Jazz Portraits: Mingus in Wonderland

Live album by Charles Mingus

Released

1959

Recorded

January 16, 1959

Genre

Jazz

Length

44:11

Label

United Artists

Producer

Alan Douglas

Charles Mingus chronology

Weary Blues
(1958)

Jazz Portraits: Mingus in Wonderland
(1959)

Blues & Roots
(1959)

Jazz Portraits Cover

Wonderland Cover

Jazz Portraits: Mingus in Wonderland is a live album by jazz bassist and composer Charles Mingus recorded in 1959 and released on the United Artists label.^[1] The original release was titled Jazz Portraits and a subsequent edition titled Wonderland.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars, calling the music "advanced bop that looks toward the upcoming innovations of the avant-garde and is frequently quite exciting".^[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

"Nostalgia in Times Square" - 12:18
"I Can't Get Started" (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin) - 10:08
"No Private Income Blues" - 12:51
"Alice's Wonderland" - 8:54

Recorded at the Nonagon Art Gallery in New York City on January 16, 1959

Personnel

Charles Mingus - bass
John Handy - alto saxophone
Booker Ervin - tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 3 & 4)
Richard Wyands - piano
Dannie Richmond - drums

References

↑ Charles Mingus discography accessed June 8, 2011
1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed June 8, 2011
↑ 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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