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Charles Mingus' Finest Hour, while a fine and eccentric collection of music, is only his finest hour of music on the labels owned by Universal-Emarcy, Mercury, Verve, and a few others. These include sessions where Lionel Hampton ( and not Mingus) was the bandleader. No matter. The majority, and the best of the material here, comes from the wonderful Pre-Bird set issued on Emarcy with Ted Curson, Marcus Belgrave and many others in a 25-piece orchestra that played Mingus compositions written before he met Charlie Parker. The other stuff comes from live concerts including some fine European sounds with Eric Dolphy, and some of the Bethlehem material. This is a decent look at a strange period between periods -- between Atlantic and Columbia -- for the giant one. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide
Charles Mingus' Finest Hour
05/07/2002 | Umvd Labels
All Music Guide Review
Charles Mingus' Finest Hour Track Listing
Credits of Charles Mingus' Finest Hour
- Billy Mackel
- Guitar
- Dodo Marmarosa
- Piano
- Charles McCracken
- Cello
- Jack Nimitz
- Sax (Baritone)
- Andrew Penn
- Trombone
- Charlie Persip
- Drums
- Bobby Plater
- Sax (Alto)
- Eddie Preston
- Trumpet
- Harry Schulman
- Oboe
- Leo Shepherd
- Trumpet
- Creed Taylor
- Producer
- Bob Thiele
- Producer
- Earl "Bagga" Walker
- Drums
- Phil Woods
- Sax (Alto)
- Jimmy Wormick
- Trombone
- Jack Kelson, Jr.
- Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
- Brian Priestley
- Liner Notes, Sequencing, Selection
- Ray Avery
- Photography
- Manny Thaler
- Bassoon
- Tommy Mace
- Oboe
- John Sparrow
- Sax (Tenor)
- Lee Tanner
- Photography
- Hollis King
- Art Direction
- James J. Kreigsmann
- Photography
- Jeff Willens
- Mastering
- Cynthia Sesso
- Photo Research
- Bryan Koniarz
- Supervisor
- Sherniece Smith
- Art Producer
- Richard Gene Williams
- Trumpet
- Ken Druker
- Executive Producer
- Robert Appleton
- Series Design
- Butch Birdsall
- Bass (Vocal)
- Austin Brentley
- Production Assistant
- Jerry Parker
- Baritone (Vocal)
- Robert Didomenica
- Flute
- Jay Berliner
- Guitar
- Quentin Jackson
- Trombone
- Britt Woodman
- Trombone
- Shafi Hadi
- Sax (Tenor)
- Yusef Lateef
- Flute, Sax (Tenor)
- Danny Bank
- Sax (Baritone)
- Bill Barron
- Sax (Tenor)
- Norman Granz
- Producer
- Teddy Buckner
- Trumpet
- Don Butterfield
- Tuba
- Jaki Byard
- Piano
- Clark Terry
- Trumpet
- Junior Collins
- French Horn
- Joe Comfort
- Bass
- Lorraine Cusson
- Vocals
- Wendell Culley
- Trumpet
- Kenny Dennis
- Drums
- Hobart Dotson
- Trumpet
- Rolf Ericson
- Trumpet
- Gil Evans
- Conductor, Instrument Arrangement
- Sticks Evans
- Percussion
- Joe Farrell
- Sax (Tenor)
- Charlie Fowlkes
- Sax (Baritone)
- Milt Gabler
- Producer
- Duke Garrette
- Trumpet
- Charles "Majeed" Greenlee
- Trombone
- Dick Hafer
- Clarinet, Sax (Tenor), Flute
- Curley Hamner
- Drums
- Sir Roland Hanna
- Piano
- Peter Keepnews
- Note Editing
- Ben Kynard
- Sax (Alto)
- Morris Lane
- Sax (Tenor)
- Benny Bailey
- Trumpet
- Marcus Belgrave
- Trumpet
- Eddie Bert
- Trombone
- Paul Bley
- Piano
- Milt Buckner
- Piano
- Jimmy Cleveland
- Trombone
- Ted Curson
- Trumpet
- Eric Dolphy
- Flute, Clarinet (Bass), Sax (Alto)
- Booker Ervin
- Sax (Tenor)
- Art Farmer
- Trumpet
- Leonard Feather
- Producer
- Lionel Hampton
- Vocals, Vibraphone
- Slide Hampton
- Trombone
- Langston Hughes
- Narrator
- Quincy Jones
- Arranger, Conductor
- Jimmy Knepper
- Trombone
- Herbie Mann
- Flute, Sax (Tenor)
- Charlie Mariano
- Sax (Alto)
- Charles Mingus
- Bass, Piano, Arranger, Narrator, Main Performer
- Horace Parlan
- Piano
- Walter Perkins
- Drums
- Jerome Richardson
- Flute, Sax (Baritone), Sax (Soprano)
- Dannie Richmond
- Drums
- Max Roach
- Drums
- Lucky Thompson
- Sax (Tenor)
- Tony Aless
- Piano
- John LaPorta
- Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
- Hal McKusick
- Clarinet
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