The Complete Debut Recordings
Album The Complete Debut Recordings by Charles Mingus
| Disc #-Track # | Song Composer Lyrics Arranger | Musicinas Additional Musicinas Group Name Soloists | Recording Date | Recording Location | Attribution |
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| 1-1 | I’ll Remember April [Alt Take] Music:Gene De Paul , Lyrics:Don Raye,Patricia Johnston | George Barrow(ts),Eddie Bert(tb),Mal Waldron(p),Charles Mingus(b),Willie Jones(d) | 12/23 1955 |
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| 1-2 | A Foggy Day (In London Town) [Alt Take] Music:George Gershwin , Lyrics:Ira Gershwin | George Barrow(ts),Eddie Bert(tb),Mal Waldron(p),Charles Mingus(b),Willie Jones(d) | 12/23 1955 |
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| 1-3 | A Portrait Of Bud Powell Music:Charles Mingus | George Barrow(ts),Eddie Bert(tb),Mal Waldron(p),Charles Mingus(b),Willie Jones(d) | 12/23 1955 |
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| 1-4 | Haitian Fight Song [Alt Take] Music:Charles Mingus | George Barrow(ts),Eddie Bert(tb),Mal Waldron(p),Charles Mingus(b),Willie Jones(d) | 12/23 1955 |
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| 1-5 | Love Chant [Alt Take] Music:Charles Mingus | George Barrow(ts),Eddie Bert(tb),Mal Waldron(p),Charles Mingus(b),Willie Jones(d) | 12/23 1955 |
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| 1-6 | Lady Bird [Alt Take] Music:Tadd Dameron | George Barrow(ts),Eddie Bert(tb),Mal Waldron(p),Charles Mingus(b),Willie Jones(d) | 12/23 1955 |
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| 1-7 | What Is This Thing Called Love? [Alt Take] Music:Cole Porter , Lyrics:Cole Porter | George Barrow(ts),Eddie Bert(tb),Mal Waldron(p),Charles Mingus(b),Willie Jones(d) | 12/23 1955 |
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| 1-8 | Drums [Take 1] Music:Charles Mingus,Max Roach | George Barrow(ts),Eddie Bert(tb),Mal Waldron(p),Charles Mingus(b),Max Roach(d) | 12/23 1955 |
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| 1-9 | Drums [Take 2] Music:Charles Mingus,Max Roach | George Barrow(ts),Eddie Bert(tb),Mal Waldron(p),Charles Mingus(b),Max Roach(d) | 12/23 1955 |
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| 1-10 | Portrait [Take 1] Music:Charles Mingus | Jackie Paris(vo),Lee Konitz(as),George Koutzen(cel),Phyllis Pinkerton(p),Charles Mingus(b),Al Levitt(d) | 4/12 1952 |
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| 1-11 | Portrait [Take 2] Music:Charles Mingus | Jackie Paris(vo),Lee Konitz(as),George Koutzen(cel),Phyllis Pinkerton(p),Charles Mingus(b),Al Levitt(d) | 4/12 1952 |
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| 1-12 | I’ve Lost My Love [Take 1] Music:Charles Mingus | Bob Benton(vo),Lee Konitz(as),George Koutzen(cel),Phyllis Pinkerton(p),Charles Mingus(b),Al Levitt(d) | 4/12 1952 |
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| 1-13 | I’ve Lost My Love [Take 2] Music:Charles Mingus | Bob Benton(vo),Lee Konitz(as),George Koutzen(cel),Phyllis Pinkerton(p),Charles Mingus(b),Al Levitt(d) | 4/12 1952 |
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| 1-14 | Extrasensory Perception Music:Charles Mingus | Lee Konitz(as),George Koutzen(cel),Phyllis Pinkerton(p),Charles Mingus(b),Al Levitt(d) | 4/12 1952 |
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| 1-15 | Extrasensory Perception [Alt Take] Music:Charles Mingus | Lee Konitz(as),George Koutzen(cel),Phyllis Pinkerton(p),Charles Mingus(b),Al Levitt(d) | 4/12 1952 |
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| 1-16 | Precognition Music:Charles Mingus | Lee Konitz(as),George Koutzen(cel),Phyllis Pinkerton(p),Charles Mingus(b),Al Levitt(d) | 4/12 1952 |
