Oh Yeah (Charles Mingus album)

Oh Yeah
Studio album by
Charles Mingus
ReleasedApril 1962 (1962-04)[1][2][3]
RecordedNovember 6, 1961
StudioAtlantic Studios, New York City
GenreJazz
Length44:08
LabelAtlantic
ProducerNesuhi Ertegün
Charles Mingus chronology
Newport Rebels
(1961) 		Oh Yeah
(1962) 		Tijuana Moods
(1962)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[5]
DownBeat[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[6]

Oh Yeah is a studio album by the American jazz musician and composer Charles Mingus. It was released in April 1962 through Atlantic Records.[1][2][3] It was recorded in 1961, and features Mingus playing piano rather than his usual upright bass, and also singing on three songs.

Track listing

All compositions by Charles Mingus.

  1. "Hog Callin' Blues" – 7:27
  2. "Devil Woman" – 9:42
  3. "Wham Bam Thank You Ma'am" – 4:43
  4. "Ecclusiastics" – 6:59
  5. "Oh Lord Don't Let Them Drop That Atomic Bomb on Me" – 5:43
  6. "Eat That Chicken" – 4:38
  7. "Passions of a Man" – 4:56

The 1999 Rhino CD reissue included three additional tracks recorded at the same session (and previously released on Tonight at Noon in 1964):

  1. "'Old' Blues for Walt's Torin" – 7:58
  2. "Peggy's Blue Skylight" – 9:49
  3. "Invisible Lady" – 4:48

The 1988 Atlantic CD reissue included only one additional track, a 24-minute excerpt of an interview with Mingus conducted by Nesuhi Ertegün which was discovered in 1987. The full 77-minute interview appears as a bonus disc on the box set Passions of a Man: the Complete Atlantic Recordings (1956-1961).

Personnel

Technical personnel

References

  1. ^ a b Editorial Staff, Cash Box (April 14, 1962). "Atlantic "Spring" Album Deals" (PDF). Cash Box. The Cash Box Publishing Co. Inc., NY. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
  2. ^ a b Editorial Staff, Billboard (April 21, 1962). "Mingus—Oh Yeah". Billboard Music Week. The Billboard Publishing Co. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
  3. ^ a b Editorial Staff, Cash Box (April 21, 1962). "April Album Releases" (PDF). Cash Box. The Cash Box Publishing Co. Inc., NY. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
  4. ^ DownBeat:July 5, 1962 Vol. 29, No.14
  5. ^ Huey, Steve (2011). "Oh Yeah - Charles Mingus | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved August 13, 2011.
  6. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1003. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.


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