Jazz Composers Workshop

Jazz Composers Workshop is an album featuring jazz bassist Charles Mingus. It combines the earlier album Moods of Mingus with a Wally Cirillo session released earlier on the album Wally Cirillo & Bobby Scott. It was released on the Savoy label.[2]

Jazz Composers Workshop
Studio album by
Charles Mingus
ReleasedApril 1956[1]
RecordedOctober 31, 1954 (#1-4, 9-10)
January 30, 1955 (#5-8)
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack
GenreJazz
Length41:25
LabelSavoy
MG 12059
ProducerOzzie Cadena
Charles Mingus chronology
Jazz Composers Workshop
(1956)		 The Jazz Experiments of Charlie Mingus
(1955)

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 2½ stars stating "The complex music on this LP finds bassist Charles Mingus looking toward contemporary classical music in some of the rather cool-toned arrangements. It was not until later in 1955 that he found the right combination of influences in which to express himself best but these slightly earlier performances have their moments".[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[4]

Track listing
All compositions by Charles Mingus except as indicated
  1. "Purple Heart" - 5:36
  2. "Gregarian Chant" - 2:51
  3. "Eulogy for Rudy Williams" - 6:22
  4. "Tea for Two" - 6:19 (Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans)
  5. "Smog L.A." - 3:14 (Wally Cirillo)
  6. "Level Seven" - 4:17 (Cirillo)
  7. "Transeason" - 4:23 (Cirillo)
  8. "Rose Geranium" - 4:13 (Cirillo)
  9. "Getting Together" - 4:41
  10. "Body and Soul (Alternate Take 1)" - 3:07 On CD reissue

Personnel

References
  1. Billboard Apr 28, 1956
  2. Charles Mingus discography accessed June 8, 2011
  3. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed June 8, 2011
  4. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 141. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
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