Oh Yeah (Charles Mingus album)
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| Studio album by Charles Mingus | ||||
| Released | April 1962 | |||
| Recorded | November 6, 1961 Atlantic Studios, New York City |
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| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 44:08 original LP | |||
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Atlantic SD 1377 |
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| Producer | Nesuhi Ertegün | |||
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Down Beat (Original Lp release) |
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Oh Yeah is a 1962 album by jazz musician Charles Mingus. It was recorded in 1961, and features the leader (who was mainly noted as a bassist and composer) singing on three of the cuts and playing piano throughout.
All compositions by Charles Mingus.
The 1999 Rhino CD reissue included three additional tracks recorded at the same session (and previously released on Tonight at Noon in 1965):
The 1988 Atlantic CD reissue included only one additional track, a 24-minute excerpt of an interview with Mingus conducted by Nesuhi Ertegün which was discovered in 1987. The full 77-minute interview appears as a bonus disc on the box set Passions of a Man: the Complete Atlantic Recordings (1956-1961).
Paul Weller, who has referred to himself as a 'disciple' of the 'genius' Mingus, included 'Passions of a Man' on a 2003 compilation of some of his favourite songs, entitled 'Under the Influence'. In the liner notes he said of the track that "two thirds into the chanting, mumbling, screams and whistles, the drum thunder; all is calm for Mingus to play a beautiful piano melody that Debussy or Satie would have been proud of".
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