Cumbia & Jazz Fusion
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| Studio album by Charles Mingus | ||||
| Released | 1978 | |||
| Recorded | March 29-31,1976 at Sound WorkShop and Dirmaphon Studio, Rome, Italy; March 1 & March l0, 1977 in NYC | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 50:16 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Producer | Ilhan Mimaroglu, Daniele Senatore | |||
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| Allmusic |   |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | |
| The Village Voice | B+ |
Cumbia & Jazz Fusion is an album by Charles Mingus recorded for the Atlantic label in 1977. It features two extended compositions written for the film Todo Modo by Mingus and performed by large ensembles featuring Jack Walrath, Jimmy Knepper, Paul Jeffrey, Ricky Ford, Dannie Richmond, Candido, Ray Mantilla, George Adams and Danny Mixon. The first two tracks on the album were inspired by Colombian Cumbia. The CD reissue added two solo performances by Mingus on piano.
Village Voice critic Robert Christgau felt Cumbia & Jazz Fusion's loftier compositions suggested Mingus was more of an "important jazz eccentric" rather than a "great": "The 27-minute title fantasia is rich, lively, irreverent, and enjoyable, but it's marred by overly atmospheric Hollywood-at-the-carnival moments, while the kitschy assumed seriousness of 'Music for Todo Modo' almost ruins its fresh big-band colors."AllMusic critic Scott Yanow later wrote, "The music is episodic but generally holds its own away from the film".
All compositions by Charles Mingus
Tracks 3 & 4 Bonus track on CD
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