Essential Mingus Big Band

Mingus Big Band | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 10, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Dreyfus
• ASIN: B00005LN2U
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #38,712 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars BURNIN', November 7, 2002

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Jake Wenger (LA, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Essential Mingus Big Band (Audio CD)

The Mingus Big Band, which has celebrated the works of the late Charles Mingus for many years, now compiles all of their BEST recordings into one HUGE CD. By huge I don't mean size, I'm talking about the music. This has got to be one of the best jazz recordings I have ever heard. All the soloists are burnin' right thru to the end and the charts are played in the traditional Mingus style. PLEASE, if you really are intent on spending money today, buy this CD. For my money, jazz doesn't really get much better than this.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars get this album, July 26, 2004

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M. S Thaler "musicmensch" (villanova, pa, usa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Essential Mingus Big Band (Audio CD)

If you can listen to "Eat That Chicken" and not burst out laughing you have a problem. This whole album is about joy, and at its best jazz can convey that sense of spontaneous joy better than any other art form. This is truly joyful music. You can hear it in the improvisations from start to finish - pay close attention to the opening phrase from the soprano sax in the opening "Haitian Fight Song." Now listen to it again - it leaps into unexpected places in the span of several seconds and just lifts you up with it and makes you feel great. Is this the world's deepest music? Probably not, but who cares - buy it, listen to it, and remember why you started listening to jazz in the first place

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The "Ah Hum" memorial, August 28, 2003

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thierry meyer (Jerusalem, Israel) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Essential Mingus Big Band (Audio CD)

On of the happiest moment of music. Emotionally, poetically and technically perfect. In concert, this gang of "Meshigene" is devoting to the soul and the spirit of the great Charles. Mingus bless them !!