Charles Mingus - Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus (Hybrid SACD)

The album basically contains variations of Mingus' own and others' works and could therefore pass for boring and meaningless if Mingus had not just lived up to his genius as an arranger to transfer the new interpretations far beyond the originals into independent works. The band was not only well cast, but also quite large:

Charles Mingus - bass, piano, vocals
Jay Berliner - guitar
Don Butterfield - trombone, tuba
Jaki Byard - piano
Eric Dolphy - flute, alto saxophone
Rolf Ericson - trumpet
Booker Ervin - tenor saxophone
Dick Hafer - clarinet, flute, oboe, tenor saxophone
Quentin Jackson - trombone
Charlie Mariano - alto saxophone
Walter Perkins - drums
Eddie Preston - trumpet
Jerome Richardson - flute, bartion saxophone, soprano saxophone
Dannie Richmond - drums
Richard Gene Williams - trumpet
Britt Woodman - trombone

Tracklist:

1. II B.S.
2. I X Love
3. Celia
4. Mood Indigo
5. Better Get Hit in Yo' Soul
6. Theme for Lester Young
7. Hora Decubitus