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| 1-17 | Make Believe Music:Charles Mingus | Jackie Paris(vo),Paige Brook(as,fl),Jackson Wiley(cel),John Mehegan(p),Charles Mingus(b),Max Roach(d) | 9/16 1952 |
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| 1-18 | Paris In Blue Music:Charles Mingus | Jackie Paris(vo),Paige Brook(as,fl),Jackson Wiley(cel),John Mehegan(p),Charles Mingus(b),Max Roach(d) | 9/16 1952 |
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| 1-19 | Montage Music:Charles Mingus | Jackie Paris(vo),Paige Brook(as,fl),Jackson Wiley(cel),John Mehegan(p),Charles Mingus(b),Max Roach(d) | 9/16 1952 |
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| 1-20 | Day Dream [Take 1] Music:Billy Strayhorn,Duke Ellington | Spaulding Givens(p),Charles Mingus(b),Max Roach(d) | 4/14 1953 |
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| 1-21 | Day Dream [Take 2] Music:Billy Strayhorn,Duke Ellington | Spaulding Givens(p),Charles Mingus(b),Max Roach(d) | 4/14 1953 |
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| 1-22 | Theme From ‘Rhapsody In Blue’ [Take 1] Music:George Gershwin , Lyrics:Ira Gershwin | Spaulding Givens(p),Charles Mingus(b),Max Roach(d) | 4/14 1953 |
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| 1-23 | Theme From ‘Rhapsody In Blue’ [Take 2] Music:George Gershwin , Lyrics:Ira Gershwin | Spaulding Givens(p),Charles Mingus(b),Max Roach(d) | 4/14 1953 |
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| 2-1 | Jet [Take 1] Music:Bennie Benjamin, Harry Revel, George David Weiss | Spaulding Givens(p),Charles Mingus(b),Max Roach(d) | 4/14 1952 |
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| 2-2 | Jet [Take 2] Music:Bennie Benjamin, Harry Revel, George David Weiss | Spaulding Givens(p),Charles Mingus(b),Max Roach(d) | 4/14 1952 |
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| 2-3 | You Go To My Head [Medley] Music:J. Fred Coots , Lyrics:Haven Gillespie | Hank Jones(p),Charles Mingus(b),Max Roach(d) | 4/29 1953 |
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| 2-4 | Can You Blame Me Music:Leonard Feather, Dexter Gordon, George Gordon | George Gordon, Jr.,Honey Richard(vo),Hank Jones(p),Charles Mingus(b),Max Roach(d) | 4/29 1953 |
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| 2-5 | You And Me Music:Leonard Feather, Dexter Gordon, George Gordon | George Gordon, Jr.,Honey Richard(vo),Hank Jones(p),Charles Mingus(b),Max Roach(d) | 4/29 1953 |
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| 2-6 | Bebopper Music:Leonard Feather, Dexter Gordon, George Gordon | George Gordon, Jr.,Honey Richard(vo),Hank Jones(p),Charles Mingus(b),Max Roach(d) | 4/29 1953 |
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| 2-7 | Cupid Music:Leonard Feather, Dexter Gordon | George Gordon, Jr.,Honey Richard(vo),Hank Jones(p),Charles Mingus(b),Max Roach(d) | 4/29 1953 |
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| 2-8 | Drum Conversation Music:Max Roach | Max Roach(d) | 5/15 1953 |
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| 2-9 | I’ve Got You Under My Skin Music:Cole Porter , Lyrics:Cole Porter | Bud Powell(p),Charles Mingus(b),Max Roach(d) | 5/15 1953 |
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| 2-10 | Embraceable You Music:George Gershwin , Lyrics:Ira Gershwin | Bud Powell(p),Charles Mingus(b),Max Roach(d) | 5/15 1953 |
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| 2-11 | Sure Thing Music:Jerome Kern, Ira Gershwin | Bud Powell(p),Charles Mingus(b),Max Roach(d) | 5/15 1953 |
