Mingus' Song of the fisherman's wife

[porcy62]

I found this record, Columbia 44050, never heard about it. Any info?

[jazzbo]

???

I know that there was a cd "The Shoe's of the Fisherman's Wife are some Jive Ass Slippers" that had items from "Dynasty" and "Ah Um" and some alternate material; nothing that hasn't been out before or since actually. . . .

[EKE BBB]

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&t...10:69kbu3tganxk

[JSngry]

A wack compilation best left alone. Get the full albums.

[brownie]

This was originally released as a Columbia LP 'Let My Children Hear Music'.

Full title of this 'Fisherman's wife' tune was THE SHOES OF THE FISHERMAN'S WIFE ARE SOME JIVE ASS SLIPPERS.

The front cover had a very dark color painting by Ed Lee. Beautiful closeup of Mingus by David Gahr on the back cover!

Haven't played this for a long time! Time for a relisten!

[JSngry]

Brownie, the album to which you refer is indeed a stone classic, but the album referenced in the opening post is something else entirely - most (not all!) of MINGUS DYNASTY with the title cut thrown in. It's a compilation that makes no sense whatsoever.

[brownie]

Thanks Jim. I remember seeing that compilation at the time and stayed away from it! Good thing I did, obviously!

[EKE BBB]

brownie: follow the AMG link I posted above.

[brownie]

I did, thanks!

Bet that compilation did not have the four-page inlet that had two more superb photos of Mingus by Garh and two pages of Mingus reminiscing about the music that came with the original vinyl

Edited April 12, 2005 by brownie

[EKE BBB]

I did, thanks!

Bet that compilation did not have the four-page inlet that had two more superb photos of Mingus by Garth and two pages of Mingus reminiscing about the music that came with the original vinyl

Have you been able to find this disc so quickly among your zillions of vinyls?

or

Do you have these specific data in mind?

[brownie]

EKE, I have managed to reorder part of my vinyls these past few weeks so searching for an album is a lot easier...

My mind is still in a mess

[king ubu]

"our" Garth?

[Clunky]

???

I know that there was a cd "The Shoe's of the Fisherman's Wife are some Jive Ass Slippers" that had items from "Dynasty" and "Ah Um" and some alternate material; nothing that hasn't been out before or since actually. . . .

I've got this CD and it indeed makes no sense what so ever>

It features include some of the unedited Dynasty takes which appeared in complete form on the Mosaic vinyl box and the subsequent CBS 3 CD set of Mingus Columbia material.( Ah-um, Dynasty and out-takes)

Whilst I'm all in favour of new material my preference is for the Ah-um session as original released over the extended versions in the 3 CD set.

[jazzbo]

Well, it did introduce unedited material then before it was remastered and available in the three subsequent reissues. . . . So in that sense it did make a contribution (Dynasty had not been released on cd before this, so at some point this was someone's idea of what a Dynasty cd should be . . . . NOT mine!)

[brownie]

"our" Garth?

No, David Gahr (edited my previous typo - I DID say my mind was still a mess )

Not ours!

This one:

http://www.cookephoto.com/davidgahr.html

Photo of GAHR taken at the 1964 Newport folk festival.

Gahr took some of the best photos of Charles Mingus, Roland Kirk and other jazz musicians.