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Interesting how the idea came to spin this today:

Yesterday I did some ballroom dancing with my wife and the big band played "A Train" so I decided to spin Mingus at Monterey with that Ellington Medely with the most powerful "A Train". Somehow it´s interesting how Mingus combines the tradition with the more rough aspects of the newer thing. It´s almost like Sun Ra doing Fletcher Henderson arrangements in his unique rough style, swing in the Space Age.......same with Mingus here. 

And "Orange was the Colour of her dress" is beautiful, the strongest McPherson solo I ever heard, and Byard with this very churchy bluesy piano, and Lonnie Hillyer strong influenced by Dizzy, but completly his own. 

And the large orchestra version of "Meditations", very interesting though I prefer the quintet sextet versions with Dolphy. 

A great album ! 

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