I'm glad I listened to this on my Rhapsody account and didn't spring for it on Amazon. I'm always keen to check out really old jazz recordings that are newly released on CD or just newly released "from the vaults", but if this were a movie I'd rate it a "rental".
Amid nuggets of live virtuosity there are clearly some trainwreck moments that, while they give the CD a bit of a playful charm, make this recording more suited for diehard fans of Mingus.
After the Mingus, I cranked up the Genesis. Having been a real big fan for the Phil Collins years, I started listening to the their earlier prog/art rock albums with Peter Gabriel. I think I have all their albums now, including their two Archives box sets. But I listened to this collection on Rhapsody because it's organized so that the tracks are arranged in reverse chronological order from their more recent to their oldest. That's kind of like the way I began listening to them. Last night I saw a rockumentary on them on VH1 Classic, and so today I had what I needed to listen to while filling out online appications. I'm looking forward to their remasters boxsets that will begin to come out this year.
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