All compositions by Charles Mingus. Mingus Big Band (Charles Mingus, narration, bass ; Eric Mingus, narration ; Boris Kozlov, Andy McKee, bass ; Dannie Richmond, Johnathan Blake, Gene Jackson, drums ; Jaki Byard, John Hicks, David Kikoski, piano ; Charles MacPherson, Seamus Blake, Ronnie Cuber, Vincent Herring, John Stubblefield, Mark Shim, Bobby Watson, saxophone ; Alex Foster, saxophone, flute ; Lonnie Hilyer, Randy Brecker, Alex Sipiagin, Earl Gardner, trumpet ; Akili Jamal Mshauri Haynes, trombone, narration ; Conrad Herwig, trombone ; Dave Taylor, bass trombone, tuba). Recorded January 25 and 26, 1999 at Clinton Recording Studios, New York, NY. Compact disc. Program notes by Sue Mingus inserted in container.
Contents:
It was a lonely day in Selma, Alabama/Freedom / Charles Mingus (8:45) -- Haitian fight song / arr. Sy Johnson (8:22) -- Goodbye pork pie hat / arr. Sy Johnson (9:47) -- Don't let it happen here / arr. Howard Johnson (5:14) -- Meditations for a pair of wire-cutters / arr. Mike Mossman (11:38) -- Pussycat dues / arr. Steve Slagle (6:36) -- Oh lord, don't let them drop that atomic bomb on me / arr. Sy Johnson (8:56) -- Little royal suite / arr. Sy Johnson (15:59).
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