Charles Mingus & The Jazz Workshop All Stars
1961-1962
"The Complete Birdland Broadcasts"
New York, NY @ Birdland
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Disc 1 (68:46):
1961-10-21:
Pee Wee Marquette (announcements); Charles Mingus (piano);
Jimmy Knepper (trombone); Yusef Lateef (flute);
Roland Kirk (tenor sax, manzello, stritch); Doug Watkins (bass);
Dannie Richmond (drums)
01. Blue Cee (7:42)
02. Ecclusiastics (9:30)
03. ? "...has no title, but it's on BMI" (3:20) <cut/fade>
1962-03-24:
Charles Mingus (bass); Richard Williams (trumpet);
Booker Ervin (tenor sax); Charles McPherson (tenor sax);
Jaki Byard (piano); Dannie Richmond (drums)
04. Dead Air w/ Symphony Sid (1:04)
05. Take The "A" Train (Ellington/Strayhorn) (10:47)
06. Fables of Faubus (10:52)
07. Eat That Chicken (3:02)
1962-03-31:
Charles Mingus (bass); Booker Ervin (tenor sax);
Richard Williams (trumpet); Charles McPherson (alto sax);
Toshiko Akiyoshi (piano); Dannie Richmond (drums)
08. Monk, Funk or Vice Versa (11:47)
09. Oh Lord, Don't Let Them Drop That Atomic Bomb On Me, Drop It On Themselves, Coz They Made It (7:51)
10. Eat That Chicken (2:45)

Disc 2 (63:11):
1962-05-05:
Charles Mingus (bass on 3; piano on 1,4,5); Booker Ervin (tenor sax);
Richard Williams (trumpet); Charles McPherson (alto sax);
Toshiko Akiyoshi (piano on 2,3); Herman Wright (bass on 1);
Henry Grimes (bass on 2,4,5); Dannie Richmond (drums)
01. Eat That Chicken (3:35)
02. Reets and I (Harris) (8:05)
03. Monk, Funk or Vice Versa (10:33)
04. Devil Woman (9:48)
05. Eat That Chicken (1:41)
1962-05-12:
Charles Mingus (bass); Booker Ervin (tenor sax);
Charles McPherson (alto sax); Toshiko Akiyoshi (piano);
Henry Grimes (bass)
06. Introduction by Symphony Sid (0:30)
07. Peggy's Blue Skylight (14:46)
08. Tijuana Table Dance (a.k.a. Ysabel's Table Dance) (12:18)
09. Eat That Chicken (1:51)

Disc 3 (53:22):
1962-10-19:
Charles Mingus (bass); Edward Armour or ? (trumpet);
Don Butterfield (tuba); Charles McPherson (alto sax);
Pepper Adams (baritone sax on 2-4); Jaki Byard (piano);
Dannie Richmond (drums)
01. I Can't Get Started (Duke/Gershwin) (6:34)
02. Monk, Funk or Vice Versa (7:10)
03. Please Don't Come Back from the Moon (8:05)
04. Eat That Chicken (1:58)
1962-10-26:
Charles Mingus (bass); Edward Armour (flugelhorn);
Don Butterfield (tuba); Charles McPherson (alto sax);
Pepper Adams (baritone sax); Jaki Byard (piano);
Dannie Richmond (drums)
05. Eat That Chicken (2:23)
06. Monk, Funk or Vice Versa (9:25) <fade>
07. O.P. (9:12)
08. The Search (8:32)