SET OF CHARLES MINGUS JAZZ WORKSHOP DEBUT 10” LP

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COMPLETE SET OF CHARLES MINGUS JAZZ WORKSHOP DEBUT 10” LPS. THE FIRST PROFESSIONAL RECORDINGS AND LP RELEASES OF MINGUS’S HISTORIC “JAZZ WORKSHOP” SESSIONS, WHICH BECAME A HOT BED OF MUSICAL EXPERIMENTATION, AND A PROVING GROUND FOR SOME OF THE GREATEST MUSICIANS OF MODERN JAZZ. THESE 2 10” LP'S IS WHERE IT ALL STARTED. DESCRIBED IN DETAIL AS FOLLOWS: (THIS AUCTION IS FOR BOTH 10” LPS WHICH ARE VOL. 1 & VOL. 2)

JAZZ WORKSHOP VOLUME 1 TROMBONE RAPPORT WITH JAY JAY JOHNSON, KAI WINDING, BENNY GREEN, WILLIE DENNIS, JOHN LEWIS, CHARLES MINGUS AND ART TAYLOR. DEBUT DLP 5 10” LP, FIRST ISSUE. FLAT EDGE, DEEP GROOVE, RED AND GOLD LABELS, VERY THICK AND HEAVY VINYL. CONDITION SOLID NM-, BEAUTIFUL RICH LUSTER & SHEEN WITH NO GROOVE WEAR, PLEASE NOTE THERE IS A LIGHT PAPER SCUFF ON SIDE A WHICH DOES NOT SOUND, OTHERWISE VINYL IS VERY CLEAN AND BRIGHT WITH VIVID AND DETAILED HI FIDELITY. RECORDED LIVE IN NY BY RUDY VAN GELDER. A CLASSIC RECORDING OF ITS KIND MIXING 3 TROMBONES WITH AMAZING INTERACTION BETWEEN THE HORNS, MINGUS’S BASS AND ART TAYLOR’S DRUMS. FASCINATING IN ITS TONAL RANGE AND SPACIAL DEPTH. COVER SOLID VG++, THICK AND HEAVY, KAKUBUCHI FRAME LINES, SOME EDGE WEAR AND FAINT RUBBING TO VERY DEEP TEXTURED BLACK FRONT GRAPHICS AND 4” PIECE OF CLEAR TAPE ON TOP RIGHT SEAM. BEAUTIFUL PHOTO COLLAGE COVER DESIGN BY THE LEGENDARY HERMAN LEONARD. OVERALL, A VERY NICE COVER. THIS LP IS PRESSED ON THE SUPERIOR VINYL TYPE DEBUT SOMETIMES USED—PLEASE SEE NOTE WITH VINYL EXPLANATIONS BELOW.

JAZZ WORKSHOP VOLUME 2 TROMBONE RAPPORT WITH JAY JAY JOHNSON, KAI WINDING, BENNY GREEN, WILLIE DENNIS, JOHN LEWIS, CHARLES MINGUS AND ART TAYLOR. DEBUT DLP 14 10” LP, FIRST ISSUE. FLAT EDGE, DEEP GROOVE, RED AND GOLD LABELS, VERY THICK AND HEAVY VINYL. CONDITION SOLID NM-, BEAUTIFUL RICH LUSTER & SHEEN WITH NO GROOVE WEAR, JUST FEW SMALL FAINT SURFACE MARKS WHICH DO NOT SOUND, OTHERWISE VINYL IS VERY CLEAN AND BRIGHT WITH VIVID AND DETAILED HI FIDELITY. RECORDED LIVE IN NY BY RUDY VAN GELDER. A CLASSIC RECORDING OF ITS KIND MIXING 3 TROMBONES WITH AMAZING INTERACTION BETWEEN THE HORNS, MINGUS’ BASS AND ART TAYLOR’S DRUMS. FASCINATING IN ITS TONAL RANGE AND SPACIAL DEPTH. COVER SOLID NM-, THICK AND HEAVY, KAKUBUCHI FRAME LINES, SOME VERY LIGHT EDGE WEAR AND FAINT RUBBING TO VERY DEEP TEXTURED PURPLE FRONT GRAPHICS. BEAUTIFUL PHOTO COLLAGE COVER DESIGN BY THE LEGENDARY HERMAN LEONARD. OVERALL, A VERY NICE COVER. THIS LP IS PRESSED ON THE SUPERIOR VINYL TYPE DEBUT SOMETIMES USED—PLEASE SEE NOTE WITH VINYL EXPLANATIONS BELOW. THESE 2 FIRST ISSUE 10” LPS REPRESENT A VERY IMPORTANT MOMENT IN MODERN JAZZ AND ARE DOCUMENTS OF A TIME THAT WAS VERY EXCITING IN THE WORLD OF JAZZ.

NOTE: THE DEBUT COMPANY WAS INDEPENDENTLY RUN AND FOUNDED BY CHARLES MINGUS AND MAX ROACH. IT WAS ACTUALLY RUN BY MINGUS’ WIFE OUT OF THEIR APARTMENT IN NYC. MINGUS HAD SMALL RUNS MADE OF EACH LP AND WHEN HE SOLD THOSE, HE WOULD PRESS MORE. MANY DIFFERENT PRESSING PLANTS WERE USED, OFTEN SO HE COULD FIND THE BEST PRICE. WITHIN THIS SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES, TODAY ONE CAN FIND FIRST ISSUE DEBUT 10” LPS THAT HAVE VERY NICE AND CLEAN FIDELITY OR SOMEWHAT MEDIOCRE FIDELITY WITH BACKGROUND NOISE WHICH WAS NOT PART OF THE ORIGINAL RECORDING BUT WAS IN FACT A BYPRODUCT OF SOME POOR VINYL USED—THE LABEL WAS HOWEVER A SINCERE AND HEROIC EFFORT BY THESE JAZZ LEGENDS IN AN ATTEMPT TO CONTROL THEIR OWN MONEY, SESSIONS, AND TYPES OF MUSIC THEY WISHED TO EXPLORE.

OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS, DOWNBEAT 2003 WILL BE LISTING A MAJOR COLLECTION OF VERY RARE VINTAGE JAZZ LPS, 78S, EPS, ETC. FROM A MAJOR COLLECTION ACQUIRED OVER 30+ YEARS OF INTERNATIONAL COLLECTING. SOME OF THE RAREST LPS OF BOP AND MODERN JAZZ WILL BE OFFERED, FROM ALL MAJOR LABELS INCULUDING BLUE NOTE, PRESTIGE, SAVOY, DIAL, ROOST, PACIFIC JAZZ, DEBUT, VOGUE, TO NAME A FEW. THE PIECES IN MOST CASES ARE IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION AND PRESERVATION. SERIOUS BIDDERS ONLY! PLEASE SEE MY ‘ME’ FOR ALL STRICT GRADING, SHIPPING AND PAYMENT TERMS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST.