Mingus Dynasty

For the Charles Mingus tribute band, see Mingus Dynasty (band).

Not to be confused with Ming dynasty.

1960 studio album by Charles Mingus

Mingus Dynasty

Studio album by

Charles Mingus

Released| May 1960[1][2][3]
Recorded| November 1 and 13, 1959
Studio| CBS 30th Street Studio, New York City
Genre| Jazz
Length| 59:34
Label| Columbia
Producer| Teo Macero
Charles Mingus chronology
| Blues & Roots
(1960)  | Mingus Dynasty
(1960)  | Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus
(1960)

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [5]
Down Beat
(Original LP release)| [4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings| [6]

Mingus Dynasty is a jazz album by Charles Mingus, recorded in 1959 and released on Columbia Records in May 1960.[1][2][3] It is a companion album to his 1959 record Mingus Ah Um, and was inducted in the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999. The title alludes to Mingus's ancestry, which was partially Chinese.[7]

Tracks one, three, four, and five were released in their unedited form in 1979 on vinyl and in 1999 on CD. The cuts amount to about eight minutes.[8]

## Track listing

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All compositions by Charles Mingus except where noted.

1. "Slop" – 6:16
2. "Diane" – 7:32
3. "Song With Orange" – 6:50
4. "Gunslinging Bird" (Originally titled "If Charlie Parker Were a Gunslinger, There'd Be a Whole Lot of Dead Copycats") – 5:14
5. "Things Ain't What They Used to Be" (Mercer Ellington) – 7:36
6. "Far Wells, Mill Valley" – 6:14
7. "New Now Know How" – 4:13
8. "Mood Indigo" (Barney Bigard, Duke Ellington) – 8:13
9. "Put Me in That Dungeon" – 2:53
10. "Strollin'" (Originally titled "Nostalgia in Times Square") (Mingus, George Gordon) – 4:33 [Bonus track on CD]

## Personnel

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* Charles Mingus – bass
* John Handy – alto sax
* Booker Ervin – tenor sax
* Benny Golson – tenor sax (2, 3, 4, 6, 10)
* Jerome Richardson – baritone sax (2, 3, 4, 6, 10), flute (2)
* Richard Williams – trumpet (2, 3, 4, 6, 10)
* Don Ellis – trumpet (1, 5, 8, 9)
* Jimmy Knepper – trombone
* Roland Hanna – piano (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9)
* Nico Bunink – piano (7, 10)
* Dannie Richmond – drums
* Teddy Charles – vibes (2, 3, 4, 6)
* Maurice Brown – cello (2, 9)
* Seymour Barab – cello (2, 9)
* Honi Gordon – vocals (10)[9]

## 50th Anniversary Legacy Edition

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In 2009 Sony's Legacy Recordings released a special, two-disc 50th anniversary edition of Mingus's seminal 1959 album Mingus Ah Um that also includes Mingus Dynasty in its entirety on the second disc.[10]

## References

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1. ^ a b "19 Columbia Albums For May Release" (PDF). The Cash Box. The Cash Box Publishing Co. Inc., NY. May 7, 1960. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
2. ^ a b "New and Outstanding LPs". The Billboard. The Billboard Publishing Co. May 30, 1960. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
3. ^ a b "Mingus Dynasty" (PDF). The Cash Box. The Cash Box Publishing Co. Inc., NY. May 14, 1960. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
4. ^ Down Beat: September 15, 1960 Vol. 27, No. 19
5. ^ Allmusic review
6. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1002\. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
7. ^ Mingus, Charles. Beneath the Underdog; His World as Composed by Mingus. New York: Knopf, 1971.
8. ^ 2009 remastered CD liner notes
9. ^ "Charles Mingus – Mingus Dynasty". jazzloft.com. Archived from the original on June 24, 2013. Retrieved February 14, 2012.. Accessed February 14, 2012
10. ^ Album Review – Mingus Ah Um: Legacy Edition. Pitchfork.com. Accessed: January 11, 2009

