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5060149621974

East Coasting

Charles Mingus

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Format: CD

Cat No: EJC55471

Release Date:  01 April 2012

Label:  Essential Jazz Classics

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  8436028694716

Genres:  Jazz  Bebop  

Release Date:  01 June 2014

Label:  Pure Pleasure Records

Packaging Type:  Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  5060149621974

Genres:  Jazz  Bebop  

  • Description

    Digitally re-mastered and expanded edition of this 1957 album from the Jazz bassist plus all existing alternate takes from the date. As a bonus, Essential Jazz Classics have added Mingus' superb 'Revelations': recorded a couple of months earlier, this is the only other collaboration that Mingus and Evans ever made. East Coasting features an all-star group with Jimmy Knepper, Bill Evans, Clarence Shaw and Curtis Porter.

    Description

    180g audiophile vinyl reissue, remastering by Ray Staff at Air Mastering, Lyndhurst Hall, London.

    "Charles Mingus is usually known for his wild, soulful and avant-garde compositions. "East Coasting" is mellow by comparison, but it still cooks on a musical level. The Mingus touches are there; the trombone, drummer Danny Richmond and of course the dark emotional undercurrent looms large, too. The personnel are all Mingus regulars, except for pianist Bill Evans, who would not be described as "soulful" in the traditional sense, but his introverted and sensitive style works well with Mingus's music. His playing on "West Coast Ghost" (the album's stand-out track) and "Celia" are two examples of Evans' ability to understand an artist's musical vision and play accordingly in his own beautifully original style.

    "East Coasting" sounds like the prototypical 1950s jazz recording. It's something one would hear in an attic converted to a bedroom where an artist or lonely soul might live. It's what a lot of people might believe Jazz would or should sound like. Highly recommended to Jazz lovers and perhaps more importantly- to young people who have just been blown away by Kerouac's novel "On the Road" and have become interested in exploring Jazz. "East Coasting" will allow them to get a taste of lost creative America." - S. Wynn

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Memories Of You
      • 2. East Coasting
      • 3. West Coast Ghost
      • 4. Celia
      • 5. Conversation
      • 6. Fifty-First Street Blues
      • 7. East Coasting (Alternate Take)
      • 8. Memories Of You (Alternate Take)
      • 9. Revelations
      • 10. Woody 'n You
      • 11. Billie's Bounce

    Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Memories Of You
      • 2. East Coasting
      • 3. West Coast Ghost

      Side 2

      • 4. Celia
      • 5. Conversation
      • 6. Fifty-First Street Blues