Notes: With
copious liner notes by Diane Dorr-Dorynek this record is a delight
in its music, its detailed information on each of the players and
its package. The music that Mingus and his bass brings to us varies
from song to song. Soft, sad, sometimes quiet and staggering about
talking to itself in a slightly drunken lisp. Next it's alive,
awake and ready to take o the daylight and all its minions. Poetry
for the soul, for dreams as well as that half awake feeling right
before conscious awareness sets in. When the soloist steps up to
the mic you don't get any sense of self interest, of ego. What
you get is the feeling that the player is being buoyed by the surrounding
musicians and only acts to highlight the whole of the piece. The
cover art is geometric in form and modern in style. I'm not certain
what it is to represent, but after repeated fits of staring I'm
prepared to say I like it. I know that this has been released on
CD and should be on the shelf of any jazz lover out there.
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