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2013 Charles Mingus

High School Competition


Compositions for Combos
"Better Get Hit In Your Soul"
Blue Cee
"Boogie Stop Shuffle" !
"Celia" (only in C package)!
"Diane"
"Dizzy Moods"
"Duke's Choice" (only in C package)!
!
!
!
"Duke Ellington's Sound Of Love"! !
!
East Coasting
"Ecclusiastics"
"Eclipse" (only in C package)
"Fables of Faubus" !!
!
"Goodbye Pork Pie Hat"
"Haitian Fight Song"!
"Hora Decubitus" (aka "E's Flat Ah's Flat, Too") ! (only in C package)!!
"Jelly Roll" ! !
"Moanin'" !
!
!
"Noddin' Ya Head Blues" (only in C package)! !
"Nostalgia in Times Square"!
!
!
"O, Lord, Please Don't Let Them Drop That Atomic Bomb On Me"!
"O.P. (Oscar Pettiford)" !
Opus 4
Orange was the Color of Her Dress, Then Blue Silk ! !
"Peggy's Blue Skylight"
"Pithecanthropus Erectus"
"Portrait" (only in C package)!
!
!
"Self-Portrait in Three Colors" (only in C package)!
!
!
"Slippers"!
!
"Slop" !(only in C package)!!
!
"So Long Eric" (only in C package)!
!
"Sue's Changes"
"Us is Too"
"Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting"
"Weird Nightmare" (only in C package)!
"Work Song"

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BETTER GET HIT IN YOUR SOUL

CHARLES MINGUS

hk ca.

B7
F

? 6 ..


b 4
2 - feel f
( b)*
b
F
B b7
7
B


- .
-
?b

?b

w.

B b7

G m7

C7

?
b
B b7

?
b

?b

B b7

w.

G m7

G m7 last time
2.

w.

* Ab in 1977 recording

C7

C7

.. w .



B b7

G7

( b)*

F.

slower ( directed)

U
w.

C7

( b)*

to solos ( Blues )

w.

B7

2.

F.
J

B7

?
b
?

1.

- w .
1.

( b)*

..

.
Bb

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U
w.

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BETTER GET HIT IN YOUR SOUL

1977 version ( Mingus' opening Bass solo)

r .
r
b b
.
? 6 b.
.
b
b n
b 4
f
r
b n

n
b

?b
J b -
J b -

b
?
.
b

b n b

b n

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1963 version ( counter melody)

2
? 6
b 4

w.
? b ww ..

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r
#

. w .

r
#

www ...

n w.
( b)

.
.

r
#

- w .

.
.

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1359 version ( background riffs)

? 6 - -
b 4J J J J

3a

? - - b .
b J J
>
F

1959 version ( hand clapping)

>
>

clap

> >
> >

etc.

- - b . . .
J J
> > >

- - b .
J J
>

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Blue Cee

bass clef lead sheet

ca. 160)

Medium Swing (q
C7

? 4 .. b
4
P

F7

? b
D 7 (b 9)

G 7b5

b .
?
b
-

CHARLES MINGUS

B b7

A b m (m aj7)

b b
C7

Db 9

b b
A b m (m aj7)

C7

A b m6

b n
b

B b7

B b7

C7

w
w

B b7

b J
.

..

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p

"It was written for Celia, my ex-wife, although I wrote it before she was my ex-wife.
I used the Key of C; also a one-note form like Duke had done on C-Jam Blues."

!
(slide)

b
f

In the notes for the album The Clown recorded by Atlantic on March 13, 1957, Mingus said
of his repertoire: "Some of the guys had been saying that I didn't swing. So I made some
(compositions) that did. This album (The Clown) is a standard blues. It's in two keys C and Bb - but that's not noticeable and it ends up in C, basically. I heard some Basie in it
and also some church-like feeling." While Mingus never did play Blue Cee again, he went on
to write many more compositions based on the blues.
Mingus' use of repeated notes helps create the blue mood of this piece. Also note the effective
use of bitter dissonances in the last phrase. The second chord in bar 10 may also be played as Db9.
The above example notates the wailing riff which is played after all solos and before the return of
the head.

