A Modern Jazz Symposium of Music and Poetry
1959 studio album by Charles Mingus / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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 | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [3] |
Los Angeles Times | [4] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz | [5] |
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]