Changes One (Charles Mingus album)

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Changes One
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 1, 1975
RecordedDecember 27, 28 & 30, 1974
Genre Jazz
Length44:28
Label Atlantic
Producer Ilhan Mimaroglu
Charles Mingus chronology
Mingus at Carnegie Hall
(1974)
Changes One
(1975)
Changes Two
(1974)
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Changes One is an album by the jazz composer and bassist Charles Mingus, released in 1975.

Contents

Song notes

"Remember Rockefeller at Attica"

This track is dedicated to the Attica Prison Riots of 1971 and the Governor of New York State at that time, Nelson Rockefeller.

"Devil Blues"

The lyrics are by Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown, but the melody is newly composed by vocalist and saxophonist George Adams. Mingus also has composing credits, possibly for the horn lines that follow the singing.

Track listing

All compositions by Charles Mingus except where noted.

  1. "Remember Rockefeller at Attica" – 5:56
  2. "Sue's Changes" – 17:04
  3. "Devil Blues" (George Adams, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Mingus) – 9:24
  4. "Duke Ellington's Sound of Love" – 12:04

Personnel

Recorded at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York City, on December 27, 28 & 30, 1974.

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References

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