Blue Cee
Album Name: The Clown
Label: Atlantic

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BOOGIE STOP SHUFFLE

CHARLES MINGUS

Uptempo shuffle q
Bbm

.
? bb 4
bbb 4
f

.
n

A n A .

? bb 4

bbb 4

n


.

f .
.
bm
Eb m
B
? b b . n .
bbb
n A .
Piano:

? bb b

b b .

n .

Bbm

? bb b n A n b
bb
.
F7

? b b n
n b

b b b n

A n b

B Horns .
.
.
2
b

? b b ( n ) b
n
bbb

n
rhythm section simile
wa
bwa

? b b
bbb

? b b b n n A A
bb
n n

? b b n n A A
b b b n n

wa

A
ww
ww
ww
ww

wa

n n A A
n n
wa

wa

bwa

wa

.
N bn

wa

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wa

, b

n

wa

wa

wa

ww
ww

w
w
w

wa

n
n J
wa

,
,

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BOOGIE STOP SHUFFLE

4th chorus ensemble melody

? b b b .. b
bb
n

2nd time swing

n J b n A


? bb b n b

bb J
n #
( D/Bb)

A n nU ww

? b b j ( b ) n
n # ww
b b b n
)
(

1.

fine

? bb b
bb

A +

n +

A +

nw

w
n
n
n .. n #
J
2.

to solos

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Dizzy Moods

Bass Clef Lead Sheet

Medium Swing = ca. 144



Gm75

CHARLES MINGUS

C7#5(#9)

F7#5(#9)

B7(#11)

1.
5

Am7

Bm7

D7#5

E7

C
26

Gm75



34

Bm7

Bm7

D7

E7#5

E7#5

B7(#11)

Dmaj7


E7

A7

= Am7

F7#5(#9)

A7(13)

Coda
3

Am7

Gmaj7

Em7

C7#5(#9)

30

D7#5
= Am7

Dmaj7

21

2.

15

E7 A7#5(#9)



Dmaj7

A7(13)

Em7

3
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D7#5(#11#9)

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Duke Ellington's Sound of Love

Ballad q ca.

words and music by

CHARLES MINGUS

D bMaj9

? bb 4
bbb 4
? bb
bbb

I was young

b9
Bb 7 #5

b.

E b m9

blues,

? bb b n
bb

? b b n n n
bbb
3
Lost on

? bb
bbb

G b13(# 11)
life

A b 13(b9)

? b b .
bbb J

lov- ed.

D bMaj7

A b 13 (b 9)

- no

G7

n n
3

F 7 (b9)

go - round

C Bb #b
n

11

7 9

had got to my

mood.

E b 6 D Maj7 A b 9(#11)
3

love

blues that gets

came

mel - o

we

all

live

as

B b 7 (# 11)

in - fi

A bMaj7

nite

with

E b 6 D Maj7 A b 9(#11)

D bMaj9

one

EL - LING - TON

SOUND

D Maj7

#w

( )

()

D9

in

D bMaj9


for this

m7b5(11)

lov - er,

OF LOVE.

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soul,

.
J

the

my

D Eb

dy

love, - from the

n
n

n n

E b 9(#11)

I was

cir - cus closed down.


b
C E m7/C G /B A m7/B b A 13 # 11 B bm7(#11) E b 13 b9

so year - ning. Taught me to hear mu - sic out of

F m7(11)

n b

wooed.

n n

his

Lost in

me

A 7 (#11)

clown with

D bMaj 9

# n

C Maj7

hadfoundmy so- ul.


F 7 # 11

E m7b5

sad

( )
n.

song

sound

E6

my mer - ry

not a

a - lone.

D m7

heart

E Maj7


F 7#5b9(#9)

for my mel-o - dy.

