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The Jazz Experiments of Charlie Mingus

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| name = The Jazz Experiments of Charlie Mingus

| type = Album

| artist = Charles Mingus

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| released = 1955

| recorded = December 1954

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| genre = Jazz

| length = 46:27

| label = Bethlehem, London (UK)

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| chronology = Charles Mingus

| prev_title = Miss Bliss

| prev_year = 1953

| next_title = Jazz Composers Workshop

| next_year = 1956

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The Jazz Experiments of Charlie Mingus is an album by jazz bassist and composer Charles Mingus released on the Bethlehem label.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/charles-mingus/catalog/#bethlehem-bcp-65 Charles Mingus discography] accessed June 8, 2011 The album contains tracks originally released by Period Records as two 10-inch LPs entitled Jazzical Moods and co-credited to John LaPorta.Mingus, C. Liner notes to The Jazz Experiments of Charlie Mingus

Reception

The AllMusic review by Heather Phares stated: "These 1954 Period Records sessions include the work of Thad Jones on trumpet and John LaPorta on clarinet and alto sax, combine old and new forms of classical and jazz for a cool jazz sound. Tracks like 'Minor Intrusion' and 'Thrice Upon a Time' demonstrate the synergy between Mingus and his players, and display his compositional skills".Phares, H. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-jazz-experiments-of-charles-mingus-main-entry-r143937 AllMusic Review] accessed June 8, 2011

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}

|rev2 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide

|rev2score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite book |title=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |date=1992 |publisher=Random House |page=477}}

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Track listing

:All compositions by Charles Mingus except as indicated

  1. "What Is This Thing Called Love?" (Cole Porter) - 8:14
  2. "Minor Intrusion" - 10:23
  3. "Stormy Weather" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) - 3:21
  4. "Four Hands" (John LaPorta, Mingus) - 8:59
  5. "Thrice Upon a Theme" - 6:47
  6. "The Spur of the Moment / Echonitus" (LaPorta, Mingus) - 8:43

:*Recorded in New York in December 1954

Original Jazzical Moods Track Listings

:All compositions by Charles Mingus except as indicated

= Jazzical Moods, Vol. 1 =

  1. "What Is This Thing Called Love?" (Cole Porter) - 8:14
  2. "Stormy Weather" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) - 3:21
  3. "Minor Intrusion" - 10:23
  4. "Abstractions" - 4:14 (Not included in The Jazz Experiments of Charlie Mingus)

= Jazzical Moods, Vol. 2 =

  1. "The Spur of the Moment / Echonitus" (LaPorta, Mingus) - 8:43
  2. "Thrice Upon a Theme" - 6:47
  3. "Four Hands" (LaPorta, Mingus) - 8:59

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Category:Charles Mingus albums

Category:1955 albums

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