Charles Mingus With Orchestra - Full Album [HQ]

1. The Man Who Never Sleeps - 0:00 2. O.P. - 16:29 3. Portrait - 24:49 Review by Thom Jurek This is an obscure Charles Mingus session recorded in Japan in 1971, and the second version Denon has released of the same session. The bassist and composer fronted pianist Toshiyuki Miyama & His New Herd Orchestra. Here, however, Miyama, who only played a bit of piano (he was conducting the rest of the time), was supplanted by Mingus’ own pianist and arranger, Jaki Byard. Other players included the leader’s tenor