Charles Mingus: Mingus Mingus Mingus Test Pressing BYOB Archie Shepp and other legendary

Archie Shepp and other legendary Impulse Artists

as he breathes new life into popular songs from The Great American Songbook including “Anything Goes” and “You Do Something To Me

A Prayer of My Own

and is arguably the tenor hero’s best for the label–an intense

Charles Mingus: Mingus Mingus Mingus Test Pressing BYOB Archie Shepp and other legendary"The album features the two sides of Mingus' compositional genius: the beautiful balladry that I always feel has a bit of a film noir feel to it, alongside those joyous upbeat numbers that are filled with an organized chaos that categorizes much of the bassist's best work. Throw in the fact that it also features Jaki Byard (who is just phenomenal on this recording and remains criminally underrated), Booker Ervin, Dannie Richmond and Eric Dolphy and