Town Hall Concert

{{about|Charles Mingus' 1964 live album|Charles Mingus' 1962 live album|The Complete Town Hall Concert}}

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{{Infobox album

| name = Town Hall Concert

| type = Live album

| artist = Charles Mingus

| cover = mingustownhallconcert.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1964

| recorded = April 4, 1964

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Jazz

| length = 45:19

| label = Jazz Workshop JWS 005

| producer =

| chronology = Charles Mingus

| prev_title = Cornell 1964

| prev_year = 2007

| next_title = Revenge!

| next_year = 1964

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/r143973 |title=Town Hall Concert [1964] - Charles Mingus | AllMusic |first=Michael |last=Katz |work=allmusic.com |year=2011 |access-date=13 August 2011}}

| rev3 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide

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

|editor-last=Swenson

|editor-first=J.

| year = 1985

| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide

|url=https://archive.org/details/rollingstonejazz00swen

|url-access=registration

| publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone

| location = USA

| isbn = 0-394-72643-X

| pages = [https://archive.org/details/rollingstonejazz00swen/page/140 140]

}}

|rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

|rev2score = {{Rating|4|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=1004}}

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Town Hall Concert is a 1964 live album by the jazz bassist and composer Charles Mingus. It was recorded in New York City at The Town Hall on April 4, 1964. "So Long Eric" is a 12-bar blues that got its name after Eric Dolphy informed Mingus he would be leaving the band to stay in Europe before a concert in Oslo. "Praying With Eric" is more commonly known as "Meditations On Integration". The album was originally released on Mingus' own Jazz Workshop label and rereleased on Fantasy as part of their Original Jazz Classics series.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/charles-mingus/catalog/#mingus-jws-005 Charles Mingus discography] accessed November 30, 2012