Description
• 180-GRAM VIRGIN VINYL
• THE COMPLETE ALBUM + 2 BONUS TRACKS
Pithecanthropus Erectus was Mingus’ breakthrough as a leader, the album where he established himself as a composer of boundless imagination and a fresh new voice that, despite his ambitiously modern concepts, was rmly grounded in jazz tradition. The tune that gave the album its name is one of Mingus’ true masterpieces: a four-movement tone poem depicting man’s evolution from pride and accomplishment to hubris and slavery, and nally to ultimate destruction.
This was the first album where Mingus tailored his arrangements to the personalities of his musicians, teaching the pieces by ear instead of writing everything out.
PERSONNEL:
CHARLES MINGUS – (bass & leader)
JACKIE McLEAN – (alto sax)
J.R. MONTROSE – (tenor sax)
MAL WALDRON – ( piano)
WILLIE JONES – (drums)
New York, January 30, 1956.
(*) BONUS TRACKS: Charles Mingus (b & leader), Eddie Bert (tb), George Barrow (ts),
Mal Waldron (p), Willie Jones (d).
Live at the Café Bohemia, New York, December 18, 1955
TRACKS:
A1. PITHECANTHROPUS ERECTUS
A2. A FOGGY DAY
A3. LOVE CHANT (*)
B1. PROFILE OF JACKIE
B2. LOVE CHANT
B3. A FOGGY DAY (*)
