A Modern Jazz Symposium of Music and Poetry | ||||
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Released | May or June 1959 [1] [2] | |||
Recorded | October 1957 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 57:29 | |||
Label | Bethlehem | |||
Producer | Jeff Palo | |||
Charles Mingus chronology | ||||
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Los Angeles Times | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
A Modern Jazz Symposium of Music and Poetry is an album by the jazz bassist, composer, and band leader Charles Mingus, released by Bethlehem Records in mid-1959. [1] [2] In spite of the title, the album does not contain any poetry. [3] "Scenes in the City", however, includes narration performed by Mel Stewart and written by actor Lonne Elder with assistance from Langston Hughes. [4] [6] [7] The composition "Duke's Choice" re-appears, in updated form, as "I X Love" on the 1963 album Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus. [8] [9] [10] "Nouroog", "Duke's Choice" and "Slippers" form the basis of the suite "Open Letter to Duke" on Mingus Ah Um. [11]
The CD issues of the album include three bonus tracks: the Dizzy Gillespie standard " Woody 'n' You", Charlie Parker's " Billie's Bounce", which is listed as "Bounce" and miscredited to Mingus, and an alternate take of "Slippers". [12]
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow called the album "an excellent set of challenging yet often accessible music". [3] The Penguin Guide to Jazz deemed it "an opportunity for Mingus to experiment with texts and with pure sound". [5] The Penguin editors furthermore cite Clarence Shaw's performance on "New York Sketchbook" as "the best trumpet heard on a Mingus album for some time before or since". [5]
All titles by Charles Mingus, except where noted.
Bonus tracks
A Modern Jazz Symposium of Music and Poetry | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | May or June 1959 [1] [2] | |||
Recorded | October 1957 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 57:29 | |||
Label | Bethlehem | |||
Producer | Jeff Palo | |||
Charles Mingus chronology | ||||
|
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Los Angeles Times | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
A Modern Jazz Symposium of Music and Poetry is an album by the jazz bassist, composer, and band leader Charles Mingus, released by Bethlehem Records in mid-1959. [1] [2] In spite of the title, the album does not contain any poetry. [3] "Scenes in the City", however, includes narration performed by Mel Stewart and written by actor Lonne Elder with assistance from Langston Hughes. [4] [6] [7] The composition "Duke's Choice" re-appears, in updated form, as "I X Love" on the 1963 album Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus. [8] [9] [10] "Nouroog", "Duke's Choice" and "Slippers" form the basis of the suite "Open Letter to Duke" on Mingus Ah Um. [11]
The CD issues of the album include three bonus tracks: the Dizzy Gillespie standard " Woody 'n' You", Charlie Parker's " Billie's Bounce", which is listed as "Bounce" and miscredited to Mingus, and an alternate take of "Slippers". [12]
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow called the album "an excellent set of challenging yet often accessible music". [3] The Penguin Guide to Jazz deemed it "an opportunity for Mingus to experiment with texts and with pure sound". [5] The Penguin editors furthermore cite Clarence Shaw's performance on "New York Sketchbook" as "the best trumpet heard on a Mingus album for some time before or since". [5]
All titles by Charles Mingus, except where noted.
Bonus tracks