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| 2-12 | Cherokee (Indian Love Song) Music:Ray Noble , Lyrics:Ray Noble | Bud Powell(p),Charles Mingus(b),Max Roach(d) | 5/15 1953 |
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| 2-13 | Hallelujah (Jubilee) Music:Vincent Youmans , Lyrics:Clifford Grey,Leo Robins | Bud Powell(p),Charles Mingus(b),Max Roach(d) | 5/15 1953 |
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| 2-14 | Lullaby Of Birdland Music:George Shearing , Lyrics:George David Weiss(B. Y. Forster) | Bud Powell(p),Charles Mingus(b),Max Roach(d) | 5/15 1953 |
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| 2-15 | Wee (Allen’s Alley) Music:Denzil Best | Charlie Parker(as),Dizzy Gillespie(tp),Bud Powell(p),Charles Mingus(b),Max Roach(d) | 5/15 1953 |
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| 2-16 | Hot House Music:Tadd Dameron | Charlie Parker(as),Dizzy Gillespie(tp),Bud Powell(p),Charles Mingus(b),Max Roach(d) | 5/15 1953 |
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| 2-17 | A Night In Tunisia Music:Dizzy Gillespie | Charlie Parker(as),Dizzy Gillespie(tp),Bud Powell(p),Charles Mingus(b),Max Roach(d) | 5/15 1953 |
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| 3-1 | Perdido Music:Juan Tizol , Lyrics:Ervin Drake,Hans Lengsfelder | Charlie Parker(as),Dizzy Gillespie(tp),Bud Powell(p),Charles Mingus(b),Max Roach(d) | 5/15 1953 |
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| 3-2 | Salt Peanuts Music:Dizzy Gillespie,Kenny Clarke | Charlie Parker(as),Dizzy Gillespie(tp,vo),Bud Powell(p),Charles Mingus(b),Max Roach(d) | 5/15 1953 |
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| 3-3 | All The Things You Are Music:Jerome Kern , Lyrics:Oscar Hammerstein II | Charlie Parker(as),Dizzy Gillespie(tp),Bud Powell(p),Charles Mingus(b),Max Roach(d) | 5/15 1953 |
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| 3-4 | 52nd Street Theme Music:Thelonious Monk | Charlie Parker(as),Dizzy Gillespie(tp),Bud Powell(p),Charles Mingus(b),Max Roach(d) | 5/15 1953 |
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| 3-5 | Perdido [Original] Music:Juan Tizol , Lyrics:Ervin Drake,Hans Lengsfelder | Charlie Parker(as),Dizzy Gillespie(tp),Bud Powell(p),Charles Mingus(b),Max Roach(d) | 5/15 1953 |
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| 3-6 | Salt Peanuts [Original] Music:Dizzy Gillespie,Kenny Clarke | Charlie Parker(as),Dizzy Gillespie(tp,vo),Bud Powell(p),Charles Mingus(b),Max Roach(d) | 5/15 1953 |
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| 3-7 | All The Things You Are [Original] Music:Jerome Kern , Lyrics:Oscar Hammerstein II | Charlie Parker(as),Dizzy Gillespie(tp),Bud Powell(p),Charles Mingus(b),Max Roach(d) | 5/15 1953 |
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| 3-8 | 52nd Street Theme [Original] Music:Thelonious Monk | Charlie Parker(as),Dizzy Gillespie(tp),Bud Powell(p),Charles Mingus(b),Max Roach(d) | 5/15 1953 |
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| 3-9 | Wee (Allen’s Alley) [Original] Music:Denzil Best | Charlie Parker(as),Dizzy Gillespie(tp),Bud Powell(p),Charles Mingus(b),Max Roach(d) | 5/15 1953 |
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| 3-10 | Hot House [Original] Music:Tadd Dameron | Charlie Parker(as),Dizzy Gillespie(tp),Bud Powell(p),Charles Mingus(b),Max Roach(d) | 5/15 1953 |
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| 3-11 | A Night In Tunisia [Original] Music:Dizzy Gillespie | Charlie Parker(as),Dizzy Gillespie(tp),Bud Powell(p),Charles Mingus(b),Max Roach(d) | 5/15 1953 |
