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When this LP was released in 1962, it was honoured with the maximum number of stars that Downbeat, the most famous of all jazz magazines, could award. Is there any better proof that the composer and arranger Charlie Mingus was ahead of his time? As a double bassist he was rather less virtuosic than his fellow musicians - and not just on these recordings. However, these five numbers earned every single star of the five they were awarded. They illustrate his masterly handling of Mexican folk music and his skill in integrating it into his jazz. The small ensemble of Clarence Shaw, whom Mingus described as a super-improviser on the trumpet, Jimmy Knepper, a technical ace on the trombone, the legendary tenor saxophone player Shafi Hadi, and his longstanding friend Dannie Richmond on the drums all earn the very highest recognition, even though the sextet of 1963/64 once more enhanced their creativity in later years.
A little pricey but one listen told me it was well worth it. I've been hearing this LP since I was a little kid back in the early 60's and since the original copy my older sister gave me disappeared long ago (and had a big chip out of it from being dropped!) this is by far the best pressing of this venerable record I've come across. Vinyl is dead flat and quiet; music is sublime. You hear folks talking about their desert island collection? This LP would be on mine.
