Mingus at the Bohemia is a live album by the jazz composer and bassist Charles Mingus. It was released in August 1956 through Mingus's own label Debut Records. It was recorded at Café Bohemia in New York City on December 23, 1955. Max Roach 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
Allmusic 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 "Tenderly" 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.
Personnel
Sources
- Horst Weber, Gerd Filtgen: 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