Cumbia & Jazz Fusion is a Jazz album by Charles Mingus, originally released in 1978. On Gatefold: 27 pressings tracked.
Sound DNA
- Jazz
- Post-Bop & Modal
- dense
- hypnotic
- psychedelic
About
Cumbia & Jazz Fusion is an album by Charles Mingus, recorded for the Atlantic label in 1977. It features two extended compositions written for the film Todo Modo by Mingus and performed by large ensembles featuring Jack Walrath, Jimmy Knepper, Paul Jeffrey, Ricky Ford, Dannie Richmond, Candido, Ray Mantilla, George Adams and Danny Mixon. The CD reissue added two solo performances by Mingus on piano. Village Voice critic Robert Christgau felt Cumbia & Jazz Fusion's loftier compositions suggested Mingus was more of an "important jazz eccentric" rather than a "great": "The 27-minute title fantasia is rich, lively, irreverent, and enjoyable, .
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Tracklist
Side A
- ACumbia & Jazz Fusion27:58
Side B
- BMusic For "Todo Modo"22:18
Credits
Performers
- Gary AndersonBASS CONTRABASS CLARINET CLARINET
- Gene ScholtesBASSOON
- Alfredo RamirezCONGAS
- CandidoCONGAS
- Daniel GonzalezCONGAS
- Ray MantillaCONGAS
- Dannie RichmondDRUMS
- Mauricio SmithFLUTE PICCOLO FLUTE SOPRANO SAXOPHONE
- Paul JeffreyOBOE TENOR SAXOPHONE SAXOPHONE
- Bradley CunnighamPERCUSSION
- Bob NelomsPIANO
- Ricky FordTENOR SAXOPHONE PERCUSSION
- Jimmy KnepperTROMBONE BASS TROMBONE
- Jack WalrathTRUMPET PERCUSSION
- Charles MingusDOUBLE BASS VOCALS PERCUSSION
- Quarto MaltoniALTO SAXOPHONE
- Roberto LaneriBASS CLARINET
- Pasquele SabatelliBASSOON
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 27 pressings tracked on Gatefold