Passions Of A Man: A Complete Atlantic Recordings

CD1

1. Pithecanthropus Erectus
2. A Foggy Day
3. Love Chant
4. Profile of Jackie
5. Laura
6. When Your Love Has Gone
7. Just One Of Those Things
8. Blue Greens

CD2

1. The Clown
2. Passions Of A Woman Loved
3. Blue Cee
4. Tonight At Noon
5. Reincarnation Of A Lovebird
6. Haitian Fight Song

CD3

1. E’s Flat Ah’s Flat Too
2. My Jelly Roll Soul
3. Tensions
4. Moanin’
5. Cryin’ Blues
6. Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting
7. E’s Flat Ah’s Flat Too (Alternate Take)
8. My Jelly Roll Soul (Alternate Take)
9. Tensions (Alternate Take)
10. Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting (Alternate Take)

CD4

1. Prayer For Passive Resistance
2. Better Git Hit In Your Soul
3. Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting
4. Folk Forms 1
5. What Love?
6. I’ll Remember April

CD5

1. Devil Woman
2. Ecclusiastics
3. ‘Old’ Blues For Walt’s Torin
4. Peggy’s Blue Skylight
5. Hog Callin’ Blues
6. Oh Lord Don’t Let Them Drop That Atomic Bomb On Me
7. Passions Of A Man
8. Wham Bam Thank You Ma’am
9. Invisible Lady
10. Eat That Chicken

CD6

1. Charles Mingus Interviewed by Nesuhi Ertegun

The greatest bassist leader jazz has ever known, Charles Mingus, with his spirited playing and spontaneity, always kept his ears and fingers on the pulse.

A reconfiguration of the 1997 Rhino box set which brought these legendary recordings to CD for the first time, Passions Of A Man is presented in a sleek, hard clamshell box, with the CDs held in elegant card sleeves, and a glossy 112-page booklet.

The albums included in this package, recorded for Atlantic between 1956 and 1961, are rightly considered Mingus’ best. The lavish collection of the jazz legend’s entire mid-’50s to early ’60s Atlantic Records output features 6CDs (and 40 tracks arranged in chronological order by recording date for maximum appreciation of Mingus’ evolution). 

Including four alternate takes from the 1959 Blues & Roots sessions, many bonus tracks, plus an entire disc devoted to a complete 75-minute early ’60s Mingus interview with Atlantic co-founder/producer Nesuhi Ertegun, this beautiful box set also contains a deluxe book featuring essays by Mingus experts Stefano Zenni and co-producer Andrew Homzy, along with original liner notes from the albums represented, a complete Atlantic discography, and many rare photos.

Produced with the involvement of the bassist’s widow, Sue Mingus, this is a vital addition to any serious jazz library.