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| 4-1 | Bass-Ically Speaking [Take 1] Music:Charles Mingus | Billy Taylor(p),Charles Mingus(b),Art Taylor(d) | 1/1 1953 |
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| 4-2 | Bass-Ically Speaking [Take 2] Music:Charles Mingus | Billy Taylor(p),Charles Mingus(b),Art Taylor(d) | 1/1 1953 |
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| 4-3 | Bass-Ically Speaking [Take 3] Music:Charles Mingus | Billy Taylor(p),Charles Mingus(b),Art Taylor(d) | 1/1 1953 |
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| 4-4 | Bass-Ically Speaking Music:Charles Mingus | Billy Taylor(p),Charles Mingus(b),Art Taylor(d) | 1/1 1953 |
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| 4-5 | [Untitled Blues] Music:Charles Mingus | Billy Taylor(p),Charles Mingus(b),Art Taylor(d) | 1/1 1953 |
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| 8-2 | Ensenada Music:John Dennis | John Dennis(p),Charles Mingus(b),Max Roach(d) | 3/10 1955 |
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| 8-3 | Machajo Music:John Dennis, Charles Mingus, Max Roach | John Dennis(p),Charles Mingus(b),Max Roach(d) | 3/10 1955 |
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| 8-4 | Cherokee (Indian Love Song) Music:Ray Noble , Lyrics:Ray Noble | John Dennis(p),Charles Mingus(b),Max Roach(d) | 3/10 1955 |
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| 8-5 | Seven Moons Music:John Dennis | John Dennis(p),Charles Mingus(b),Max Roach(d) | 3/10 1955 |
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| 8-6 | Seven Moons [Alt Take] Music:John Dennis | John Dennis(p),Charles Mingus(b),Max Roach(d) | 3/10 1955 |
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| 8-7 | All The Things You Are [Take 1] Music:Jerome Kern , Lyrics:Oscar Hammerstein II | John Dennis(p),Charles Mingus(b),Max Roach(d) | 3/10 1955 |
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| 8-8 | All The Things You Are [Take 2] Music:Jerome Kern , Lyrics:Oscar Hammerstein II | John Dennis(p),Charles Mingus(b),Max Roach(d) | 3/10 1955 |
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| 8-9 | Cherokee (Indian Love Song) [Alt Take] Music:Ray Noble , Lyrics:Ray Noble | John Dennis(p),Charles Mingus(b),Max Roach(d) | 3/10 1955 |
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| 9-1 | The Edge Of Love Music:Harold Baker, Richard Ables, Mort Goode , Lyrics:Alonzo Levister(arr) | Don Senay(vo),John Laporta(as,cl),Julius Baker(fl),Louis Mucci,Thad Jones(tp),Jackson Wiley(cel),Billy Taylor(p),Milt Hinton(b),Fred Zimmerman(b),Joe Morello(d,perc) | 9/19, 1/1, 1/1 1955 |
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| 9-2 | Makin’ Whoopee Music:Walter Donaldson , Lyrics:Gus Kahn | Don Senay(vo),John Laporta(as,cl),Julius Baker(fl),Louis Mucci,Thad Jones(tp),Jackson Wiley(cel),Billy Taylor(p),Milt Hinton(b),Fred Zimmerman(b),Joe Morello(d,perc) | 9/19, 1/1, 1/1 1955 |
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| 9-3 | Fanny Music:Harold Rome | Don Senay(vo),John Laporta(as,cl),Julius Baker(fl),Louis Mucci,Thad Jones(tp),Jackson Wiley(cel),Billy Taylor(p),Milt Hinton(b),Fred Zimmerman(b),Joe Morello(d,perc) | 9/19, 1/1, 1/1 1955 |
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| 9-4 | Portrait Music:Charles Mingus | John Laporta(as,cl),Julius Baker(fl),Louis Mucci,Thad Jones(tp),Jackson Wiley(cel),Billy Taylor(p),Milt Hinton(b),Fred Zimmerman(b),Joe Morello(d,perc) | 9/26 1955 |
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| 12-3 | (Untitled Original Blues) [Take 1] Music:Shafi Hadi | Shafi Hadi (AKA Curtis Porter)(ts),Pepper Adams(bs),Clarence Shaw(tp),Wade Legge OR Wynton Kelly(p),Charles Mingus(b),Dannie Richmond(d) | 8/31 1957 |
