Charles Mingus - Three Or Four Shades Of Blues (1977)

1.Better Get Hit In Your Soul
2.Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
3.Noddin' Ya Head Blues
4.Three Or Four Shades Of Blues
5.Nobody Knows.




The Mingus Band:
Charles Mingus (acoustic bass);
Ricky Ford (tenor saxophone);
Jack Walrath (trumpet);
Bob Neloms (piano);
Dannie Richmond (drums).

Additional personnel:
George Coleman (alto & tenor saxophones);
Sonny Fortune (alto saxophone);
Jimmy Rowles (piano);
Larry Coryell, Philip Catherine, John Scofield (guitar);
George Mraz, Ron Carter (acoustic bass);
Dannie Richmond (drums).

On Three or Four Shades of Blues, Jimmy Rowles is addedon piano; John Scofield replaces Philip Catherine on guitar; George Mraz does not appear in this selection.

On Nobody Knows, Sonny Fortune is added on alto saxophone; John Scofield replaces Larry Coryell on guitar; Ron Carter replaces George Mraz on bass; George Coleman does not appear in this selection.

Solo orders:
Better Get Hit in Your Soul: Mingus (intro), Coryell, Catherine/Coryell (over last riff before tenor solo), Ford.
Goodbye Pork Pie Hat: Mraz (bowed intro), coryell,Catherine, Coleman, Mingus, Coryell/Catherine.
Noddin Ya Head Blues: Coleman, Coryell, Ford, Catherine, Mingus.
Three or Four Shades of Blues: Walrath, Neloms, Rowles, Neloms, Walrath,Ford, Coryell, Mingus, Coleman, Scofield.
Nobody Knows: Fortune, Scofield, Walrath, Catherine, Ford.

Three or Four Shades of Blues was arranged by Charles Mingus. All the other selections were arranged by Paul Jeffrey.
Better Get Hit in Your Soul: Goodbye Pork Pie Hat and Noddin Ya Head Blues were recorded on march9, 1977. Nobody Knows on on march 11, 1977, at Atlantic Studios, New York, NY.
Recording Engineer Bobby Warner.
Three Or Four Shades Of Blues was recorded on March 29, 1977 at The Record Plant, New York, NY. Recording engineer Carmin Rubino.
Mixing Engineers: Bobby Warner, Carmine Rubino, Don Puluse.Charles Mingus is using a Yamaha bass amplifier in this recording.