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Three or Four Shades of Blues by Charles Mingus (CD, May-1989, Rhino Records USA) 
Three or Four Shades of Blues by Charles Mingus (CD, May-1989, Rhino Records USA)

 
Three or Four Shades of Blues by Charles Mingus (CD, May-1989, Rhino Records USA)

Release Date: May 1989
Format: CD
Record Label: Rhino Records (USA)
Genre: Bass, Jazz Instrument
UPC: 075678140327
Product ID: EPID3057213
Description: The Mingus Band: Charles Mingus (acoustic bass); Ricky Ford (tenor saxophone); Jack Walrath (trumpet); Bob Neloms (piano); Dannie Richmond (drums). Additional personnel: George Coleman (alto & tenor saxophones); Sonny Fortune (alto saxop...
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Track Listing
1. Better Git Hit in Your Soul
2. Goodbye, Porkpie Hat
3. Noddin Ya Head Blues
4. Three or Four Shades of Blues
5. Nobody Knows

Details
Playing Time:44 min.
Contributing Artists:Dannie Richmond, George Coleman, Jack Walrath, John Scofield, Larry Coryell, Philip Catherine, Ricky Ford, Sonny Fortune
Producer:Ilhan Mimaroglu
Distributor:WEA (Distributor)
Recording Type:Studio
Recording Mode:Stereo
SPAR Code:AAD

Album Notes
The Mingus Band: Charles Mingus (acoustic bass); Ricky Ford (tenor saxophone); Jack Walrath (trumpet); Bob Neloms (piano); Dannie Richmond (drums).
Additional personnel: George Coleman (alto & tenor saxophones); Sonny Fortune (alto saxophone); Jimmy Rowles (piano); Larry Coryell, Philip Catherine, John Scofield (guitar); George Mraz, Ron Carter (acoustic bass); Dannie Richmond (drums).
Recorded on March 9 & 11, 1977 at Atlantic Studios, New York, and March 29, 1977 at The Record Plant, New York. Includes liner notes by Ilhan Mimaroglu.
Even in the latter stages of his career the notoriously restless Mingus never stopped searching for new ways to interpret and present his compositions. As befits one with such a mercurial muse, his artistic destinations were often surprising, but seldom as surprising as on THREE OR FOUR SHADES OF BLUES. Here he reconfigures (and redefines in the process) some of the best-known tunes from his daunting canon, tackling them in a more contemporary style. In 1977, this meant the enlistment of guitarists Larry Coryell and Philip Catherine to add some burning, fusion-friendly licks to "Better Git Hit in Your Soul" and frenetic amphetamine-flamenco riffs to "Goodbye Porkpie Hat." It's to Mingus' credit as arranger and bandleader that these updates never seem contrived and still don't sound dated. It's just one more way of viewing the revolutionary work of this compositional giant. THREE OR FOUR SHADES is exhilarating in its fresh outlook and unfettered passion.

Editorial Reviews
3 Stars - Good - ...THREE OR FOUR SHADES OF BLUES was one of his last hurrahs...
Q (07/01/1993)

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