My Favorite Quintet

My Favorite Quintet
My Favorite Quintet
Live album by Charles Mingus
Released	1966
Recorded	May 13, 1965
Venue	Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Genre	Jazz
Label	Jazz Workshop (JWS 009)
Charles Mingus chronology

My Favorite Quintet is a live album by the American bassist, composer and bandleader Charles Mingus, recorded at Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis and released on Mingus's own Jazz Workshop label in 1966.^[1]

Reception

The AllMusic review by Shawn M. Haney stated: "Charles Mingus shines here in proud fashion with the company of his friends to create the sound of the Charles Mingus Quintet. Sweeping, charming, vibrant, percussive -- these are just a few select adjectives used to paint a meaningful picture of this group... Some bits and pieces of the music leave the listener just short of breathless -- a record so teaming with life and spontaneity leaves tingles in one's listening soul. In over 40 minutes of quality jazz, not much is sheer brilliance, though the band's sense of adventure and enthusiasm shows throughout when the melody doesn't".^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Charles Mingus except as indicated

"So Long Eric" - 18:24
"Medley: She's Funny That Way/Embraceable You/I Can't Get Started/I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You/Old Portrait" (Neil Moret, Richard A. Whiting/George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin/Ira Gershwin, Vernon Duke/Victor Young, Ned Washington, Bing Crosby/Mingus) - 15:58
"Cocktails for Two (Arthur Johnston, Sam Coslow) - 8:15

Personnel

References

^ Charles Mingus discography accessed November 30, 2012
^ ^a ^b Haney, S. M. AllMusic Review accessed November 29, 2012
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 140. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

[Charles_Mingus_discography-1] Charles Mingus discography accessed November 30, 2012

[Allmusic-2] Haney, S. M. AllMusic Review accessed November 29, 2012

[RSJRG-3] Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 140. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

[1]

[2]

[3]

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)

v t e Charles McPherson
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	Bebop Revisited! (1964) Con Alma! (1965) The Quintet/Live! (1966) From This Moment On! (1968) Horizons (1968) McPherson's Mood (1969) Charles McPherson (1971) Siku Ya Bibi (Day of the Lady) (1972) Today's Man (1973) Beautiful! (1975) Live in Tokyo (1976) New Horizons (1977) Free Bop! (1978) First Flight Out (1994) Come Play with Me (1995) Manhattan Nocturne (1997)
With Charles Mingus	The Complete Town Hall Concert (1962) Music Written for Monterey 1965 (1965) My Favorite Quintet (1965) Charles Mingus in Paris: The Complete America Session (1970) Charles Mingus Sextet In Berlin (1970) Let My Children Hear Music (1971) Charles Mingus and Friends in Concert (1972) Mingus at Carnegie Hall (1974)
With others	Pepper Adams Plays the Compositions of Charlie Mingus (1963) Just Be Bop (Toshiko Akiyoshi, 1980) For Sure! (Kenny Drew, 1978) Eastwood After Hours: Live at Carnegie Hall (Clint Eastwood, 1996) The Many Faces of Art Farmer (1964) Newer Than New (Barry Harris, 1961) Bull's Eye! (Barry Harris, 1968) Cello Again (Sam Jones, 1976) Boppin' & Burnin' (Don Patterson, 1968) Funk You! (Don Patterson, 1968) Bird Lives! (Red Rodney, 1973) Impact (Charles Tolliver, 1975)