All

? b b b
bbb

b9
Ab7#5

F #m7b5(11) F #o7(11)3

D bMaj9

and care-free,

rag - time,

jazz and

search - ing,

A bMaj7

? bb
bbb

A b13 (b9)

D 13 (# 11)

be -

and

nU
w

fine

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Duke Ellington's Sound of Love

Ballad q

ca.

CHARLES MINGUS

D 7(# 9)

. 3 D bMaj9
A b13 (b 9)


? b b 4 n ...

.
bbb 4 J
Piano
P
F
Bass

? bb b
bb

enters on 3
b9
A b 7 #5

b9
Bb 7 #5

b.


n
3

E b m9

F #m7b5(11)

F #o7(11)

? b b n .
bbb

? bb b
bb

F m7(11)

A b13 (b 9)

? b b .
bbb J

E6

#.

G7

n.

n n

3
( b ) j n

A 7(# 11)

C E m7/C G b/B A m7/B b A 13(# 11)

F 7 (b9)

.
J

C#

E b 9(#11)

Even 8th
A bMaj7 D 9
D bMaj 9

b
n n n
J
B b7 b9

11

B b 7 (# 11)

b j n
3

E b 6 D Maj7 A b 9(#11) D bMaj 9

b
J

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D Maj7

#w

B bm7(#11) E b13 (b9)

G b 13 (# 11)

E bm7b5(11)

( b)

Even 8th

n > >

> n >

n b

# n

n n
n J n
3
3

E b 6 D Maj7 A b 9 (#11) D bMaj9


3

E m7b5

C Maj7

F 7 (# 11)

? b b n n n
bbb
? b b b.
bbb

E Maj7

D m7

A b Maj7

3
b
n

? bb
bbb

A b 13 (b 9)


F 7#5b9(#9)

Even 8th

D b Maj7

n
J

D bMaj9

D 13 (# 11)

nw

fine

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East Coasting

bass clef lead sheet


Uptempo Swing ( q
G b Bass*

CHARLES MINGUS

ca. 200 )
E b Bass*

Intro ? b 44 b b
f Piano
2-feel
2
?
b

Trombone & Trumpet

G b 4 measure Piano break

?b

A b Bass* D b Bass*


F # m7

modulate to D

? b j n # # - # n n j

f
F Maj7
A m7b5
D7
G m7b5
C7
b

b J
j
? b n

J b
b
D Maj7

B m7

E m7

A7

B7

?
?

E7

E7

B m7b5

b b

B m7b5

b b

G bMaj7

? w b
b

Tenor 8vb

A m7b5

E b m7

D7

D7

A b m7

B b m9

D b7

E m7

n b n b

A m7b5

G m7b5

A b m7

j b b b b n n
b
n
3

E b m7

Trumpet
b b
A m9

# n b.

C7

F Maj7

D b7


n n b

A b m7

Trb. & Tenor

G # m9

D b7

j .
j b
b

j
j
b

A7

* Bass notes only. (not chords)


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>
J
,
,

F Maj7

b w b
J

E m7b5
#

b n n
# n
? # j #
#

n #
b
B m9

b b

b
C7

G bMaj7

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East Coasting

F # m7

? j #
# - # n j

b n
n
A m7b5
D7 C7
F Maj7
G m7b5
b

J
j
? b n n

J
b

n b.
#

E B m7b5 E 7
C7
n b b Am7b5 n D 7b n Gb m7b5
b
n
b
?

b
b

nw

D Maj7

B m7

E m7

A7

B7

E m7

C7

F Maj7

>
J

F Maj7

(U

b
n # # w

E m7b5

A7

?
b

D m7

G7

C7

F Maj9
fine )

