Mingus Three

1957 studio album by Charles Mingus

Mingus Three

Studio album by

Charles Mingus

Released| Early November 1957[1]
Recorded| July 9, 1957
New York City
Genre| Jazz
Label| Jubilee
JLP 1054
Charles Mingus chronology
| The Clown
(1957)  | Mingus Three
(1957)  | East Coasting
(1957)

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Mingus Three (also referred to as Trio) is an album by American bassist, composer and bandleader Charles Mingus with pianist Hampton Hawes and drummer Dannie Richmond which was recorded in 1957 and first released on the Jubilee label.[2]

## Reception

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Allmusic| [3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings| [4]

The Allmusic review stated, "Most often heard in large ensembles and rarely in a trio context, Charles Mingus joined forces with pianist Hampton Hawes for this 1957 studio date. It features four standards, two originals by the bassist, and a jam by the group credited to Hawes. While there's nothing particularly arresting or startling about the date, the relationship between the two ostensible co-leaders is a good case study in group dynamics when deference between two strong-willed individualists turns into a certain amount of compromise. Drummer Danny Richmond is not so much the peacemaker or even mediator, and he is the one with the most common sense who actually pulls this triad into a simpatico unit, cooling the embers with his steady, willful-in-its-own-right playing. As complex as the music of Mingus tends to be, it's nice to hear what he does in a more simplified area. His "Back Home Blues" is so basic as his bass leads out, while the Mingus chart "Dizzy Moods" is deeper within an easier swing, allowing darker colors to fully but slowly blossom. Richmond overdubs the tambourine on "Dizzy Moods" and the hip "A Night in Tunisia"-styled take of "Summertime," while a faster "Hamp's New Blues" bops along effortlessly, chided by the drummer's accents. Hawes shines in his gilded, rearranged concept of "Yesterdays," intentionally messing up the changes for the first few bars before settling in, while slowing the Vernon Duke evergreen "I Can't Get Started" (always a personal staple of the Mingus book) to a crawl. The most intriguing selection comes at the end, as "Laura" sounds derived from "Tea for Two," with the hardy upright of Mingus sallying forth about this imaginary woman made real through this poignant song. Some six years later, Mingus, Duke Ellington, and Max Roach would record the controversial trio effort Money Jungle, so in many ways this album is a prelude to that all-star combination, both one-shots and definitely sidebars to the careers of all of these brilliant jazzmen."[5]

## Track listing

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All compositions by Charles Mingus except as indicated

1. "Yesterdays" (Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern) - 4:13
2. "Back Home Blues" - 5:29
3. "I Can't Get Started" (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin) - 6:28
4. "Hamp's New Blues" (Hampton Hawes) - 3:52
5. "Summertime" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) - 4:28
6. "Dizzy Moods" - 6:51
7. "Laura" (Johnny Mercer, David Raksin) - 6:33

## Personnel

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* Charles Mingus \- bass
* Hampton Hawes \- piano
* Dannie Richmond \- drums, tambourine (overdubbed)

## References

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1. ^ Billboard Nov 18, 1957
2. ^ Charles Mingus discography accessed December 4, 2012
3. ^ Nastos, M. G. Allmusic Review accessed December 4, 2012
4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1002\. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
5. ^ "Mingus Three - Charles Mingus | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.

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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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Hampton Hawes

Years given are for the recording(s), not release.

Albums
as leader|

* Hampton Hawes Trio (1955)
* This Is Hampton Hawes (1955–56)
* Everybody Likes Hampton Hawes (1956)
* All Night Session! Vol. 1 (1956)
* All Night Session! Vol. 2 (1956)
* All Night Session! Vol. 3 (1956)
* Baritones and French Horns/Curtis Fuller and Hampton Hawes
with French Horns (1957)
* Four! (1958)
* Bird Song (1956–58)
* For Real! (1958)
* The Sermon (1958)
* The Green Leaves of Summer (1964)
* Here and Now (1965)
* The Seance (1966)
* I'm All Smiles (1966)
* Universe (1972)
* Blues for Walls (1973)
* Playin' in the Yard (1973)
* Northern Windows (1974)
* As Long as There's Music (1976)
* Something Special (1976)
* Hampton Hawes at the Piano (1976)

Sideman
with others|

* Gene Ammons and Friends at Montreux (1973)
* I'll Catch the Sun! (Sonny Criss, 1969)
* On the Road (Art Farmer, 1976)
* The Hunt (Dexter Gordon, 1947)
* Blues à la Suisse (Dexter Gordon, 1973)
* Kessel Plays Standards (Barney Kessel, 1955)
* Let's Cook! (Barney Kessel, 1957)
* Live in Hollywood (Warne Marsh, 1952)
* Mingus Three (Charles Mingus, 1957)
* Stratosonic Nuances (Blue Mitchell, 1975)
* The Early Show (Art Pepper, 1952)
* Surf Ride (Art Pepper, 1952)
* Living Legend (Art Pepper, 1976)
* Modern Sounds (Shorty Rogers, 1951)
* Shorty Rogers and His Giants (1953)
* Bud Shank – Shorty Rogers – Bill Perkins (1955)
* Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders (1958)
* So Doggone Good (Sonny Stitt, 1972)

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