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Oh Yeah (Charles Mingus album)

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Oh Yeah
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 1962 (1962-04)[1][2][3]
RecordedNovember 6, 1961
StudioAtlantic Studios, New York City
GenreJazz
Length44:08
LabelAtlantic
ProducerNesuhi Ertegün
Charles Mingus chronology
Newport Rebels
(1961)
Oh Yeah
(1962)
Tijuana Moods
(1962)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[5]
DownBeat[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[6]

Oh Yeah is a studio album by the American jazz bassist and composer Charles Mingus, released in April 1962 by Atlantic Records.[1][2][3] It was recorded in 1961, and features Mingus (usually known to play bass) singing on three of the cuts and playing piano throughout.

Track listing

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All compositions by Charles Mingus.

  1. "Hog Callin' Blues" – 7:27
  2. "Devil Woman" – 9:42
  3. "Wham Bam Thank You Ma'am" – 4:43
  4. "Ecclusiastics" – 6:59
  5. "Oh Lord Don't Let Them Drop That Atomic Bomb on Me" – 5:43
  6. "Eat That Chicken" – 4:38
  7. "Passions of a Man" – 4:56

The 1999 Rhino CD reissue included three additional tracks recorded at the same session (and previously released on Tonight at Noon in 1964):

  1. "'Old' Blues for Walt's Torin" – 7:58
  2. "Peggy's Blue Skylight" – 9:49
  3. "Invisible Lady" – 4:48

The 1988 Atlantic CD reissue included only one additional track, a 24-minute excerpt of an interview with Mingus conducted by Nesuhi Ertegün which was discovered in 1987. The full 77-minute interview appears as a bonus disc on the box set Passions of a Man: the Complete Atlantic Recordings (1956-1961).

Personnel

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Technical personnel

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References

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  1. ^ a b Editorial Staff, Cash Box (14 April 1962). "Atlantic "Spring" Album Deals" (PDF). Cash Box. The Cash Box Publishing Co. Inc., NY. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  2. ^ a b Editorial Staff, Billboard (21 Apr 1962). "Mingus—Oh Yeah". Billboard Music Week. The Billboard Publishing Co. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  3. ^ a b Editorial Staff, Cash Box (21 Apr 1962). "April Album Releases" (PDF). Cash Box. The Cash Box Publishing Co. Inc., NY. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  4. ^ DownBeat:July 5, 1962 Vol. 29, No.14
  5. ^ Huey, Steve (2011). "Oh Yeah - Charles Mingus | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
  6. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1003. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.