His Final Work

His Final Work
His Final Work
Studio album by Charles Mingus
Released	1977
Recorded	November 6, 1977
Studio	Studio 21, New York
Genre	Jazz
Label	Who's Who in Jazz
Producer	Lionel Hampton
Charles Mingus chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[2]

His Final Work is an album credited to Charles Mingus, released in 1977. His Final Work is a reissue of Lionel Hampton Presents Charles Mingus, released in 1977, which was also reissued as The Music of Charles Mingus and credited to Lionel Hampton.^[3] His Final Work comprises the final recording session that Mingus played an instrument on.^[4] Shortly after the completion of the recording sessions, Mingus was diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis which would lead to his death. The album features arrangements of Mingus's compositions by Paul Jeffrey.^[5]

Mingus changed the title of his composition about Nelson Rockefeller's handling of the Attica Prison riot, "Remember Rockefeller at Attica", to "Just for Laughs" to disguise the piece from Hampton who was friends with Rockefeller and a supporter of the Republican Party.^[5]

Track listing

All compositions by Charles Mingus.

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Just For Laughs, Part. 1"	3:26
2.	"Peggy's Blue Skylight"	5:13
3.	"Caroline Keikke Mingus"	6:15
4.	"Slop"	5:05

Side two
No.	Title	Length
5.	"Just For Laughs, Part. 2"	2:36
6.	"Fables Of Faubus"	6:30
7.	"Duke Ellington's The Sound Of Love"	7:27
8.	"Farewell Farewell"	5:54

Personnel

Gerry Mulligan – baritone saxophone
Charles Mingus – double bass
Dannie Richmond – drums
Robert W. Schachner – executive producer
Peter Matt – french horn
Alun Morgan – liner notes
Bob Neloms – piano
Lionel Hampton – vibraphone, producer
Ricky Ford – tenor saxophone
Paul Jeffrey – tenor saxophone, arranger
Jack Walrath, Woody Shaw – trumpet

References

^ Gene Santoro (2001). Myself when I Am Real: The Life and Music of Charles Mingus. Oxford University Press. pp. 421–. ISBN 978-0-19-514711-7.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1005. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
^ Priestley, Brian. "Charles Mingus: Hit In The Soul". The Wire. Retrieved August 10, 2013.
^ "Charles Mingus Discography".
^ ^a ^b Krin Gabbard (8 February 2016). Better Git It in Your Soul: An Interpretive Biography of Charles Mingus. University of California Press. pp. 266–. ISBN 978-0-520-26037-5.

[Santoro2001-1] Gene Santoro (2001). Myself when I Am Real: The Life and Music of Charles Mingus. Oxford University Press. pp. 421–. ISBN 978-0-19-514711-7.

[Penguin-2] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1005. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[Wire-3] Priestley, Brian. "Charles Mingus: Hit In The Soul". The Wire. Retrieved August 10, 2013.

[4] "Charles Mingus Discography".

[Gabbard2016-5] Krin Gabbard (8 February 2016). Better Git It in Your Soul: An Interpretive Biography of Charles Mingus. University of California Press. pp. 266–. ISBN 978-0-520-26037-5.

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v t e Charles Mingus
Discography
Studio albums	The Jazz Experiments of Charlie Mingus Jazz Composers Workshop Pithecanthropus Erectus The Clown East Coasting Mingus Three A Modern Jazz Symposium of Music and Poetry Mingus Ah Um Blues & Roots Mingus Dynasty Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus Pre-Bird Mingus Oh Yeah Tijuana Moods Money Jungle The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Tonight at Noon Mingus Plays Piano Blue Bird Pithycanthropus Erectus Let My Children Hear Music Mingus Moves Changes One Changes Two Three or Four Shades of Blues His Final Work Cumbia & Jazz Fusion Something Like a Bird Charles Mingus with Orchestra Reincarnation of a Lovebird
Live albums	Mingus at the Bohemia (1956) Jazz Portraits: Mingus in Wonderland (1959) The Complete Town Hall Concert (1962) The Charles Mingus Quintet & Max Roach (1963) Astral Weeks (1964) Town Hall Concert (1964) Revenge! (1964) The Great Concert of Charles Mingus (1964) Mingus in Europe Volume I (1964) Mingus in Europe Volume II (1964) Right Now: Live at the Jazz Workshop (1964) Mingus at Monterey (1964) My Favorite Quintet (1965) Music Written for Monterey 1965 (1965) Charles Mingus Sextet In Berlin (1970) Charles Mingus and Friends in Concert (1972) Mingus at Antibes (1974) Mingus at Carnegie Hall (1974) Cornell 1964 (2007)
Books	Beneath the Underdog (1971 autobiography)
Related	Mingus Big Band Mingus Big Band Live at Jazz Standard Mingus Dynasty Sue Mingus Jazz at Massey Hall (1953) Weary Blues (1958) Newport Rebels (1960) Pepper Adams Plays the Compositions of Charlie Mingus (1964) Mingus (1979) Epitaph (1990) Mingus: Charlie Mingus 1968 Charles Mingus: Triumph of the Underdog (1998 documentary)