"Sweet Sucker Dance" on Mingus Big Band's _Tonight at Noon_ CD.

[ladenso1]

Would appreciate it if someone could tell me who the featured sax soloist is on the track mentioned in my title.

Thanks.

[kh1958]

The CD notes say Seamus Blake is the soloist on tenor on that track.

[ladenso1]

Thanks very much.  I'm surprised--he's not one of my favorites and of all the saxophonists listed as being on the track (discogs) I thought he was the least likely. 

Excellent solo.  Does the piece justice.

[Gheorghe]

When was it recorded ? Or is Mingus Big Band one of those bands that was after Mingus´ death ? 

Sorry for the question but I don´t know very much about post Mingus works on his music, since I still caught him live and he was my idol.

[jazzbo]

Took ten seconds to find this on the internet. I saw this band in Austin years ago, a highlight of my limited concert going:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mingus_Big_Band

[optatio]

I just found this https://franklacymingusbigband.bandcamp.com/album/mingus-sings

[Gheorghe]

1 hour ago, jazzbo said:

Took ten seconds to find this on the internet. I saw this band in Austin years ago, a highlight of my limited concert going:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mingus_Big_Band

Well as a frequent concert goer mostly in the forming years Mingus live was some of the most fascinating things for me. 

From post mortem Mingus I only saw the George Adams - Don Pullen quartet shortly after Mingus´ death playing some of the stuff they had recorded with Mingus, but in general it was too painful for me to learn about Mingus´ death . 

And now even me had a look on internet in this context and saw and remembered, that "Sweet Sucker´s" Dance" was on the Joni Mitchell album "Mingus". I have it but again it was too painful for me to listen much to it as I was so depressed by Mingus death and the surroundings how that album was made.....

The last compositions of Mingus which still was written for the touring band and recorded and seen live was those large suites "Cumbia" and "Three or Four Shades of the Blues"........, and........Danny Richmond......oh yeah !!!!!!