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Mingus Dynasty is an album by Charles Mingus, recorded and released in 1959, and was inducted in the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999.
Track listing
All compositions by Charles Mingus except where noted.
"Slop""Diane""Song With Orange""Gunslinging Bird" Originally called "If Charlie Parker Were a Gunslinger, There'd Be a Whole Lot of Dead Copycats""Things Ain't What They Used To Be" (Mercer Ellington)"Far Wells, Mill Valley""New Now Know How""Mood Indigo" (Barney Bigard, Duke Ellington)"Put Me In That Dungeon""Strollin' " (Nostalgia In Times Square) (Mingus, George Gordon) Bonus trackPersonnel
John Handy - alto saxBooker Ervin – tenor saxBenny Golson - tenor sax (2, 3, 4, 6, 10)Jerome Richardson - baritone sax (2, 3, 4, 6, 10)Richard Williams - trumpet (2, 3, 4, 6, 10)Don Ellis - trumpet (1, 5, 8, 9)Jimmy Knepper – tromboneRoland Hanna - piano (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9)Nico Bunink - piano (7, 10)Charles Mingus - bassDannie Richmond – drumsTeddy Charles - vibes (2, 3, 4, 6)Maurice Brown - cello (1, 9)Seymour Barab - cello (1, 9)Honi Gordon - vocals (10)50th Anniversary Legacy Edition
In 2009 Sony's Legacy Recordings released a special 2-disc 50th Anniversary Edition of Mingus' seminal 1959 album Mingus Ah Um that also includes Mingus Dynasty in its entirety on the second disc.
