Mingus Dynasty

For the band, see Mingus Dynasty (band).

Mingus Dynasty
Studio album by Charles Mingus
Released	1959
Recorded	November 1–13, 1959
Genre	Jazz
Length	59:15
Label	Columbia
Producer	Teo Macero
Charles Mingus chronology
Mingus Ah Um 1959 Mingus Dynasty 1959 Pre Bird 1960

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Mingus Dynasty is an album by Charles Mingus, recorded and released in 1959, and was inducted in the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999.

Track listing

All compositions by Charles Mingus except where noted.

1. "Slop"
2. "Diane"
3. "Song With Orange"
4. "Gunslinging Bird"
   • Originally called "If Charlie Parker Were a Gunslinger, There'd Be a Whole Lot of Dead Copycats"
5. "Things Ain't What They Used To Be" (Mercer Ellington)
6. "Far Wells, Mill Valley"
7. "New Now Know How"
8. "Mood Indigo" (Barney Bigard, Duke Ellington)
9. "Put Me In That Dungeon"
10. "Strollin' " (Nostalgia In Times Square) (Mingus, George Gordon)
    • Bonus track

Personnel

• John Handy - alto sax
• Booker Ervin – tenor sax
• Benny Golson - tenor sax (2, 3, 4, 6, 10)
• Jerome Richardson - baritone sax (2, 3, 4, 6, 10)
• Richard Williams - trumpet (2, 3, 4, 6, 10)
• Don Ellis - trumpet (1, 5, 8, 9)
• Jimmy Knepper – trombone
• Roland Hanna - piano (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9)
• Nico Bunink - piano (7, 10)
• Charles Mingus - bass
• Dannie Richmond – drums
• Teddy Charles - vibes (2, 3, 4, 6)
• Maurice Brown - cello (1, 9)
• Seymour Barab - cello (1, 9)
• Honi Gordon - vocals (10)

50th Anniversary Legacy Edition

In 2009 Sony's Legacy Recordings released a special 2-disc 50th Anniversary Edition of Mingus' seminal 1959 album Mingus Ah Um that also includes Mingus Dynasty in its entirety on the second disc.