackie Paris (voc on 10,11); Bob Benton (voc on 12,13); Lee Konitz (as); Phyllis Pinkerton (p); George Koutzen (cello); Charles Mingus (b); Al Levitt (d)
* Disc 1, 17-19: Jackie Paris (voc); Paige Brook (fl, as); John Mehegan (p); Jackson Wiley (cello); Charles Mingus (b); Max Roach (d)
* Disc 1, 20-23; Disc 2, 1-2: Spaulding Givens (Nadi Qamar) (p); Charles Mingus (b); Max Roach (d)
* Disc 2, 3: Hank Jones (p); Charles Mingus (b); Max Roach (d)
* Disc 2, 4-7: Hank Jones (p); Charles Mingus (b); Max Roach (d); Honey Gordon (voc); Richard Gordon, George Gordon, George Gordon, Jr. (voc on 5,6)
* Disc 2, 8: Max Roach (d)
* Disc 2, 9-14: Bud Powell (p); Charles Mingus (b); Max Roach (d)
* Disc 2, 15-17; Disc 3: Dizzy Gillespie (tp); Charlie Parker (as Charlie Chan on original issue) (as); Bud Powell (p); Charles Mingus (b); Max Roach (d)
* Disc 4, 1-5: Billy Taylor (p); Charles Mingus (b); unknown (d)
* Disc 4, 6-10; Disc 5, 1-5: J.J. Johnson, Kai Winding, Bennie Green, Willie Dennis (tb); John Lewis (p); Charles Mingus (b); Art Taylor (d)
* Disc 5, 6-11: Ernie Royal (tp); Willie Dennis (tb); Eddie Caine (as, fl); Teo Macero (ts, cl); [Danny Bank (bars?)]; John Lewis (p); Jackson Wiley (cello); Charles Mingus (b); Kenny Clarke (d); Janet Thurlow (voc on 8,10,11); Spaulding Givens (Nadi Qamar) (arr)
* Disc 5, 12-14; Disc 6, 1-8: Paul Bley (p); Charles Mingus (b); Art Blakey (d)
* Disc 6, 9-12: Julius Watkins (frh); Phil Urso (ts); Walter Bishop, Jr. (p); Oscar Pettiford (cello); Charles Mingus (b); Percy Brice (d)
* Disc 6, 13-18: Thad Jones (tp); Frank Wess (ts, fl); Hank Jones (p); Charles Mingus (b); Kenny Clarke (d)
* Disc 7, 1-9: Hazel Scott (p); Charles Mingus (b); Max Roach (d)
* Disc 7, 10-14; Disc 8, 1: Thad Jones (tp); John Dennis (p); Charles Mingus (b); Max Roach (d)
* Disc 8, 2-9: John Dennis (p); Charles Mingus (b); Max Roach (d)
* Disc 8, 10-13: Miles Davis (tp); Britt Woodman (tb); Teddy Charles (vib); Charles Mingus (b); Elvin Jones (d)
* Disc 9, 1-3: Don Senay (voc); Thad Jones, Louis Mucci (tp); unknown (brass); John LaPorta, Julius Baker (woodwinds); Billy Taylor (p); unknown (harp); Jackson Wiley (cello); unknown (strings); Milt Hinton, Fred Zimmerman [Charles Mingus?] (b); Joe Morello (d, perc) or unknown (perc); Alonzo Levister (arr)
* Disc 9, 4: Thad Jones (tp) overdubbed onto instrumental track (without vocal) from preceding session
* Disc 9, 5-11; Disc 10; Disc 11, 1-7: Eddie Bert (tb); George Barrow (ts); Mal Waldron (p); Charles Mingus (b); Willie Jones (d except on Disc 9, #7,11; Disc 10, #3,8,9; Disc 11, #1); Max Roach (d on Disc 9, #7,11; Disc 10, #3,8,9; Disc 11, #1)
* Disc 11, 8-13; Disc 12, 1-2: Jimmy Knepper (tb); Joe Maini (as); Bill Triglia (p); Charles Mingus (b); Dannie Richmond (d)
* Disc 12, 3-15: Clarence Shaw (tp); Shafi Hadi (ts); Pepper Adams (bars); Wade Legge or Wynton Kelly (p); Charles Mingus or Henry Grimes (b); Dannie Richmond (d)
* Disc 12, 16: unknown (fl) (Shafi Hadi?); Charles Mingus (miscellaneous perc including piano perc); Dannie Richmond (d); unidentified others (probably including Jimmy Knepper, Clarence Shaw, Horace Parlan or Phineas Newborn) (miscellaneous perc)

Date and Location

* Disc 1, 1-9: April 1951, Los Angeles
* Disc 1, 10-16: April 12, 1952, Lennie Tristano Studio, New York City
* Disc 1, 17-19: September 16, 1952, New York City
* Disc 1, 20-23; Disc 2, 1-2: April 14, 1953, New York City
* Disc 2, 3-7: April 29, 1953, New York City
* Disc 2, 8-17; Disc 3: May 15, 1953, Massey Hall, Toronto Canada
* Disc 4, 1-5: Summer 1953, New York City
* Disc 4, 6-10; Disc 5, 1-5: September 18, 1953, Putnam Central Club, Brooklyn, NY
* Disc 5, 6-11: October 28, 1953, New York City
* Disc 5, 12-14; Disc 6, 1-8: November 30, 1953, New York City
* Disc 6, 9-12: December 29, 1953, New York City
* Disc 6, 13-18: August 11, 1954, Van Gelder Recording, Hackensack, NJ
* Disc 7, 1-9: January 21, 1955, Van Gelder Recording, Hackensack, NJ
* Disc 7, 10-14; Disc 8, 1-9: March 10, 1955, Van Gelder Recording, Hackensack, NJ
* Disc 8, 10-13: July 9, 1955, Van Gelder Recording, Hackensack, NJ
* Disc 9, 1-3: September 19, 1955, New York City
* Disc 9, 4: Probably September 26, 1955, New York City
* Disc 9, 5-11; Disc 10; Disc 11, 1-7: December 23, 1955, Cafe Bohemia, New York City
* Disc 11, 8-13; Disc 12, 1-2: June 10, 1957, New York City
* Disc 12, 3-15: September (?) 1957, New York City
* Disc 12, 16: Late 1957 or (?) 1958, New York City