Tag: Charles Mingus

Charles Mingus – Tijuana Moods (1962)
[2015, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF-Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Total Size: 915 MB (DSF) + 775 MB (FLAC) + 1.01 GB (ISO) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Original Recordings Group | US | Cat#: ORG 174 | Genre: Hard Bop, Post Bop

Inspired by a trip to Tijuana, Tijuana Moods was recorded in 1957 but was sat on by RCA until its release in 1962. Bassist/composer Charles Mingus at the time said that this was his greatest recording, and it certainly ranks near the top. Continue reading “Charles Mingus – Tijuana Moods (1962) [2015, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Charles Mingus – Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus (1964)
[2010, Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
CD-Layer / EAC Rip / FLAC Tracks + Cue + Log
Total Size: 281 MB (CD-Layer) + 1.04 GB (DSF) + 816 MB (FLAC) + 1.17 GB (ISO) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Analogue Productions | US | Cat#: CIPJ 54 SA | Genre: Jazz

Having completed what he (and many critics) regarded as his masterwork in The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady, Charles Mingus’ next sessions for Impulse found him looking back over a long and fruitful career. Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus is sort of a “greatest hits revisited” record, as the bassist revamps or tinkers with some of his best-known works. Continue reading “Charles Mingus – Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus (1964) [2010, Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Charles Mingus – Supreme Jazz (2006) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF-Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Stereo & Multichannel | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 2.89 GB (ISO) + 8.15 GB (DSF) + 3.41 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Membran Music Ltd. | Germany | Cat#: 223277-207 | Genre: Cool Jazz, Bop
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Charles Mingus – Pithecanthropus Erectus (1956) [2011, Japanese Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.51 GB (ISO) + 651 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Warner Music | Japan | Cat#: WPGR-10003 | Genre: Post-Bop, Jazz

Pithecanthropus Erectus was Charles Mingus’ breakthrough as a leader, the album where he established himself as a composer of boundless imagination and a fresh new voice that, despite his ambitiously modern concepts, was firmly grounded in jazz tradition. Mingus truly discovered himself after mastering the vocabularies of bop and swing, and with Pithecanthropus Erectus he began seeking new ways to increase the evocative power of the art form and challenge his musicians (who here include altoist Jackie McLean and pianist Mal Waldron) to work outside of convention. Continue reading “Charles Mingus – Pithecanthropus Erectus (1956) [2011, Japanese Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Charles Mingus – The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (1963) [2011, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.64 GB (ISO) + 768 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Analogue Productions | US | Cat#: CIPJ 35 SA | Genre: Post-Bop, Piano Jazz

The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady is one of the greatest achievements in orchestration by any composer in jazz history. Charles Mingus consciously designed the six-part ballet as his magnum opus, and — implied in his famous inclusion of liner notes by his psychologist — it’s as much an examination of his own tortured psyche as it is a conceptual piece about love and struggle. It veers between so many emotions that it defies easy encapsulation; for that matter, it can be difficult just to assimilate in the first place. Continue reading “Charles Mingus – The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (1963) [2011, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”