Charles Mingus, Charles Mingus – Mingus At Carnegie Hall = ミンガス・アット・カーネギー・ホール (E/VG+) – LP, JP 1974, No OBI

Mingus At Carnegie Hall = ミンガス・アット・カーネギー・ホール is an LP by Charles Mingus from 1974 released on the Atlantic label.

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Mingus at Carnegie Hall is a powerful showcase for Charles Mingus’s expansive post-bop vision, balancing collective discipline with spontaneous fire. Recorded live at Carnegie Hall in 1974 and released that same year, the album presents Mingus in front of a large ensemble, using the concert setting to stretch structures, spotlight soloists and drive familiar material into more forceful territory. Its performances underline why Mingus is regarded as one of jazz’s great bandleaders and composers: musically daring, rhythmically volatile and always rooted in deep swing. The result is an essential late-era statement from an artist who turned live performance into high drama.

Genre: Jazz

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