Charlie Mingus | Live In Paris Vol.1 (Red Vinyl) | LP

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'.

Live In Paris, 1964 Vol.1 is a one-disc vinyl LP live recording made at the Theatre des Champs-Elysees in Paris on 18 April 1964. It was originally released in 1998 by Charly Records and is an original BYG recording. Culture Factory released this edition on 28 March 2025.

Track List

Side A

1. Peggy's Blues Skylights
2. Orange Was a Color of Her Dress

Side B

1. Meditation
2. Sophisticated Lady