Charles Mingus - Presents Charles Mingus Charles Mingus

Despite the brevity of Charles Mingus' working relationship with the small label Candid Records, the bassist was quite happy with their association and record three albums during his brief time with the label, 'Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus', 'New Port Rebels', and 'Mingus'.

Behind Mingus' association with Candid was jazz writer Nat Hentoff, who also authored the liner notes of all three of the Mingus albums for the label. Nat not only did he sign Mingus but, by his sympathetic approach in the studio, enabled him to create the landmark album presented here, 'Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus', which features Eric Dolphy, Ted Curson and Dannie Richmond.

"Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus" "Mingus is a musician of unquestionable power. He again demonstrates that he can do just about anything with his instrument. He and Richmond react beautifully together throughout, and the interaction of the whole group is one of the salient features of the album. Recommended as an important document of the current scene." - Ira Gitler, DownBeat