After East Coasting was composed for a Bethlehem recording date in August, 1957, Mingus seems never to
have played it again. Although Mingus grew up on the West Coast, critics and historians have associated his
approach with those living near the Atlantic shore. However, the composer has stated:
"Whatever coast he's on, a man should be himself.
I don't write in any particular idiom, I write Charles Mingus."
In this piece Mingus devises an unusual form in which boppish phrases traverse through a labyrinth of
tonalities. Within each phrase are internal and cross references which distinguish most of Mingus' melodies.
Its structure may be represented as:
8 bars
4 bars

A
B1

4 bars

B2

4 bars
4 bars

C (derived from the intro)


D

8 bars

4 bars
4 bars

B1
B3

The desired effect of the introduction and C is created by doodle tonguing on brass instruments.
Saxophonists should utilize Lester Young's trademark technique of rhythmically applying alternate
fingerings to one note.

East Coasting
Album Name: East Coasting
Label: Bethlehem

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Slowly q ca.

Ecclusiastics
CHARLES MINGUS

A
F7

? 4 3
b 4 # .. .

A m7

D 7#5

C7

A b7

? b.
b

.
? 2
b 4

B b7

F 7(# 9)

? 4
b 4
"wail"

D b7

b n

F7

# n

E7

B b7

B b7

D b7

J
1.

#
J
3


J
A m7

G m7

G m7b5

F 7(# 9)

E7

b b
E b7

#9

C 7# 5

B7

G Maj 9

.
# .
3

2.

"wail"

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4

4
4

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q ca.
Intro B b m7

? b b 4 ..
bb 4

CHARLES MINGUS

B b. m7

n .
J
P

B b.m7

? b b
bb

? b b . #
bb
? bb b w
b

G m7b5(b9)

.
. J

F
? b b b .. . #
b
simile

n .

J
. .
J

? bb >
bb |

D b7

n
.

n b . .

J
.
P


n
.

D b7

C 7(# 9)

-
J
f

|
J
f


J
p

(octaves)

n b .

J
.

F m7

n b .

n
n

..

. n

n . .
J
C 7 (b 9)

j

n
(octaves)

Bass Walks

? b b .
bb

in octaves

? bb b
b
D b7

D b7

? b b b 44 .. . #
b
2-feel P

? b b b ..
b

Fables of Faubus

Piano

( Bass Walks )

n.

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B b7b5

-
J
f

|
J

E b7

>

D7


>

j

p

A b 13

? bb b .
b
1.

G m(Maj7)
- j # w
J
f
solos only:

? bb b |
b
J
? bb b w
b

? bb b
b
tutti J
sweetly
Bnbm(Maj7)
.

? bb b
b
? bb
bb

B bm(Maj7)

n.

? bb b .
b

D 7b5(b9)

n b . .

J
.
3

#.

n.

