Esplorando i dischi : Charles Mingus – Jazz composers workshop

Album del 1956 del bassista Charles Mingus.
Track list :
All compositions by Charles Mingus except as indicated
“Purple Heart” – 5:36
“Gregarian Chant” – 2:51
“Eulogy for Rudy Williams” – 6:22
“Tea for Two” – 6:19 (Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans)
“Smog L.A.” – 3:14 (Wally Cirillo)
“Level Seven” – 4:17 (Cirillo)
“Transeason” – 4:23 (Cirillo)
“Rose Geranium” – 4:13 (Cirillo)
“Getting Together” – 4:41
“Body and Soul (Alternate Take 1)” – 3:07 On CD reissue
Line Up :
Charles Mingus – bass
John LaPorta – clarinet (tracks 1, 2, 4, 9 and 10), alto saxophone (track 3)
Teo Macero – tenor saxophone (tracks 2-10), baritone saxophone (track 1)
George Barrow– tenor saxophone (track 1), baritone saxophone (tracks 2-4, 9 & 10)
Wally Cirillo (tracks 5-8), Mal Waldron (tracks 2-4, 9 & 10) – piano
Kenny Clarke (tracks 5-8), Rudy Nichols (tracks 1-4, 9 & 10) – drums