Changes One (Charles Mingus album)

{{Infobox album|

| name = Changes One

| type = Album

| artist = Charles Mingus

| cover = Mingus-ChangesOne.jpg

| alt =

| released = October 1, 1975

| recorded = December 27, 28 & 30, 1974

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Jazz

| length = 44:28

| label = Atlantic

| producer = Ilhan Mimaroglu

| prev_title = Mingus at Carnegie Hall

| prev_year = 1974

| next_title = Changes Two

| next_year = 1974

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/r143921 |title=Changes One - Charles Mingus | AllMusic |first=Scott |last=Yanow |work=allmusic.com |year=2011 |accessdate=13 August 2011}}

| rev3 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide

| rev3Score = {{rating|5|5}}{{Cite book

|editor-last=Swenson

|editor-first=J.

| author-link =

| year = 1985

| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide

| publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone

| location = USA

| isbn = 0-394-72643-X

| pages = 141

}}

|rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

|rev2score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=1005}}

}}

Changes One is an album by the jazz composer and bassist Charles Mingus, released in 1975.

Song notes

= "Remember Rockefeller at Attica" =

This track is dedicated to the Attica Prison Riots of 1971 and the Governor of New York State at that time, Nelson Rockefeller.

= "Devil Blues" =

The lyrics are by Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown, but the melody is newly composed by vocalist and saxophonist George Adams. Mingus also has composing credits, possibly for the horn lines that follow the singing.

Track listing

All compositions by Charles Mingus except where noted.

  1. "Remember Rockefeller at Attica" – 5:56
  2. "Sue's Changes" – 17:04
  3. "Devil Blues" (George Adams, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Mingus) – 9:24
  4. "Duke Ellington's Sound of Love" – 12:04

Personnel

Recorded at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York City, on December 27, 28 & 30, 1974.

References

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Category:1975 albums

Category:Charles Mingus albums

Category:Atlantic Records albums

Category:Albums produced by Nesuhi Ertegun

Category:Attica Correctional Facility

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