medjuck Posted March 30, 2010 Report Share Posted March 30, 2010 The iTunes store has a playlist of songs in honour of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. One of the cuts is by Mingus and called Themes from Movies. Checking the iTunes store for Mingus I found a plethora a records-- many of which Sue would not approve of. However this song seems to be from another anthoology : The 10th Anniversary of the Jazz & Heritage Festival. Anyone know it's original provenance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted March 30, 2010 Report Share Posted March 30, 2010 This was originally a Flying Fish lp. IIRC, it's a piano solo. Haven't heard it since '78. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffcrom Posted March 30, 2010 Report Share Posted March 30, 2010 Yes, on Flying Fish and was also released on CD at some point. It's stuff from the 1976 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival; mostly Louisiana artists, but with a few "out-of-towners." Clifton Chenier - Caledonia Irving McLean - Brown Skin Girl (steel drums) Roosevelt Sykes - Ice Cream Freezer Henry Butler - The Breaks Ironing Board Sam - Baby What You Want Me to Do Onward Brass Band - Paul Barbarin's Second Line (editorial comment: Hell, yeah!) Robert Pete Williams - Rock Me Mama Mamou Hour Cajun Band - Jolie Blonde Eubie Blake - Charleston Rag NO Ragtime Orchestra - Darktown Strutters Ball Charles Mingus - Themes from a Movie (piano solo) Youth Inspirational Choir - Doxology Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medjuck Posted March 31, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2010 Hmmmm.... Looks good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted March 31, 2010 Report Share Posted March 31, 2010 I used to have it & as I recall it looked better than it sounded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjzee Posted March 31, 2010 Report Share Posted March 31, 2010 I used to have it & as I recall it looked better than it sounded. Ditto. Although I wonder whether there's more of his performance in the vault. It's very close to when he had to stop playing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted March 31, 2010 Report Share Posted March 31, 2010 I used to have it & as I recall it looked better than it sounded. Should point out that I meant the music on the album didn't stand well compared up to the list of names playing on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffcrom Posted March 31, 2010 Report Share Posted March 31, 2010 I used to have it & as I recall it looked better than it sounded. Should point out that I meant the music on the album didn't stand well compared up to the list of names playing on it. I agree that some of the tracks are fairly weak. I stand by my editorial comment about the Onward BB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gheorghe Posted April 5, 2010 Report Share Posted April 5, 2010 I don´t know nothing about iTunes since I´m a more old fashioned guy and got to have CDs (and before that LPs). I saw that "Themes from a Movie" on a Mingus discography many many years ago and always wondered what it might be. Since 1976 was the year when Mingus did "Music for Todo Modo" (which was supposed to be a movie score like Cumbia from 1977), maybe it´s some piano sketches from Todo Modo? Like the bonus tracks on Cumbia (Wedding March on piano, two tracks made after the group recording of Cumbia, which is the same little waltz that appears shortly on "three or four shades of blues" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_forumlogo.png.a607ef20a6e0c299ab2aa6443aa1f32e.png)
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.