His Final Work

His Final Work
Studio album by
Charles Mingus
Released1977 (1977)
RecordedNovember 6, 1977[1]
StudioStudio 21, New York
GenreJazz
LabelWho's Who in Jazz
ProducerLionel Hampton
Charles Mingus chronology
Cumbia & Jazz Fusion
(1977) 		His Final Work
(1977)
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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.TitleLength
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.TitleLength
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

References

  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.
  2. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1005. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  3. ^ Priestley, Brian. "Charles Mingus: Hit In The Soul". The Wire. Retrieved August 10, 2013.
  4. ^ "Charles Mingus Discography".
  5. ^ 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.