dave9199 Posted June 10, 2003 Report Share Posted June 10, 2003 Has anyone else gotten this? I've recently gotten into Mingus & liked what I've heard, but I really didn't care for anything on this 12 cd box. I didn't realize it was mostly him as a session player. I've read his musical personality was still forming during 1951-55. I've got the Bethlehem, Atlantic & Columbia boxes and liked them all. If you have this, how do you feel about it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnS Posted June 10, 2003 Report Share Posted June 10, 2003 I have it. It's not all great, some of it's weird, but it is always interesting. Typically Mingus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted June 10, 2003 Report Share Posted June 10, 2003 I have this. I love a lot of the sessions on this box. But then I'm into about twenty some years of listening to Mingus, over the last fifteen or so quite heavily, and I have learned to like a lot more of his work than I did initially! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mnytime Posted June 10, 2003 Report Share Posted June 10, 2003 If you are into Mingus, you're going to want this eventually. It might not be the first thing to pick up but it's Mingus and a Whole Lotta Mingus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted June 18, 2003 Report Share Posted June 18, 2003 If you are into early Mingus - as documented by the excellent Uptown CD - this is the perfect companion. It is of course more about Mingus the producer and sideman, but everything bears his stamp. He was just as great a bass player as he was as composer and bandleader. And there's a lot of his working band of the mid-1950's in this set. I find it as indispensable as the Uptown CD and the Atlantic and Columbia dates. He recorded a lot - and arguably the more important dates - for other labels during the existence of Debut, maybe also to support his label. The very good booklet tells a lot about this. You will want to have it, sooner or later ..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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