Charles Mingus - Jazz In Detroit / Strata Concert NEW SEALED 5 LP import Box set

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Charles Mingus Quintet  Live at the Strata Concert Gallery 
Detroit, Michigan Feb 13-18, 1973
BBE 453 
Special Deluxe 5 LP Box set First time on vinyl. Features never officially recorded or
titled track: Dizzy Profile,
extensive sleeve notes and rare photographs. 
Mastered from the original tapes 
Includes A2 size poster

EXCLUSIVE: THE LOST TAPES!!

“I'm trying to play the truth of what I am. The reason it's difficult is because I'm
changing all the time.” Charles Mingus

The radical discovery by Amir Abdullah of 5 two-track master tapes in the care of
Hermine Brooks ­– widow of innovative Detroit drummer Roy Brooks – of the Charles Mingus
Quintet recorded live in Detroit at Strata Concert Gallery is cause for some serious celebration.
These electrifying recordings took place during Mingus’ week-long residency in
February 1973. They were broadcast live by drummer/producer and broadcaster
Robert “Bud” Spangler for WDET FM – a public radio station dedicated to jazz – from Kenny and
 Barbara Cox’s multi-purpose home for Strata Records at 46 Seldon. Entrance to the gig
was $5 dollars in advance and $6 on the door.

By the early Seventies Mingus’ militant musings, volatile character and hugely innovative
musical offerings had already earned him global notoriety. He’d played with the Bird, Dizzy,
Max Roach, Duke Ellington and had released universally acclaimed albums as a leader like
‘Blues & Roots’, Oh Yeah’ and ‘Black Saint & The Sinner Lady’. This gig – one of a
Jazz In Detroit series that also included Keith Jarrett, Tribe and Herbie Hancock – took
place a few months after the release of Mingus’ “third stream”
masterpiece ‘Let My Children Hear Music’.

The music on these tapes is blazing. According to the late Roy Brooks, the band – which
included himself and fellow Detroit trumpeter Joe Gardner - had not long returned from
playing two tours in Europe. Fresh to the quintet was stellar pianist Don Pullen and listening
to these recordings Pullen’s church-driven power, blues sensibility and harmonic sophistication
perfectly complements the bassist’s own vision. On tenor saxophone we have the soulful
and innovative John Stubblefield. Like Pullen he was a recent recruit. Unfortunately, the
saxophonist’s time with Mingus lasted a mere 5 months: “I got in a fight with Mingus and
I shouldn't have done that. After that, I couldn't get arrested in New York." Ironically,
when Sue Mingus formed the Mingus Big Band in 1992, to perpetuate her husband's
legacy, Stubblefield emerged as a talismanic presence in the ensemble until he passed in 2005.

Thanks to BBE, 180 Proof Records and Strata Records we can now tune in to WDET-FM
and transport ourselves back to Detroit ’73, and get a taste of the furious energy
and compositional sophistication of a unique and modern master
at work in the most intimate of settings.
(please note that due to the unpredictable nature of live recordings
there is some noise and microphone distortion)
Songs are; Pithecanthropus Erectus (pt 1)
Pithecanthropus Erectus (pt 2) 
The Man Who Never Sleeps
Peggy's Blue Skylight
Introduction by Bud Spangler 
Celia (pt 1) 
Celia (pt 2) 
C Jam Blues (pt 1) 
C Jam Blues (pt 2) 
Orange Was the Color of Her Dress, then Blue Silk
Dizzy Profile 

(because of the extended playing times of the tunes, some  are split between 2 sides of the record) 
NEW SEALED limited edition 5 LP box set w/ bonuses! 
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