Charles Mingus – Oh Yeah 1962

Charles Mingus: Oh Yeah Label: Atlantic 1377 12" LP 1961

Design: Loring Eutemey

Charles Mingus – vocals, piano (!)
Rahsaan Roland Kirk – tenor saxophone, manzello, stritch, flute, siren
Booker Ervin – tenor saxophone
Jimmy Knepper – trombone
Doug Watkins – bass
Dannie Richmond – drums

Recorded at Atlantic Studios, New York, New York on November 6, 1961

1. Hog Callin' Blues
2. Devil Woman
3. Wham Bam Thank You Ma'am
4. Ecclusiastics
5. Oh Lord, Don't Let Them Drop That Atomic Bomb on Me
6. Eat That Chicken
7. Passions of a Man

Charles Mingus Interviewed by Neshui Ertegun - (previously unreleased, bonus track)

8. "Old" Blues for Walt's Torin [*]
9. Peggy's Blue Skylight [*]
10. Invisible Lady [*]

Atlantic 1962

“Eat that chicken pie-pie-doo-dee
Who’s gonna do this? (…)
Oh Yeah! Oh Yeah! Oh Yeah! Oh Yeah! Oh Yeah! (…)”
(Charles Mingus, ‘eat that chicken’)

:: Charles Mingus – Oh Yeah ::