Recordings

July, 1975

All hail Mingus the Magnificent! We've just listened to a pair of LPs recorded 17 years apart, and over that span, Charles the First--who blew everybody off the stage in 1957--has grown into something larger than life. The reissued Tia Juana Moods (RCA) wasn't released originally until 1962, but that five-year gap made the total effect of the album no less stunning. It was an "event" and the folk who followed jazz knew something big was happening out there. Mingus, with a handful of sp...