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| 12-4 | Stella By Starlight [Take 4] Music:Victor Young , Lyrics:Ned Washington | Shafi Hadi (AKA Curtis Porter)(ts),Pepper Adams(bs),Clarence Shaw(tp),Wade Legge OR Wynton Kelly(p),Charles Mingus(b),Dannie Richmond(d) | 8/31 1957 |
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| 12-5 | Stella By Starlight [Take 5] Music:Victor Young , Lyrics:Ned Washington | Shafi Hadi (AKA Curtis Porter)(ts),Pepper Adams(bs),Clarence Shaw(tp),Wade Legge OR Wynton Kelly(p),Charles Mingus(b),Dannie Richmond(d) | 8/31 1957 |
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| 12-6 | (Untitled Original Composition) [Take 3] Music:Shafi Hadi | Shafi Hadi (AKA Curtis Porter)(ts),Pepper Adams(bs),Clarence Shaw(tp),Wade Legge OR Wynton Kelly(p),Charles Mingus(b),Dannie Richmond(d) | 8/31 1957 |
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| 12-7 | (Untitled Original Composition) [Take 5] Music:Shafi Hadi | Shafi Hadi (AKA Curtis Porter)(ts),Pepper Adams(bs),Clarence Shaw(tp),Wade Legge OR Wynton Kelly(p),Charles Mingus(b),Dannie Richmond(d) | 8/31 1957 |
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| 12-8 | Autumn In New York [Take 1] Music:Vernon Duke , Lyrics:Vernon Duke | Shafi Hadi (AKA Curtis Porter)(ts),Pepper Adams(bs),Clarence Shaw(tp),Wade Legge OR Wynton Kelly(p),Charles Mingus(b),Dannie Richmond(d) | 8/31 1957 |
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| 12-9 | Autumn In New York [Take 2] Music:Vernon Duke , Lyrics:Vernon Duke | Shafi Hadi (AKA Curtis Porter)(ts),Pepper Adams(bs),Clarence Shaw(tp),Wade Legge OR Wynton Kelly(p),Charles Mingus(b),Dannie Richmond(d) | 8/31 1957 |
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| 12-10 | Long Ago And Far Away [Take 2] Music:Jerome Kern , Lyrics:Ira Gershwin | Shafi Hadi (AKA Curtis Porter)(ts),Pepper Adams(bs),Clarence Shaw(tp),Wade Legge OR Wynton Kelly(p),Charles Mingus(b),Dannie Richmond(d) | 8/31 1957 |
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| 12-11 | Long Ago And Far Away [Take 4] Music:Jerome Kern , Lyrics:Ira Gershwin | Shafi Hadi (AKA Curtis Porter)(ts),Pepper Adams(bs),Clarence Shaw(tp),Wade Legge OR Wynton Kelly(p),Charles Mingus(b),Dannie Richmond(d) | 8/31 1957 |
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| 12-12 | Long Ago And Far Away [Take 5] Music:Jerome Kern , Lyrics:Ira Gershwin | Shafi Hadi (AKA Curtis Porter)(ts),Pepper Adams(bs),Clarence Shaw(tp),Wade Legge OR Wynton Kelly(p),Charles Mingus(b),Dannie Richmond(d) | 8/31 1957 |
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| 12-13 | (Untitled Original Blues) [Take 2] Music:Shafi Hadi | Shafi Hadi (AKA Curtis Porter)(ts),Pepper Adams(bs),Clarence Shaw(tp),Wade Legge OR Wynton Kelly(p),Charles Mingus(b),Dannie Richmond(d) | 8/31 1957 |
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| 12-14 | Joldi [Take 4] Music:Shafi Hadi | Shafi Hadi (AKA Curtis Porter)(ts),Pepper Adams(bs),Clarence Shaw(tp),Wade Legge OR Wynton Kelly(p),Henry Grimes(b),Dannie Richmond(d) | 8/31 1957 |
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| 12-15 | Joldi [Take 5] Music:Shafi Hadi | Shafi Hadi (AKA Curtis Porter)(ts),Pepper Adams(bs),Clarence Shaw(tp),Wade Legge OR Wynton Kelly(p),Henry Grimes(b),Dannie Richmond(d) | 8/31 1957 |
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| 12-16 | (Untitled Percussion Composition) Music:Charles Mingus | Shafi Hadi (AKA Curtis Porter)(fl),Charles Mingus(p,perc,vo),Dannie Richmond(d),Clarence Shaw,Jimmy Knepper,Horace Parlan,Phineas Newborn, Jr.(perc) | 9/30 1958 |
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