4LP Boxset

Tracklist:

LP1: 21/10/61 – 24/3/62

LP2: 31/3/62 – 5/5/62

LP3: 5/5/62 – 12/5/62

LP4: 19/10/62 – 26/10/62

• Officially approved by the Mingus Estate
• Original reel-to-reel tapes, cleaned and mastered for optimum sound quality
• 4 x 180gm LPs housed in book-case style box
• Extensive 44-page book with foreword from Christian McBride, in-depth liner notes by Brian Priestley, interview with Charles McPherson and rare photographs and ephemera
• Strictly limited edition.

Mingus Takes Manhattan collects together Charles Mingus run of dates at the world famous Birdland, New York from 1961-1962, released here officially for the first time ever in conjunction with the Mingus Estate.

The original reel-to-reel tapes used to record the radio broadcasts were tracked down, cleaned and remastered especially for this release. Previously only issued in bootleg form, th