The Great Concert Of Charles Mingus

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Release Date: 1970

Label: America Records

Recorded at the Theatre des Champs-Elysees, Paris on the 19th April 1964. The concert was originally programmed for the evening of April 18, but it did not start before 10 minutes past midnight. The concert finished at 02h45m on the morning og April 19, 1964. Johnny Coles is listed, but did not participate in the concert. He was hospitalized after collapsing on the stage with a perforated ulcer during the previous evening's concert at Salle Wagram in Paris. His trumpet was exhibited on stage on an empty chair as part of the band. Tracks A2-B1 is mistitled. This is actually "So Long, Eric", recorded the previous evening at the Salle Wagram

Unlike the other, later, The Great Concert Of Charles Mingus, this one has BIEM as the rights society and a high glossy tri-fold sleeve.