Bass and Drums double time

n n

~~~
J

G bm(Maj7)
n.

J
J
C m7

..

b
Gn m(Maj7)
.

J
J

G Maj7

n w
J

F 13 F # 13 G 13 A b 13 A 13

. n

..

|
J

2.

G 13 A b 13 A 13 B b 13 B 13 C 13

F m 9 (M aj 7 )

-C 7

G 13

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Fables of Faubus

.
F 7(# 9)

n n
3

n
J

b.

# .

B b7b5

b
? bb b # # ( ) # #
b
P
? bb
bb

Bass

n
J

n
J

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Fables of Faubus

B b. m7

? b b
bb

F
? b b . #
bb
simile

B b.m7

? b b b
b

? bb b . #
b

. .
J

? bb b w
b

n .

.
.
J
3

? bb b w
b

n
.

n .
J

C 7 (b 9)

F m 9 (M aj 7 )

n b .

C 7(# 9)

-
J
f

|
J
f
n w
J

( Bass Walks )

n.

.
.

J

w1.

>

.

J


>

B b7b5

j
p

-
J
f

|
J
to solos

D7

Piano


J
p

E b7

F m7

(octaves)

Last time

.

J

~~

? b b b .
b J
tutti

n b .

D b7

(octaves)

Bass Walks

? bb >
bb |


n
.

(octaves)

? bb
bb
? bb b .
b

D b7

G m7b5(b9)

D b7

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he readerlperformer is advised to listen first to the Columbia


version of Fables Of Faubus where the form is clear and
concise; then to study the Candid version which introduces
the lyrics and more extended solos; and finally to follow the
remarkable Fantasy/Debut recording featuring Clifford Jordan
which is an example of true innovation and clearly shows that
Mingus was in advance of all his contemporaries, including John
Coltrane, Ornette Coleman and John Cage.
Pepper Adams was the first musician to devote a whole album to
Mingus' compositions. The great baritone saxophonist
commissioned Thad Jones to write an arrangement of Fables Of
Faubus for a session issued by Motown Records in September,
1963. Unfortunately, the disc was poorly distributed and is
considered a collector's item today.
In later performances, Mingus changed the title to celebrate other
political leaders, such as: Nix On Nixon and Oh, Lord, Help Mr.
Ford. Recently, French poet and troubadour Claude Nougaro
recorded Fables under the title Harlem.
Often, Mingus used the following background lines-played or
sung by his musicians-to support the soloists. In example 1, with
two or more background horns, X may be repeated by one voice
while the other continues at Y.

background figures

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ca.

Ballad q

? b 4 j
bb 4
F
b

? b b
bb J
D 9sus

? bb J
b
F m7b5

A 13

? b #
bb
Solos

E b m7

Goodbye Pork Pie Hat


CHARLES MINGUS

E b 7(# 9)

.. b
J

B 13

b b
J

D b7sus

n J b

E b7

b b b .
J
#
B b7#
C 13 (#11)
F 13
n # n n
b b J
#

J
n
B 13

9
5

A b7

A b m7

B b7

D b7

E b 7(# 9)

A 7#5

E b m7

B7

b .

b J

E Maj7

#.

E Maj7(#11) A 7 (# 11)

after
repeat

B 13

B7

fi#

E b m7

A b m7

b
J

n
J
#

E b m7

A b m11

b b b n b #
A b m7

A 7 (# 11)

E Maj9

, n #

,
# # #
# b ..
3

A b m7

B7

B b7#5

E b m7

A b7

? b .. w
w
b b
E b m7

A b m7

E b m7

A b7

#9

F 7#5

F # m7

B 7 ( B b7 E b m7

A b7

? bb
b
)
E b m7
B7
E b m7
B7
A b m7
B7
B b7#5
? b
bb
(
E b m7 A b7
E b m7 A b 7
C m7b5 F 7
F # m7 B 7 B b 7 E b m7 A b7
E b m7 A b7
? b
b b ..

fi

A 7 (# 11)

C m7b5

,
#

? b
# # #
bb
b
E Maj7(#11)

Ebm

U
w

E Maj7

U
w

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Haitian Fight Song

ca.

CHARLES MINGUS

Medium Swing q

#
#

?
4

Bass
bb 4

P cresc. poco-a-poco
#
#

Bass
bb
Bass Intro

#
#

T. Sx.

B b Tpt.

? b b .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3
3
3
3
F 3 3 3 3

Tenor tacet 1st time, 2nd time start playing from bar 13, then play twice

