Live at the Theatre Boulogne-Billancourt/Paris, Vol. 1

Live at the Theatre Boulogne-Billancourt/Paris, Vol. 1 is an album by Mingus Dynasty, billed as Big Band Charlie Mingus.

Live at the Theatre Boulogne-Billancourt/Paris, Vol. 1 was recorded on June 8, 1988.^[1] The band was billed as Big Band Charlie Mingus, a larger version of Mingus Dynasty, which plays the music of Charles Mingus.^[2] The performances were conducted by Jimmy Knepper.^[3]

"Sy Johnson's arrangement of 'The Shoes of the Fishermans Wife Are Some Jive Ass Slippers' [...] builds from opening rubato horns through rocking, tumbling riffs to a solo piano interlude and tenor saxophone (Clifford Jordan and David Murray) solos in 4/4 and 3/4 slowly engulfed by rising ensemble backgrounds."^[1]

The album was released by Soul Note.^[1] It was later included, with Live at the Theatre Boulogne-Billancourt/Paris, Vol. 2 and other albums, in the CAM Jazz 4-CD compilation Mingus Dynasty Big Band Charlie Mingus.^[1]

1. "Jump Monk"
2. "E's Flat Ah's Flat Too"
3. "Duke Ellington's Sound of Love"
4. "The Shoes of the Fisherman's Wife Are Some Jive Ass Slippers"
5. "Ecclusiastics"

• Nick Brignola – baritone sax, flute
• Clifford Jordan – tenor sax, soprano sax
• David Murray – tenor sax, bass clarinet
• John Handy – alto sax
• Randy Brecker – trumpet
• Jon Faddis – cornet
• Jimmy Knepper – trombone, conductor
• Mike Zwerin – trombone
• Jaki Byard – piano
• Reggie Johnson – bass
• Billy Hart – drums