Charles Mingus - Peggy's Blue Skylight - 1972

Berlin 5th of November

Charles Mingus - bass
Joe Gardner - trumpet
Hamiet Bluiett - saxophone
John Foster - piano
Roy Brooks - drums

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• Mingus
• Jazz

[kingpleasure]

This is what you call an entire group Kicking Ass and Taking No Prisoners on each solo and as an ensemble. The MoFo just starts out fast and then just builds and builds in intensity until Roy Brooks killer ending. Joder!! John Foster is amazing and Bluett blows the Bari like it was a mutant tenor....focking Incredible. What chops these guys had!! Thank you Thank you a million times over.

[kingpleasure]

Hamiet is great, but the best here is Roy Brooks--what an incredible drum solo!

[izmirlig]

Yeah--right. I've never really understood that putdown--of all the times I've had the pleasure its never been regrettable.

Best to you in your search to the truth and to the light--brother

Grant

[MegaHellochicken]

@izmirlig you're a cuntlick.

[izmirlig]

@MegaHellochicken --I am lucky enough to have "Mingus Presents Mingus " out of print with Dolphy, Curson and Richman-- the orginal workshop-- I could rant on and on about what I really dig about that record---all I'm saying is that this vid left me disappointed.

oh and about your conclusion --looks like its wrong-- no offense meant to you though :)

smile be happy - Grant

[izmirlig]

@MegaHellochicken

Granted the most of the tune is played 'straight' and that is not what I was talking about--in fact my comment was highlighting this very point--but Hamiett's solo from pretty much from 5:11 onward is free (c.f. screeching and generally not playing the changes at all)---so yeah--I love Mingus --

[MegaHellochicken]

@izmirlig Um... Hamiett just took an "outta sight solo". And the piano player is playing the harmonies Mingus wrote under his solo pretty much the whole solo, so it's really not free. I've come to the conclusion that you rambunctiously don't know what you're posting about.

[schnefsky]

@izmirlig I don't think so! I'd seen Bluett live on 2 occasions with Mingusand his style was the same. He blew his mind out on that Bari all the time. He was in total control in this session, just like the rest of the band. Mingus never let his crew get lost. I saw him 5 times, he was always in control.

[izmirlig]

the bari player was set to take an outta sight solo but everyone got too rambunctious so he ended up playing free. If you listen to the first few bars of his under mic'd solo you will come to the same conclusion.

[acarouselofantics]

feels and sounds so right

[cidedwards31a]

i love this tune one of Mingus' best,right up there with 'devil woman','the man who never sleeps','haitian fight song' ',jelly roll soul' and 'better get it in your soul', and of course many others.

[WandererKami]

I heard this on the radio, before which I didn't know who Charles Mingus was. I've listened through half a dozen of his songs just to find this one and I'd do it all again.