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Pithecanthropus Erectus (Mauve Vinyl)

Charles Mingus

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Format: LP

Cat No: 950689

Format Details: Mauve Vinyl

Release Date:  25 January 2019

Label:  Waxtime In Color

Packaging Type:  Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  8436028699933

Genres:  Jazz  

Release Date:  08 November 2019

Label:  Waxtime In Color

Packaging Type:  Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  8436559466301

Genres:  Jazz  

  • Description

    WAXTIME IN COLOR LIMITED EDITION 180g COLORED (MAUVE) VINYL + BONUS TRACK + UNIQUE STICKER CHARLES MINGUS - 'PITHECANTHROPUS ERECTUS This 1956 Atlantic album by the highly influential and revolutionary jazz musician, composer and arranger Charles Mingus is generally recognised as the man's first attempts at recording music according to his principles of individual player improvisation within Mingus' own defined framework, comprising both musical definition and, equally importantly, feel. What is also particularly notable about this album and, in particular, in its legendary title piece, is that it is possible to detect (in the composition and playing) Mingus' conception and belief that all forms of music, in particular jazz and classical, should be fused into a single form, a concept that he would take to its ultimate conclusion on his later masterpiece, The 'Black Saint And The Sinner Lady'. According to Mingus' liner notes, the title song is a ten-minute tone poem, depicting the rise of man from his hominid roots (Pithecanthropus erectus) to an eventual downfall due to "his own failure to realize the inevitable emancipation of those he sought to enslave, and his greed in attempting to stand on a false security." The song's title translates into "Upright Ape-Man", which holds a dual meaning with "upright", referring to Mingus' bass. Includes a live version of album track 'Love Chant' recorded at Cafe Bohemia in New York in December 1955. Charles Mingus - bass & leader; Jackie McLean - alto sax; J.R. Monterose - tenor sax; Mal Waldron - piano; Willie Jones - drums. Recorded New York, January, 1956.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Pithecanthropus Erectus 10:36
      • 2. A Foggy Day 07:50
      • 3. Profile of Jackie 03:11
      • 4. Love Chant 14:54
      • 5. A Foggy Day 05:22

    Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Pithecanthropus Erectus
      • 2. A Foggy Day
      • 3. Profile Of Jackie
      • 4. Love Chant
      • 5. Love Chant (live Version)