Mingus Dynasty

Mingus Dynasty is a jazz album by Charles Mingus, recorded in 1959 and released on Columbia Records in May 1960.[1][2][3] It is a companion album to his 1959 record, Mingus Ah Um, and was inducted in the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999. The title alludes to Mingus's ancestry which was partially Chinese.[6]

For the Charles Mingus tribute band, see Mingus Dynasty (band).
Not to be confused with Ming dynasty.
Mingus Dynasty
Studio album by
Charles Mingus
ReleasedMay 1960[1][2][3]
RecordedNovember 1 and 13, 1959
StudioCBS 30th Street Studio, New York City
GenreJazz
Length59:34
LabelColumbia
ProducerTeo Macero
Charles Mingus chronology
Mingus Ah Um
(1959)		 Mingus Dynasty
(1960)		 Pre Bird
(1960)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Down Beat
(Original Lp release)		[5]

Tracks 1, 3, 4 and 5 were released in their unedited form in 1979 on vinyl and in 1999 on CD. The cuts amount to about 8 minutes.[7]

Track listing

All compositions by Charles Mingus except where noted.

  1. "Slop" – 6:16
  2. "Diane" – 7:32
  3. "Song With Orange" – 6:50
  4. "Gunslinging Bird" (Originally titled "If Charlie Parker Were a Gunslinger, There'd Be a Whole Lot of Dead Copycats") – 5:14
  5. "Things Ain't What They Used to Be" (Mercer Ellington) – 7:36
  6. "Far Wells, Mill Valley" – 6:14
  7. "New Now Know How" – 4:13
  8. "Mood Indigo" (Barney Bigard, Duke Ellington) – 8:13
  9. "Put Me in That Dungeon" – 2:53
  10. "Strollin'" aka "Nostalgia in Times Square" (Mingus, George Gordon) Bonus track on CD – 4:33

Personnel

50th Anniversary Legacy Edition

In 2009 Sony's Legacy Recordings released a special 2-disc 50th Anniversary Edition of Mingus's seminal 1959 album Mingus Ah Um that also includes Mingus Dynasty in its entirety on the second disc.[9]

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References
  1. "19 Columbia Albums For May Release" (PDF). The Cash Box. The Cash Box Publishing Co. Inc., NY. 7 May 1960. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  2. "New and Outstanding LPs". The Billboard. The Billboard Publishing Co. 30 May 1960. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  3. "Mingus Dynasty" (PDF). The Cash Box. The Cash Box Publishing Co. Inc., NY. 14 May 1960. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  4. Allmusic review
  5. Down Beat: September 15, 1960 Vol. 27, No. 19
  6. Mingus, Charles. Beneath the Underdog; His World as Composed by Mingus. New York: Knopf, 1971.
  7. 2009 remastered CD liner notes
  8. "Charles Mingus – Mingus Dynasty". jazzloft.com. Archived from the original on 2013-06-24. Retrieved 2012-02-14.. Accessed February 14, 2012
  9. Album Review – Mingus Ah Um: Legacy Edition. Pitchfork.com. Accessed: January 11, 2009
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