Release Date: 01 April 2012
Label: Essential Jazz Classics
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 8436028694716
Release Date: 01 June 2014
Label: Pure Pleasure Records
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5060149621974
Description
Digitally re-mastered and expanded edition of this 1957 album from the Jazz bassist plus all existing alternate takes from the date. As a bonus, Essential Jazz Classics have added Mingus' superb 'Revelations': recorded a couple of months earlier, this is the only other collaboration that Mingus and Evans ever made. East Coasting features an all-star group with Jimmy Knepper, Bill Evans, Clarence Shaw and Curtis Porter.
Description
180g audiophile vinyl reissue, remastering by Ray Staff at Air Mastering, Lyndhurst Hall, London.
"Charles Mingus is usually known for his wild, soulful and avant-garde compositions. "East Coasting" is mellow by comparison, but it still cooks on a musical level. The Mingus touches are there; the trombone, drummer Danny Richmond and of course the dark emotional undercurrent looms large, too. The personnel are all Mingus regulars, except for pianist Bill Evans, who would not be described as "soulful" in the traditional sense, but his introverted and sensitive style works well with Mingus's music. His playing on "West Coast Ghost" (the album's stand-out track) and "Celia" are two examples of Evans' ability to understand an artist's musical vision and play accordingly in his own beautifully original style.
"East Coasting" sounds like the prototypical 1950s jazz recording. It's something one would hear in an attic converted to a bedroom where an artist or lonely soul might live. It's what a lot of people might believe Jazz would or should sound like. Highly recommended to Jazz lovers and perhaps more importantly- to young people who have just been blown away by Kerouac's novel "On the Road" and have become interested in exploring Jazz. "East Coasting" will allow them to get a taste of lost creative America." - S. Wynn
Tracklisting
Tracklisting
Charles Mingus
Charles Mingus
Charles Mingus
Charles Mingus
Charles Mingus
Charles Mingus
Jane Bunnett and Maqueque
Charles Mingus
Stan Getz
Steve Lacy
Booker Little
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
Chet Baker
Harry James
Nina Simone
Coleman Hawkins
