Mingus Plays Piano (Vinyle)

Recorded in 1963, just months after The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady, this is the only album of Charles Mingus playing solo piano, the instrument he composed on. Intimate and searching, it mixes standards with spontaneous originals like "Myself When I Am Real".

1. Myself When I Am Real
2. I Can't Get Started
3. Body and Soul
4. Roland Kirk's Message
5. Memories of You
6. She's Just Miss Popular Hybrid
7. Orange Was the Color of Her Dress, Then Silk Blue
8. Meditations for Moses
9. Old Portrait
10. I'm Getting Sentimental Over You
11. Compositional Theme Story: Medleys, Anthems and Folklore