2xCD: Charlie Mingus - The Complete Birdland Broadcasts 1961-62 NEW & SEALED

--Home\n\n--About Us\n\n--Shipping\n\n--CD Condition Definitions\n\n--View Feedback\n\n--Add to Favourites\n\nDescription Summary\n\nNEW & SEALED \nALL ITEMS IN STOCK. ALL ITEMS POSTED SAME DAY IF PAYMENT RECEIVED BY 12 NOON (MON-FRI) OTHERWISE DISPATCHED NEXT WORKING DAY.\n\nMain Description\n\nNamed after bebop architect Charlie \""Yardbird\"" Parker, Birdland has been a mecca for jazz heads ever since it opened in New York City in 1949. And when Charles Mingus, in the middle of his first stint with Atlantic Records, took to the stage for a series of radio broadcasts in the early 1960s, he was ready to further both the club's legacy and his own place within the jazz firmament.\nUsing many of the compositions that made up his 1962 album Oh Yeah as a jumping-off point (Ecclusiastics, Oh Lord Don't Let Them Drop That Atomic Bomb On Me, Eat That Chicken), the bassist and composer redrew the boundaries of his art in typically uncompromising fashion. Whether paying idiosyncratic ts