Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Merle's Mood - Illinois Jacquet
2. Wondering and Thinking of You - Illinois Jacquet
3. I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You - Illinois Jacquet
4. Texas Hop - Charles Mingus
5. Lonesome Woman Blues - Charles Mingus
6. Swingin' an Echo - Charles Mingus
7. Beggin' Mama Blues - Lucky Thompson, Dinah Washington
8. Pacific Coast Blues - Lucky Thompson's All-Stars, Dinah Washington
9. Ain't Jivin' Blues - Charles Mingus
10. Shuffle Bass Boogie - Charles Mingus
11. Weird Nightmare - Charles Mingus
12. Make Believe - Charles Mingus
13. Bedspread - Charles Mingus
14. Honey, Take a Chance with Me - Charles Mingus
15. This Subdues My Passion - Charles Mingus
16. Mingus Fingers - Lionel Hampton
17. Zoo-Baba-Da-Oo-Ee - Lionel Hampton
18. Spooky Boogie - Earl Hines
19. No Good Woman Blues - Earl Hines
20. Body and Soul - Lionel Hampton
21. Mingus Fingers - Charles Mingus
22. These Foolish Things - Charles Mingus
23. He's Gone - Charles Mingus
24. Story of Love - Charles Mingus
25. Pennies from Heaven - Charles Mingus
26. Lyon's Roar - Charles Mingus

Disc 2:

1. Boppin' in Boston - Charles Mingus
2. Say It Isn't So - Charles Mingus
3. Story of Love - Charles Mingus
4. Inspiration, Pts. 1-2 - Charles Mingus
5. Swedish Pastry - Red Norvo Trio
6. Cheek to Cheek - Red Norvo Trio
7. Night and Day - Red Norvo Trio
8. Time and Tide - Red Norvo Trio
9. I've Got a Feeling I'm Falling - Red Norvo Trio, Mel Torm�
10. September Song - Red Norvo Trio
11. Move - Red Norvo Trio
12. I've Got You Under My Skin - Red Norvo Trio
13. I Get a Kick Out of You - Red Norvo Trio
14. I'll Remember April - Red Norvo Trio
15. I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me - Red Norvo Trio
16. Little White Lies - Red Norvo Trio
17. Have You Met Miss Jones - Red Norvo Trio
18. Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart - Red Norvo Trio
19. Good Bait - Red Norvo Trio
20. September in the Rain - Red Norvo Trio
21. Budo - Red Norvo Trio
22. East of the Sun - Red Norvo Trio
23. If I Had You - Red Norvo Trio
24. This Can't Be Love - Red Norvo Trio
25. I'm Yours - Red Norvo Trio
26. Godchild - Red Norvo Trio

Disc 3:

1. What Is This Thing Called Love?
2. Body and Soul
3. Lady Bird - Miles Davis
4. I'm Beginning to See the Light - Billy Taylor Trio
5. All the Things You Are - Billy Taylor Trio
6. Cello Again - Oscar Pettiford
7. Ah-Dee-Dong Blues - Oscar Pettiford
8. Extrasensory Perception - Charles Mingus Quintet
9. Precognition - Charles Mingus Quintet
10. Portrait - Charles Mingus Quintet
11. Potter's Luck - Stan Getz
12. I Can't Get Started - Stan Getz
13. Make Believe - Charles Mingus Quintet
14. Paris in Blue - Charles Mingus Quintet
15. Montage - Charles Mingus Quintet
16. Ornithology - Charlie Parker
17. 52nd Street Theme - Charlie Parker
18. I'll Remember April - Charlie Parker

Disc 4:

1. Groovin' High - Charlie Parker
2. Don't Blame Me - Charlie Parker
3. Scrapple from the Apple - Charlie Parker
4. Cheryl - Charlie Parker
5. Embraceable You - Bud Powell Trio
6. Salt Peanuts - Bud Powell Trio
7. Smooch - Miles Davis
8. In the Still of the Night - Charlie Parker
9. Autumn in New York - Charlie Parker, Bud Powell Trio
10. I Want to Be Happy - Charlie Parker, Bud Powell Trio
11. Moose the Mooche - Charlie Parker, Bud Powell Trio
12. Dance of the Infidels - Charlie Parker, Bud Powell Trio
13. Bass-Ically Speaking - Charles Mingus
14. Chazzanova - Jazz Workshop
15. Pink Topsy - Charles Mingus
16. Blue Tide - Charles Mingus
17. Miss Bliss - Charles Mingus
18. Eclipse - Charles Mingus

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #324501 in Music
• Released on: 2004-10-18
• Number of discs: 4
• Formats: Box set, Import
• Dimensions: .50 pounds

Album Details
This Four CD Set is a Collection that Shows the Roots of the Development of One of the Greatest Jazz Musicians of all Time. Tracing his Career as a Sideman and Bandleader with Such Greats as Lionel Hampton, Red Norvo and Earl Hines. 40 Page Booklet and Full Discography Included.

Customer Reviews

Great Jazz in a Great Package
If your not familiar with Proper Records, you should really get better acquainted. They specialize in producing 4 disc box sets of past musical greats, such as Django Rheinhart and Duke Ellington. The packaging and extended booklet is great, the music fabulous, and the price, around $25 for generally over four hours of music, is exceptional.

Young Rebel, propers hommage to Charles Mingus, is no exception. The four discs and its accompanying history track Mingus from his start in the big bands to his later mastery of the stand up bass. This is a great package for anyone interested in Mingus or, for that matter, anyone interested in the history of jazz.

Caveat emptor
Prospective purchasers of this 4-CD set ought to be advised that there is a lot of terrific music here but that very little of it is even remotely reflective of the Charles Mingus (the mature rebel!) who would emerge in the mid-1950s. Especially disappointing, to this listeners ears, was disc two, almost entirely comprised of very conventional selections (I'm not sure they even merit the label "jazz") from Mingus' days as part of the Red Norvo Trio. Almost as disappointing is the fact that many of the higher quality selections boast fairly dreadful sound, hence the three stars I'm giving this collection despite the fact that fans of 40s jazz as well as Mingus completists will find much here that they are likely to value.