Album · 1961
Pre-Bird
Tracklist
1
Take the “A” Train
Pre-Bird
3:34
2
Prayer for Passive Resistance
Pre-Bird
3:49
3
Eclipse
Pre-Bird
3:45
4
Mingus Fingus No. 2
Pre-Bird
3:22
5
Weird Nightmare
Pre-Bird
3:35
6
Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me (interpolation: I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart)
Pre-Bird
3:33
7
Bemoanable Lady
Pre-Bird
4:22
8
Half-Mast Inhibition
Pre-Bird
8:12
In print
First pressed 1961, still pressed 2023 — 52 pressings across 10 countries.
Credits
Gunther Schuller
Conductor
Christoph Ehbets
Design · layout
Helmut Schiefer
Design
Robert Lipman
Design
Bill Barron
Instrument · tenor saxophone
Booker Ervin
Instrument · tenor saxophone
Charles Greenlee
Instrument · trombone
Charles McCracken
Instrument · cello
Charles Mingus
Instrument · bass
Charlie McCracken
Instrument · cello
Clark Terry
Instrument · trumpet
Dannie Richmond
Instrument · drums
Danny Bank
Instrument · baritone saxophone
Don Butterfield
Instrument · tuba
Eddie Bert
Instrument · trombone
Eric Dolphy
Instrument · alto saxophone, flute, bass clarinet
George Scott
Instrument · percussion
George Scott
Instrument · percussion
Harry Shulman
Instrument · oboe
Hobart Dotson
Instrument · trumpet
Jimmy Knepper
Instrument · trombone
Joe Farrell
Instrument · tenor saxophone, flute
John LaPorta
Instrument · alto saxophone, clarinet
Marcus Belgrave
Instrument · trumpet
Max Roach
Instrument · percussion
Paul Bley
Instrument · piano
Richard Williams
Instrument · trumpet
Robert DiDomenica
Instrument · flute
“Sir” Roland Hanna
Instrument · piano
Slide Hampton
Instrument · trombone
Sticks Evans
Instrument · percussion
Ted Curson
Instrument · trumpet
Yusef Lateef
Instrument · tenor saxophone, flute
Brian Priestley
Liner Notes
Dan Morgenstern
Liner Notes
Karlheinz Drechsel
Liner Notes
Leonard Feather
Liner Notes
Martin Williams
Liner Notes
Spike Heatley
Liner Notes
Gilbert Kong
Mastering
Ryan Smith
Mastering · lacquer cut by
常盤清
Mastering · remastered by
Richard Seidel
Producer · reissue producer [prepared for compact disc by]
Lorraine Cousins
Vocal · vocals