Resonance Records

Charles Mingus - The Lost Album From Ronnie Scott's

Name: Charles Mingus - The Lost Album From Ronnie Scott's
Brand: Resonance Records
Price: 70.0 GBP
Availability: OutOfStock

£70.00

Catalogue Number

HLP-9063

Format

3LP

Release Date

23/04/2022

Product Description

The Lost Album from Ronnie Scott's is a never-before-released live recording of jazz icon Charles Mingus from Ronnie Scott's jazz club in London captured in August of 1972. Features a stellar band with alto saxophonist Charles McPherson, tenor saxophonist Bobby Jones, trumpeter Jon Faddis, pianist John Foster and drummer Roy Brooks. The limited-edition 3-LP 180-gram is mastered by acclaimed vinyl mastering engineer Bernie Grundman and

pressed by RTI (also available as a deluxe 3-CD set). Includes an extensive insert with rare photos from Jan Persson, Christian Rose, Jean-Pierre Leloir, Hans Harzheim and others; essay by British jazz author Brian Priestley, who saw the band during this run and conducted an interview with Mingus and McPherson at the time; interviews with band members McPherson and Faddis; Mingus' friend, author Fran Lebowitz; and many others.