Pithecanthropus Erectus | ||||
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Released | July or August 1956[1][2][3] | |||
Recorded | January 30, 1956 | |||
Studio | Audio-Video Studios New York City | |||
Genre | Jazz, post-bop | |||
Length | 36:36 | |||
Label | Atlantic, America | |||
Producer | Nesuhi Ertegun | |||
Charles Mingus chronology | ||||
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Pithecanthropus Erectus is a 1956 album by jazz composer and bassist Charles Mingus. Mingus noted that this was the first album where he taught arrangements to his musicians by ear in lieu of putting the chords and arrangements in writing.[4]
Music[edit]
- RAR Size: 2.55 Gb Tracklist: 01. Charles Mingus - Pithecanthropus Erectus 02. Charles Mingus - The Man Who Never Sleeps 03. Charles Mingus - Peggy's Blue Skylight 04. Charles Mingus - Introduction by Bud Spangler / Celia 05. Charles Mingus - Bud Spangler Interview with Roy Brooks and Commentary 06. Charles Mingus - C Jam Blues 07.
- Pithecanthropus Erectus is a 1956 album by jazz composer and bassist Charles Mingus.Mingus noted that this was the first album where he taught arrangements to his musicians by ear in lieu of putting the chords and arrangements in writing.
Premium Features Free Features; Download Speed: Super Fast 8-15 MB/s: Very Slow 70-130 KB/s: Parallel Download: Direct downloads: No Captcha, Waiting, Ads: Support Download Accelerators. This album is mostly a composite of Pithecanthropus Erectus and Mingus at the Bohemia, two sessions recorded about a month apart in 1955-56 by the Charles Mingus Quintet. Disappointingly, though still great, 'Love Chant' is an alternate take (at half the length) than the superior version on the original Pithecanthropus Erectus.
According to Mingus' liner notes, the title song is a ten-minute tone poem, depicting the rise of man from his hominid roots (Pithecanthropus erectus) to an eventual downfall due to 'his own failure to realize the inevitable emancipation of those he sought to enslave, and his greed in attempting to stand on a false security.' The song's title translates into 'Upright Ape-Man', which holds a dual meaning with 'upright' referring to Mingus' bass.
Reception[edit]
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Source | Rating |
Q | [5] |
Vibe | (not rated)[6] |
Allmusic | [7] |
Tom Hull | A[8] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz gave it a maximum four-star rating and added it to its core collection, describing it as 'One of the truly great modern jazz albums'.[9] In the same review, 'the all-in ensemble work' in parts of the first track, 'Pithecanthropus Erectus', is described as being 'absolutely crucial to the development of free collective improvisation in the following decade'.
Track listing[edit]
All tracks composed by Charles Mingus except where noted.
- 'Pithecanthropus Erectus' – 10:36
- 'A Foggy Day' – 7:50 (George Gershwin)
- 'Profile of Jackie' – 3:11
- 'Love Chant' – 14:59
Personnel[edit]
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Musicians[edit]
Charles Mingus Quotes
- Charles Mingus – bass
- Jackie McLean – alto saxophone
- J. R. Monterose – tenor saxophone
- Mal Waldron – piano
- Willie Jones – drums
Charles Mingus Biography
Production[edit]
- Tom Dowd – recording engineering
- Hal Lustig – recording engineering
References[edit]
- ^Liner notes to Passions of a Man: The Complete Atlantic Recordings 1956-1961
- ^Editorial Staff, Cash Box (4 August 1956). 'August Album Releases'(PDF). The Cash Box. The Cash Box Publishing Co. Inc., NY. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
- ^Billboard Aug 25, 1956
- ^Huey, Steve. 'Pithecanthropus Erectus - Charles Mingus | AllMusic'. allmusic.com. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
- ^'The essential early Mingus set' (December 2001) Q, p. 160.
- ^'The Vibe 100' (December 1999) Vibe, p.162. (Included in Vibe's 100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century.)
- ^Huey, Steve. 'Pithecanthropus Erectus - Charles Mingus | AllMusic'. allmusic.com. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
- ^Hull, Tom (n.d.). 'Essential Jazz Albums of the 1950s'. tomhull.com. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
- ^Cook, Richard & Morton, Brian (2008) The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings, p. 1001. Penguin.
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