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Charles Mingus

Discography

Studio
albums|

* The Jazz Experiments of Charlie Mingus
* Jazz Composers Workshop
* Pithecanthropus Erectus
* The Clown
* East Coasting
* Mingus Three
* A Modern Jazz Symposium of Music and Poetry
* Mingus Ah Um
* Blues & Roots
* Mingus Dynasty
* Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus
* Pre-Bird
* Mingus
* Oh Yeah
* Tijuana Moods
* Money Jungle
* The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
* Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus
* Tonight at Noon
* Mingus Plays Piano
* Blue Bird
* Pithycanthropus Erectus
* Let My Children Hear Music
* Mingus Moves
* Changes One
* Changes Two
* Three or Four Shades of Blues
* His Final Work
* Cumbia & Jazz Fusion
* Something Like a Bird
* Charles Mingus with Orchestra
* Reincarnation of a Lovebird

Live
albums|

* Mingus at the Bohemia (1956)
* Jazz Portraits: Mingus in Wonderland (1959)
* The Complete Town Hall Concert (1962)
* The Charles Mingus Quintet & Max Roach (1963)
* Astral Weeks (1964)
* Town Hall Concert (1964)
* Revenge! (1964)
* The Great Concert of Charles Mingus (1964)
* Mingus in Europe Volume I (1964)
* Mingus in Europe Volume II (1964)
* Right Now: Live at the Jazz Workshop (1964)
* Mingus at Monterey (1964)
* My Favorite Quintet (1965)
* Music Written for Monterey 1965 (1965)
* Charles Mingus Sextet In Berlin (1970)
* Charles Mingus and Friends in Concert (1972)
* Mingus at Antibes (1974)
* Mingus at Carnegie Hall (1974)
* Cornell 1964 (2007)

Books|

* Beneath the Underdog (1971 autobiography)

Related|

* Mingus Big Band
* Mingus Big Band Live at Jazz Standard
* Mingus Dynasty
* Sue Mingus
* Jazz at Massey Hall (1953)
* Weary Blues (1958)
* Newport Rebels (1960)
* Pepper Adams Plays the Compositions of Charlie Mingus (1964)
* Mingus (1979)
* Epitaph (1990)
* Mingus: Charlie Mingus 1968
* Charles Mingus: Triumph of the Underdog (1998 documentary)

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Booker Ervin

Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except when this was delayed

As leader|

* The Book Cooks (1960)
* Cookin' (1960)
* That's It! (1961)
* Exultation! (1963)
* Gumbo! (with Pony Poindexter, 1963)
* The Freedom Book (1963)
* The Song Book (1964)
* The Blues Book (1964)
* The Space Book (1964)
* Groovin' High (1963–64)
* The Trance (1965)
* Setting the Pace (with Dexter Gordon, 1965)
* Heavy!!! (1966)
* Structurally Sound (1966)
* Booker 'n' Brass (1967)
* The In Between (1968)
* Tex Book Tenor (1968)
* Back from the Gig (with Horace Parlan, 2LP, 1963/68)

With Charles Mingus|

* Jazz Portraits: Mingus in Wonderland (1959)
* Mingus Ah Um (1959)
* Mingus Dynasty (1959)
* Blues & Roots (1959)
* Mingus (1960)
* Mingus at Antibes (1960 [1976])
* Reincarnation of a Lovebird (1960)
* Oh Yeah (1961)
* Tonight at Noon (1961 [1964])
* Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus (1963)

With others|

* Hot Line (Bill Barron, 1962)
* Out Front! (Jaki Byard, 1964)
* Urge (Ted Curson, 1965)
* Cracklin' (Roy Haynes, 1963)
* In the Land of the Giants (Eric Kloss, 1969)
* Havin' a Ball at the Village Gate (Lambert, Hendricks & Bavan, 1963)
* Up & Down (Horace Parlan, 1961)
* Happy Frame of Mind (Horace Parlan, 1963)
* The Exciting New Organ of Don Patterson (Don Patterson)
* Hip Cake Walk (Don Patterson, 1964)
* Patterson's People (Don Patterson, 1964)
* Tune Up! (Don Patterson, 1964 [1971])
* Soul People (Sonny Stitt, 1964)
* The Quest (Mal Waldron, 1961)
* Highlife (Randy Weston, 1963)
* Randy/African Cookbook (Randy Weston, 1964)
* Monterey '66 (Randy Weston, 1966 [1994])

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