Heard together, Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus and Pre Bird suggest the enormity of Charles Mingus’ artistic vision. No one album encompasses it in its entirety, and perhaps not even two or three. However, these recordings, made six months apart in 1960, vividly summarized his work to date, as he headed towards to jazz’s pantheon — Bill Shoemaker
Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus
Eric Dolphy: alto saxophone, bass clarinet
Ted Curson: trumpet
Charles Mingus: double bass
Dannie Richmond: drums
Pre Bird
Charles Mingus: Double bass
Eric Dolphy: Alto saxophone, bass clarinet & flute (tracks: 5 to 12)
John LaPorta: Alto saxophone (tracks: 8, 11, 12)
Danny Bank: Baritone Saxophone (tracks: 8, 11, 12)
Charles McCracken: Cello (tracks: 8, 11, 12)
Gunther Schuller: Conductor (tracks: 12)
Dannie Richmond: Drums (tracks: 5 to 8, 10 to 12)
Robert DiDomenica: Flute (tracks: 8, 11, 12)
Harry Schulman: Oboe (tracks: 8, 11, 12)
George Scott: Percussion (tracks: 8, 11, 12)
Sticks Evans: Percussion (tracks: 8, 11, 12)
Max Roach: Percussion (track: 12)
Paul Bley: Piano (tracks: 5, 7, 9)
Sir Roland Hanna: Piano (tracks: 8, 11 & 12)
Bill Barron: Tenor Saxophone (tracks: 8, 11, 12)
Booker Ervin: Tenor Saxophone (tracks: 5 to 7, 9, 10)
Joe Farrell: Tenor saxophone (tracks :5 to 12)
Yusef Lateef: Tenor saxophone (tracks: 5 to 12)
Charles Greenlee: Trombone (tracks: 8, 11, 12)
Eddie Bert: Trombone (tracks: 8, 11, 12)
Jimmy Knepper: Trombone (tracks 5 to 12)
Slide Hampton: Trombone (tracks: 8, 11, 12)
Clark Terry: Trumpet (tracks: 8, 11, 12)
Ted Curson: Trumpet (tracks: 5 to 12)
Hobart Dotson: Trumpet (tracks: 8, 11, 12)
Marcus Belgrave: Trumpet (tracks: 8, 11, 12)
Richard Williams: Trumpet (tracks: 8, 11, 12)
Don Butterfield: Tuba (tracks: 8, 11, 12)
Lorraine Cusson: Vocals (tracks: 7, 9)
Booker Ervin, Charles Mingus, Eric Dolphy, Jimmy Knepper, Joe Farrell, Paul Bley, Ted Curson, Yusef Lateef: Vocals (track 7)
