Tonight at Noon (album)
| Tonight at Noon | ||||
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| Released | June 1964[1] | |||
| Recorded | March 12, 1957, and November 6, 1961 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 38:08 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Producer | Joel Dorn | |||
| Charles Mingus chronology | ||||
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Tonight at Noon is an album by the jazz bassist and composer Charles Mingus, released on the Atlantic label in 1964. It compiles tracks recorded at two sessions – the 1957 sessions for the album entitled The Clown and the 1961 sessions for Oh Yeah but is considered a studio album.[2][3] These tracks have since been added to the CD re-releases of their respective albums as bonus tracks.
Reception[edit]
The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek stated: "While the former session features Mingus going for the blues via European harmonics and melodic approaches with hard bop tempos (particularly on the title track), the latter session with its nocturnal elegance and spatial irregularities comes off more as some kind of exercise in vanguard Ellington with sophisticated harmonies that give way to languid marches and gospel-tinged blues... Despite the fact that this is an assembled album, it holds plenty of magic nonetheless".[4]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
| Record Mirror | [5] |
Track listing[edit]
- All compositions by Charles Mingus
- "Tonight at Noon" – 6:00
- "Invisible Lady" – 4:51
- ""Old" Blues for Walt's Torin" [aka "Roland Kirk's Message"] – 7:57
- "Peggy's Blue Skylight" – 9:46
- "Passions of a Woman Loved" – 9:47
- Recorded at Atlantic Studios in New York City on March 13, 1957 (tracks 1 & 5) and November 6, 1961
Personnel[edit]
- Charles Mingus – bass, piano, vocals
- Jimmy Knepper – trombone
- Shafi Hadi (as Curtis Porter) (tracks 1 & 5) – alto saxophone
- Booker Ervin (tracks 2–4) – tenor saxophone
- Roland Kirk – tenor saxophone, manzello, stritch, siren, flute (tracks 2–4)
- Wade Legge – piano (tracks 1 & 5)
- Doug Watkins – bass (tracks 2–4)
- Dannie Richmond – drums
References[edit]
- ^ Liner notes to the remastered version of Oh Yeah
- ^ Charles Mingus discography accessed June 10, 2011
- ^ "Prize Draw: Five Charles Mingus Albums in one box". London Jazz News. 20 September 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
- ^ a b Jurek, T. AllMusic Review accessed June 10, 2011
- ^ Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (27 February 1965). "Charlie Mingus: Tonight At Noon" (PDF). Record Mirror. No. 207. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
External links[edit]
Text of the Adrian Henri poem:Tonight at Noon:here
