Charles Mingus: Pre-Bird (Verve Acoustic Sounds Series) LP

$36.98

For this 1961 release, Mingus chose music composed before he heard the revolutionary playing of Charlie Parker. The album features large ensembles and includes two swing-era contrapuntal ‘mash-ups’, with one song playing out of the left channel and another from the right. Verve’s Acoustic Sounds Series features transfers from analog tapes and remastered 180-gram vinyl in deluxe gatefold packaging. 

Tracklist: 


Side A
1. Take the A Train 
2. Prayer For Passive Resistance 
3. Eclipse 
4. Mingus Fingus No. 2 
5. Weird Nightmare 

Side B
1. Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me 
2. Bemoanable Lady 
3. Half-Mast Inhibition