Mingus, Charles | Changes The Complete 1970S At | 8LP

Charles Mingus was an American jazz double bass player, pianist, composer, bandleader and civil rights activist, born in Nogales, Arizona, on 22 April 1922. His profile credits him as a pioneer of double bass technique, of overdubbing, and of cutting up and reassembling tapes of different takes in the studio. He died in Cuernavaca, Mexico, in 1979, and wrote the autobiographical novel 'Beneath the Underdog'.

Changes (The Complete 1970s Atlantic Studio Recordings) is a vinyl box set released by Atlantic in 2023, collecting Charles Mingus's studio recordings for Atlantic from the 1970s. Atlantic began a second period of recording with Mingus in 1973, which resulted in seven studio albums. The set includes previously unreleased outtakes of 'Big Alice', 'The Call' and 'Music For Todo Modo'. The vinyl format also includes an outtakes disc with an extra set of takes of 'Big Alice' and 'The Call'.

Track List

Side A

1. Canon
2. Opus 4
3. Moves
4. Wee

Side B

1. Flowers For A Lady
2. Newcomer
3. Opus 3

Side C

1. Remember Rockefeller At Attica
2. Sue's Changes

Side D

1. Devil Blues
2. Duke Ellington's Sound Of Love

Side E

1. Free Cell Block F, 'Tis Nazi U.S.A.
2. Orange Was The Color Of Her Dress, Then Silk Blue

Side F

1. Black Bats And Poles
2. Duke Ellington's Sound Of Love
3. For Harry Carney

Side G

1. Better Git Hit In Your Soul
2. Goodbye, Porkpie Hat
3. Noddin Ya Head Blues

Side H

1. Three Or Four Shades Of Blues
2. Nobody Knows

Side I

1. Cumbia & Jazz Fusion

Side J

1. Music For "Todo Modo"

Side K

1. Three Worlds Of Drums

Side L

1. Devil Woman
2. Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting
3. Carolyn "Keki" Mingus

Side M

1. Something Like A Bird, Part 1

Side N

1. Something Like A Bird, Part 2
2. Farewell Farewell

Side O

1. Music For "Todo Modo" (Take 1)
2. Big Alice (Take 1)
3. Big Alice (Take 2)

Side P

1. Big Alice (Take 3)
2. Big Alice (Take 4)
3. The Call (Take 1)
4. The Call (Take 2)