Mingus

[medjuck]

Wolfgang's Vault has a few Mingus concerts but this one from The Jazz Workshop in Boston 10/12/72 is particularly interesting because it has a composition I've never seen anywhere else: "Blues for a Saw".  (The vault  lists it as an "unknown title", I got the name from a listener's comment.  The vault also listed Billie's Bounce as unknown.)

 

[jazzbo]

That would be the Roy Brooks feature playing the saw, often done when Brooks was in the band, I have this on a few European boots of shows. Not essential Mingus. . .fun though. 

[optatio]

20 hours ago, medjuck said:

Wolfgang's Vault has a few Mingus concerts but this one from The Jazz Workshop in Boston 10/12/72 is particularly interesting because it has a composition I've never seen anywhere else: "Blues for a Saw".  (The vault  lists it as an "unknown title", I got the name from a listener's comment.  The vault also listed Billie's Bounce as unknown.)

 

Some finds for you:

http://www.allmusic.com/album/live-at-the-jazz-workshop-boston-ma-october-11-1971-mw0002886109 

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Live+at+the+Jazz+Workshop+Boston+October+11th+1971 

Not yet listet here:

Excerpts from http://www.jazzdisco.org/charles-mingus/catalog/ 

Charles Mingus - Live In Chateauvallon, 1972 (France's Concert (F) FCD 134)

Charles McPherson (alto saxophone) John Foster (piano, vocals) Charles Mingus (bass) Roy Brooks (drums, musical saw)

live in Chateauvallon, France, August 22, 1972

	Duke Ellington Medley: Blues In G (bass solo) / In A Sentimental Mood / Sophisticated Lady / Unknown Ellington Tune / Mood Indigo / Take The "A" Train
	Fables Of Faubus
	Diane (Body And Soul)
	Blues Medley: John's Blues (Blues For Some Bones) / Blues For Roy's Saw / Noddin' Ya Head Blues

Vide: http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/window/media/page/0,,132046-95463,00.html 

Charles Mingus - Blue Skylark (Original Revival Collection 8256)

Joe Gardner (trumpet) Hamiet Bluiett (baritone saxophone, flute) John Foster (piano) Charles Mingus (bass) Roy Brooks (drums, musical saw)

"Jazz Jamboree 72", Warsaw, Poland, October 20, 1972

	Peggy's Blue Skylight
	Blues For A Saw

Charles Mingus - Stockholm 1964 And Berlin 1972 (Tribal Blast (J) DVD-007)

Joe Gardner (trumpet) Cat Anderson (trumpet -3) Hamiet Bluiett (baritone saxophone, flute) John Foster (piano) Charles Mingus (bass) Roy Brooks (drums, musical saw)

"Berliner Jazztage", "Philharmonie", Berlin, West Germany, November 5, 1972

1.	Peggy's Blue Skylight
2.	Celia
3.	Perdido

Track 2 + 3 on: http://www.discogs.com/Mingus-Quintet-Meets-Cat-Anderson-Mingus-Quintet-Meets-Cat-Anderson/release/2919501 

 

At least:

 

- 3:18 the  saw solo begins!