Mingus – passions of a man (TSP radio show 16/07/04)

All selections by Charles Mingus except where noted; all records played are reissues. Original LP catalogue numbers from http://www.jazzdisco.org/mingus/cat/.

  1. ‘Reincarnation of a Lovebird’ (1957)
    From The Clown, USA ATLANTIC 8122-75358-2 CD (1998)
    Original release ATLANTIC SD 1260
  2. ‘Far Wells, Mill Valley’ (1959)
    From The Shoes of The Fisherman’s Wife (compilation), CBS RECORDS CBS 460822 1 LP (1988)
    Original release Mingus Dynasty, COLUMBIA CS 8236
  3. ‘Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting’ (1959)
    From Blues & Roots, USA ATLANTIC 81227 3617-2 CD (2002)
    Original release ATLANTIC SD 1305
  4. ‘Hog Callin’ Blues’ (1961)
    From Oh Yeah, USA ATLANTIC 8122-7539-2 CD (1998)
    Original release ATLANTIC SD 1377
  5. ‘Fables of Faubus’ (1959)
    From Mingus Ah Um, CBS RECORDS CBS 450436 1 LP
    Original release COLUMBIA CS 8171
  6. Eugene Chadbourne, ‘Fables of Faubus’
    From Corpses of Foreign War, USA FUNDAMENTAL SAVE 10 LP (1987)
  7. Bert Jansch and John Renbourn, ‘Goodbye Pork Pie Hat’ (1966)
    From Bert and John, UNITED KINGDOM WOODED HILL RECORDINGS HILLCD 8 (1996)
    Original release TRANSATLANTIC TRA 144
  8. ‘Goodbye Pork Pie Hat’ (1959)
    From Mingus Ah Um, op cit.
  9. ‘Goodbye Pork Pie Hat’ (1977)
    From Three or Four Shades of Blue, USA ATLANTIC SD1700 LP (1977)
  10. ‘Haitian Fight Song’
    From The Clown, op cit.
  11. Various Artists, ‘Reincarnation of a Lovebird / Haitian Fight Song montage’
    From Hal Willner Presents Weird Nightmare: Meditations on Mingus, USA COLUMBIA 472467 2 CD (1992)
  12. Amalgam, extract from ‘Tribute to Mingus Parts 1 & 2’
    From Wipe Out, UNITED KINGDOM IMPETUS RECORDS IMP 47901 4 x LP BOX SET (1979)
  13. ‘Passions of a Man’
    From Oh Yeah, op cit.

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