MINGUS, Charles Archives - Guerssen Records https://wpguerssen-test.odoo.rgbconsulting.com/artist/mingus-charles/ Guerssen Records Mon, 31 Mar 2025 15:37:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 https://wpguerssen-test.odoo.rgbconsulting.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/cropped-isotip-32x32.png MINGUS, Charles Archives - Guerssen Records https://wpguerssen-test.odoo.rgbconsulting.com/artist/mingus-charles/ 32 32 TIjuana Moods (Clear) https://wpguerssen-test.odoo.rgbconsulting.com/product/tijuana-moods-clear/ Sun, 22 Oct 2023 22:00:00 +0000 https://wpguerssen-test.odoo.rgbconsulting.com/product/tijuana-moods-clear/ Recorded in New York in 1957 (though not released until 1962), 'Tijuana Moods' was, according to Mingus himself, "the best album i ever made." The music is a vigorous stew of Mexican rhythms and sophisticated post-Ellington arrangements, further invigorated by the soloing of trumpeter Clarence Shaw, trombonist Jimmy Knepper, and, particularly, saxophonist Shafi Hadi. Mingus's vision of Tijuana was clearly sensual, the music evoking strippers, frenetic street scenes, and heart-broken lovers. Making use of suite like thematic material and various forms of counterpoint, the group sounds much larger than it is, and points toward Mingus's later experiments with form. the bristling sound and spirit of the music, however, are its primary attractions - a remarkable place where Mexican fantasy and hard bop meet.

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]]> Recorded in New York in 1957 (though not released until 1962), ‘Tijuana Moods’ was, according to Mingus himself, “the best album i ever made.” The music is a vigorous stew of Mexican rhythms and sophisticated post-Ellington arrangements, further invigorated by the soloing of trumpeter Clarence Shaw, trombonist Jimmy Knepper, and, particularly, saxophonist Shafi Hadi. Mingus’s vision of Tijuana was clearly sensual, the music evoking strippers, frenetic street scenes, and heart-broken lovers. Making use of suite like thematic material and various forms of counterpoint, the group sounds much larger than it is, and points toward Mingus’s later experiments with form. the bristling sound and spirit of the music, however, are its primary attractions – a remarkable place where Mexican fantasy and hard bop meet.

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