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After several sessions with Columbia and Candid, Charles Mingus briefly returned to Atlantic and cut the freewheeling Oh Yeah, which has to rank as the wildest of all his classic albums. Mingus plays no bass whatsoever, hiring Doug Watkins to fill in while he accompanies the group on piano and contributes bluesy vocals to several tracks (while shouting encouragement on nearly all of them). Mingus had always had a bizarre sense of humor, as expressed in some of his song titles and arranging devices, but Oh Yeah often gets downright warped. That's partly because Mingus is freed up to vocalize
| 1 | Hog Calling Blues | ♡ | 7:28 | Charles Mingus |
| 2 | Devil Woman | ♡ | 9:43 | Charles Mingus |
| 3 | Wham Bam Thank You Ma’am | ♡ | 4:46 | Charles Mingus |
| 4 | Ecclusiastics | ♡ | 6:59 | Charles Mingus |
| 5 | Oh Lord Don’t Let Them Drop That Atomic Bomb on Me [Alternate Version] | ♡ | 5:44 | Charles Mingus |
| 6 | Eat That Chicken | ♡ | 4:40 | Charles Mingus |
| 7 | Passions of a Man | ♡ | 4:57 | Charles Mingus |
Links
- Folder:
R:\__Jazz\_C\Charles Mingus\1962. Charles Mingus - Oh Yeah (AP 2024) [SACD][DSD64] - Explorer: Open folder
- AllMusic: https://www.allmusic.com/album/MW0000198478
Credits
Bass — Doug Watkins Cover — Loring Eutemey Drums — Dannie Richmond Engineer — Phil Iehle, Tom Dowd Flute — Roland Kirk Siren — Roland Kirk Tenor Saxophone — Roland Kirk, Booker Ervin Wind — Roland Kirk Piano — Charles Mingus Vocals — Charles Mingus Sleeve Notes — Nat Hentoff Supervised By — Nesuhi Ertegun Trombone — Jimmy Knepper
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