{"product_id":"charles-mingus-pre-bird-1982-japanese-limelight-vinyl-lp","title":"Charles Mingus - Pre-Bird (1982 Japanese Limelight Vinyl LP)","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eVinyl\u003c\/b\u003e: EX\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSleeve\u003c\/b\u003e: EX\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eObi:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eNone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOur grading system explained \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/dpbg4u-d1.myshopify.com\/pages\/secondhand-grading-guide\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ehere\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePhoto is of the actual item.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCharles Mingus - \u003cem\u003ePre-Bird\u003c\/em\u003e | Vinyl LP - 1982 Japanese Limelight Reissue (EXPR-1015, Nippon Phonogram \/ JVC)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe title says it plainly. This is music composed before Mingus heard Charlie Parker, or at least written in the spirit of the era Parker upended. The Ellington tributes on side A anchor the concept. \"Take the 'A' Train\" runs Billy Strayhorn's melody in the left channel against \"Exactly Like You\" in the right, the two lines pulling apart and snapping back together while Booker Ervin, Yusef Lateef and Joe Farrell tear through the gaps. \"Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me\" gets the same treatment with \"I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart.\" Mingus takes Ellington's polyphony and pushes the tension further, keeping the swing but adding an urgency the originals never carried. Between the Ellington pieces sit Mingus originals: \"Prayer for Passive Resistance\" is a hard, direct blues; \"Eclipse\" and \"Weird Nightmare\" slow things down with Lorraine Cusson's vocals floating over dissonant, atmospheric arrangements; and \"Mingus Fingus No. 2\" brings the full orchestra in for the first time, four trumpets deep.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe larger ensemble tracks (recorded the day before the smaller group sessions, May 24, 1960, at Plaza Sound Studios) use a 22-piece orchestra that producer Leonard Feather described as a shock when he walked into the studio. Schuller conducts \"Half-Mast Inhibition\" on side B, a through-composed work that operates somewhere between jazz and classical without settling comfortably in either camp. Dolphy's alto is at the centre of the larger arrangements, and the brass section (Clark Terry, Marcus Belgrave, Richard Williams, Hobart Dotson on trumpets; Slide Hampton, Eddie Bert, Charles Greenlee and Jimmy Knepper on trombones; Don Butterfield on tuba) gives the orchestral tracks a weight the smaller group sessions don't attempt. Originally released on Mercury in September 1961 as \u003cem\u003ePre-Bird\u003c\/em\u003e, later reissued on Limelight as \u003cem\u003eMingus Revisited\u003c\/em\u003e in 1965, this 1982 Japanese pressing restores the original title. Manufactured by Nippon Phonogram Co., Ltd. and pressed by Victor Company of Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Limelight","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43686000984123,"sku":null,"price":35.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/3203\/3339\/files\/IMG_7394.jpg?v=1781908204","url":"https:\/\/lushliferecords.com.au\/products\/charles-mingus-pre-bird-1982-japanese-limelight-vinyl-lp","provider":"Lush Life Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}