My Favorite Quintet

Live album by Charles Mingus

Released

1966

Recorded

May 13, 1965
Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Genre

Jazz

Label

Jazz Workshop JWS 009

Charles Mingus chronology

Mingus at Monterey
(1964)

My Favorite Quintet
(1965)

Music Written for Monterey 1965
(1965)

My Favorite Quintet is a live album by American bassist, composer and bandleader Charles Mingus recorded at Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis and first released on Mingus' own Jazz Workshop label in 1966.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Shawn M. Haney awarded the album 3 stars and stated, "Charles Mingus shines here in proud fashion with the company of his friends to create the sound of the Charles Mingus Quintet. Sweeping, charming, vibrant, percussive -- these are just a few select adjectives used to paint a meaningful picture of this group... Some bits and pieces of the music leave the listener just short of breathless -- a record so teaming with life and spontaneity leaves tingles in one's listening soul. In over 40 minutes of quality jazz, not much is sheer brilliance, though the band's sense of adventure and enthusiasm shows throughout when the melody doesn't".^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Charles Mingus except as indicated

"So Long Eric" - 18:24
"Medley: She's Funny That Way/Embraceable You/I Can't Get Started/I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You/Old Portrait" (Neil Moret, Richard A. Whiting/George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin/Ira Gerswin, Vernon Duke/Victor Young, Ned Washington, Bing Crosby/Mingus) - 15:58
"Cocktails for Two (Arthur Johnston, Sam Coslow) - 8:15

Personnel

References

↑ Charles Mingus discography accessed November 30, 2012
1 2 Haney, S. M. Allmusic Review accessed November 29, 2012
↑ Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 140. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

Charles Mingus

Studio albums	Jazz Composers Workshop (1954–55) The Jazz Experiments of Charlie Mingus (1955) Pithecanthropus Erectus (1956) The Clown (1957) Mingus Three (1957) East Coasting (1957) A Modern Jazz Symposium of Music and Poetry (1957) Mingus Ah Um (1959) Mingus Dynasty (1959) Blues & Roots (1960) Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus (1960) Mingus (1960) Reincarnation of a Lovebird (1960) Oh Yeah (1961) Tonight at Noon (1957/61) Tijuana Moods (1962) The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady (1963) Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus (1963) Mingus Plays Piano (1964) Charles Mingus in Paris: The Complete America Session (1970) Charles Mingus with Orchestra (1971) Let My Children Hear Music (1972) Mingus Moves (1973) Changes One (1974) Changes Two (1975) Three or Four Shades of Blues (1977) Cumbia & Jazz Fusion (1978)

Live albums	Mingus at the Bohemia (1955) The Charles Mingus Quintet & Max Roach (1955) Jazz Portraits: Mingus in Wonderland (1959) Mingus at Antibes (1960) The Complete Town Hall Concert (1962) Charles Mingus Sextet with Eric Dolphy Cornell 1964 (1964) Town Hall Concert (1964) Revenge! (1964) The Great Concert of Charles Mingus (1964) Mingus in Europe Volume I (1964) Mingus in Europe Volume II (1964) Right Now: Live at the Jazz Workshop (1964) Mingus at Monterey (1964) My Favorite Quintet (1965) Music Written for Monterey 1965 (1965) Charles Mingus and Friends in Concert (1972) Mingus at Carnegie Hall (1974)

Related	Discography Mingus Big Band Mingus Dynasty Sue Mingus Jazz at Massey Hall (1953) Weary Blues (1958) Newport Rebels (1960) Money Jungle (1962) Mingus (1979) Epitaph (1990) Mingus: Charlie Mingus 1968 Charles Mingus: Triumph of the Underdog (1998 documentary)

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