Charlie Mingus – Pre-Bird

Label: Mercury – SR 60627 
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo 
Country: US 
Released: Sep 1961 
Genre: Jazz 
Style: Post Bop 

Media Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)

Sleeve Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)

Wear around corners. 

Matrix Runout

Matrix / Runout (Side 1, stamped): SR 60627-A-MS1 
Matrix / Runout (Side 2, stamped): SR 60627-B-MS1 

Tracklist

Credits

Alto Saxophone – Eric Dolphy, John LaPorta (tracks: A4, B2, B3) 
Baritone Saxophone – Danny Bank (tracks: A4, B2, B3) 
Bass – Charles Mingus 
Cello – Charles McCracken (tracks: A4, B2, B3) 
Conductor – Gunther Schuller (tracks: B3) 
Drums – Dannie Richmond (tracks: A1 to A4, B1 to B3) 
Flute – Robert DiDomenica (tracks: A4, B2, B3) 
Liner Notes – Martin Williams 
Oboe – Harry Schulman (tracks: A4, B2, B3) 
Percussion – George Scott (tracks: A4, B2, B3), Sticks Evans (tracks: A4, B2, B3) 
Piano – Paul Bley (tracks: A1, A3, A5), Sir Roland Hanna (tracks: A4, B1 to B3) 
Producer – Leonard Feather 
Tenor Saxophone – Bill Barron (tracks: A4, B2, B3), Booker Ervin (tracks: A1 to A3, A5, B1), Joe Farrell, Yusef Lateef 
Trombone – Charles Greenlee (tracks: A4, B2, B3), Eddie Bert (tracks: A4, B2, B3),  Jimmy Knepper, Slide Hampton (tracks: A4, B2, B3) 
Trumpet – Clark Terry (tracks: A4, B2, B3), Hobart Dotson (tracks: A4, B2, B3), Marcus Belgrave (tracks: A4, B2, B3), Richard Williams (tracks: A4, B2, B3) 
Tuba – Don Butterfield (tracks: A4, B2, B3) 
Vocals – Lorraine Cusson* (tracks: A3, A5) 

Other Notes

Recorded May 24, 1960 were tracks A4, B2 & B3. Recorded May 25 1960 were tracks A1, A2, A3, A5, & B1.
"Take the "A" Train" interpolates "Exactly Like You" (Jimmy McHugh-Dorothy Fields).
"Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me" interpolates "I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart" (Duke Ellington-Henry Nemo-John Redmond).
Both sessions were recorded in New York City on Ampex tape recorders at 15 inches per second.
Front cover of sleeve is laminated.