Mingus at the Bohemia

Mingus at the Bohemia
Live album by
ReleasedAugust 1956 (1956-08)[1]
RecordedDecember 23, 1955
VenueCafé Bohemia, New York City
GenreAvant-garde jazz
Length41:04
LabelDebut
Charles Mingus chronology
The Jazz Experiments of Charlie Mingus
(1954)
Mingus at the Bohemia
(1956)
Pithecanthropus Erectus
(1956)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[3]

Mingus at the Bohemia is a live album by the jazz composer and bassist Charles Mingus. It was released in August 1956 through Mingus's own label Debut Records.[1][4] It was recorded at Café Bohemia in New York City on December 23, 1955. Max Roach makes a guest appearance on one track. Other recordings from the same performance were released in 1964 under the title The Charles Mingus Quintet & Max Roach.

Mingus at the Bohemia has also been released under the title Chazz! and credited to The Charles Mingus Quintet.[5]

  1. ^ a b "Reviews and Rating of New Albums". Google Books. Nielsen Business Media. 18 August 1956. pp. 48, 50. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  2. ^ Allmusic review
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1001. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. ^ "Charles Mingus Discography". www.jazzdisco.org. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Charles Mingus – Mingus At The Bohemia (Master)". discogs.com. Retrieved on March 7, 2021.