MEETS CAT ANDERSON

MINGUS, CHARLES QUINTET
GET BACK

Item Information Artists Name: MINGUS, CHARLES QUINTET Title: MEETS CAT ANDERSON Format: CD Label: GET BACK City Hall Catalog Number:  2030 UPC Product Code: 8013252203022 List Price: 19.98 Musical Category:  JAZZ Release Date:  6/19/2007 Additional Musical Category Notes:   One of the most important figures in American jazz, Charles Mingus spent most of his career at the forefront of the avant-garde. This album, recorded in 1972 in Berlin with a superlative Cat Anderson on trumpet during a period of extensive touring, was made during a very productive time in Mingus' life. In 1972 he also re-signed with Columbia Records and his music was now performed frequently by ballet companies, including Alvin Ailey who choreographed "The Mingus Dances" during a 1972 collaboration with the Robert Joffrey Ballet Company.