East Coasting
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6th |
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East Coasting is a jazz album by Charles Mingus recorded in 1957 and first released by Bethlehem Records in 1958 . It was recorded shortly after the album Tijuana Moods .
The plate
The title East Coasting used by the Bethlehem record company was intended to distinguish the music from West Coast Jazz, which was popular at the time ; The term was used by the labels for the hardbop and modern mainstream jazz of the east coast of the USA that was current in the 1950s , which was mainly created in New York City . Even then, Mingus' music shouldn't fit into any of these templates: “I don't belong to any school; and from whatever coast someone may come from, he should realize himself ”(quoted from Weber / Filtgen).
East Coasting was recorded at the same time as Tjiuana Moods and for today's listeners is somewhat overshadowed by this then revolutionary work. What makes the record special, however, is the one-time participation of pianist Bill Evans in a Mingus formation; otherwise the "core group" of Clarence Shaw , Shafi Hadi (alias Curtis Porter), Jimmy Knepper and Dannie Richmond are gathered here, who were to accompany Charles Mingus through a very productive period of his work, up to the work Mingus Ah Um (1959).
Bill Evans high lyrical quality is shown here to the extent that he manages to put himself in Mingus' compositions and the most varied of musical moods. Hadi, Knepper and Shaw are musicians from bebop and hardbop who manage to incorporate the influences of Duke Ellington's music , gospel , blues and traditional New Orleans jazz into the band's music.
The pieces
- Memories of You ( Andy Razaf / Eubie Blake ) (4:23)
- East Coasting (5:10)
- West Coast Ghoast (11:00 am)
- Celia (7:50)
- Conversation (5:25)
- Fifty-First Street Blues (5:45)
All pieces were composed by Charles Mingus, except " Memories of You ".
The record may have been recorded on August 6, 1957. The " Fifty-First Street Blues " initially appeared (in two parts) on a single (Bethlehem 11041) and was not included on the original record (Bethlehem 6019). The LP was also released in the 1960s under the title Charlie Mingus Sextet (Polydor Production 623215). The CD was released in 1986 in an unauthorized version by Affinity Records as a New York Sketchbook . The CD (Rhino / WEA or Shout Factory) released in 2000 contains additional alternate takes of " East Coasting " and " Memories of You ".
literature
- Horst Weber , Gerd Filtgen: Charles Mingus. His life, his music, his records . Oreos, Gauting-Buchendorf, undated, ISBN 3-923657-05-6
- Nat Hentoff : Liner Notes on East Coasting (Bethlehem)
Single receipts
- ↑ This is stated in the discography of the Charles Mingus Discography Project , where Cincinnati is named as the location ; the Internet discography of Esa Onttonen however, is only August 1957 and as Location New York. On August 6th, the second part of the recordings for Tijuana Moods took place.