Music Written for Monterey 1965, Not Heard... Played in Its Entirety at UCLA

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Media type: CDs

Artist: Charles Mingus

Genre: Jazz

CD Details

UPC 016728304122

Virtual SKU MWV.B000HIVQI0.G

Charles Mingus composed music for the 1965 Monterey Jazz Festival but had limited time to perform it there, so he recorded this material in its entirety at UCLA on September 25, 1965 with an octet featuring tuba, French horn, three trumpets including Sun Ra veteran Hobart Dotson, and alto saxophonist Charles McPherson. The post-bop session captures Mingus leading his band through spiritual meditations, angular bebop arrangements, and extended compositions while interjecting speeches and instructions, creating a document that blends earthiness and tunefulness with the spirit of free jazz and political consciousness.

Originally released in extremely limited quantities as a self-issued double album and later reissued on vinyl in 1984, this two-disc CD comes from Sue Mingus’s label and includes false starts, asides, and the full performance exactly as it happened. You can own this rare Mingus session on physical media without the collector’s markup.

Track List

Opening Speech - 0:42
Meditation On Inner Peace - 17:57
Speech Introducing Musicians - 1:41
Meditation On Inner Peace (Bass Solo, Splice For Ending Of Group) - 0:51
Speech - 0:14
Once Upon A Time, There Was A Holding Corporation Called Old America (1st False Start) - 0:08
Lecture To Band - 0:27
Once Upon A Time, There Was A Holding Corporation Called Old America (2nd False Start) - 1:22
Ode To Bird And Dizzy (Quartet) - 10:18
Speech: Call Octet Back - 0:54
They Trespass The Land Of The Sacred Sioux - 7:11
Speech: Introduction To Hobart Dotson - The Arts Of Tatum And Freddy Webster - 10:01
Speech - 1:24
Once Upon A Time, There Was A Holding Corporation Called Old America - 11:01
Speech To Lonnie Hillyer - 0:35
Muskrat Ramble - 3:11
Pause - 0:11
Don't Be Afraid, The Clown's Afraid Too - 8:21
Don't Let It Happen Here - 10:53

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