? b ..
b

Bass

# # n

? b b ..
j
# .
p (gets louder each time)
#

? b ..

b

T. Sx.

B b Tpt.

Tbn.

Bass plays 4 times

3
m
? b


b .

p plunger half-valve
b

b ~
~
? b
b
3
f
? b . . . . . . . . . . . .
b
3

Bass

? b
b

b j n .
3

. . . . .

.
m

Trumpet tacet first 3 times, 4th time start playing from bar 13 (one time only)

Trombone plays 4 times: plays 8va from 3rd time

Tbn.

..
..
..

#
#

..

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B b Tpt.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

? bb

3
3
3
3
F plunger
half-valve
b
? bb

Tbn.

Bass

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Haitian Fight Song

? b
b

j
#

? bb

&

bb

b ~ ~

# # n

Solo ( G Minor Blues)

12

b j n .
3

to open solos

After Bass solo D.C. and ritard to end


After 5 choruses of the Blues, Mingus plays an open solo before setting up letter A again.
The horns re-enter as before, eventually slowing down and stopping.

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? lead sheet

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Jelly Roll

Medium New Orleans Swing q ca.


B b m7
Eb7
Alto n b
b -

? b b 4 ..
bb 4
F

CHARLES MINGUS

B b m7

b7

B b m7

n b E

n b

Trb.
.
.
? b b 4 .. # n J
# n
bb 4
F 2-feel ( slap bass style)
A b7
b
E7
n b
.
n
? bb

bb

? b b b # n J
b

D b7

? bb
bb

? bb b
b

F7

? bb
bb

B b7

> >

.
# n J
n
Trb. fills

b
.
? bb b n

b J

E b7

A b7

b > .

G7


G b7

> >
J

j n n n
#
3

A b7
1.

? bb b w
b

? b b b.
bb

Trb. Fill

A b7

w
. b .

.
J

.. w

2.

last time

.. b .

. b .

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j j
.

Bass

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Jelly Roll

Tag Ending
#9
E b7 # 5

Ab

? b b b.
bb

? bb b
j
b .
.
B b m7
. . .
? bb b
J
JJ
b
? bb
bb
? bb b
b

walk
B b m7

? bb
bb
? bb b w
b

( )

b.

smear

E b7

.
J J

? b b j
bb

B b m7

.
J

.
J

()

Bass and Drums

Bass solo

A b7

w
J

b .

Eb7

. . .
J
JJ
J

B b m7

Drum solo

Bass solo

.
J

Ab

#9

smear

E b7# 5

b .
.
fine

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Bass Clef lead sheet

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Moanin'

Medium up swing q
Total playing time: 6 choruses
Play only at 4th chorus w/ Piano comping

4th chorus
Alto Sax 2
5th chorus
Alto 1 & 2
6th chorus
Altos

All 6 choruses:

? b b b 44 .. j J .
b
J
f
n w . 5th chorus only
n ..
1.
? b b b 44 ..
b
2.
Fm

? b b b 44 ..
b
I

Tenor Sax

? bb b
b

Baritone Sax

? bb b
b

Trombone

? bb b
b

Rhythm Section

? bb b
b

4th chorus
Alto 2
5th chorus
Alto 1 & 2
6th chorus
Altos
Ten
Bari

Trbs

Rhy Sec.

? bb b
b
Fm

D b Maj7

C7

j
j
.

C7

.
.

G m7b5

know

b .
. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~b
44 .. ~~
. . b
P
3
Baritone: play all 6 choruses

44 ..

j n

~
~~

~~
~
~~
~~
~~
~
.~~
.
.

P
Trombones: tacet first chorus
,
- bw
.
w

44 .. w
w

P
Fm
D b Maj7
G m7b5
C7
44 ..
P
Bass comes in (walk) at 3rd chorus.
Piano comes in at 4th chorus.
D bMaj7
G m7b5

? b b b F
b
. ~~~~~~~~~~b
? b b b ~~
b
P

? bb b
b .~~~~~~~~~~~~~
P
? b b b ww
b
P
Fm
? bb b
b
P
m

n .
J

j
b ww

Tenor: tacet first 2 choruses

? b b b n . .
b
Fm

CHARLES MINGUS


- .

nw

D bMaj7


.
.

.
.

D b Maj7

C7

C7


b .

G m7b5
G m7b5


b
j
.

bw
w

G m7b5

n
.

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C7

>

4th chorus
Alto 2
5th chorus
Alto 1 & 2
6th chorus
Altos

Ten
Bari

Trbs

Rhy Sec.

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Moanin'

? bb b
b
Fm

? bb b
b
Fm

? bb b
b
Fm

b
? bb b n
b
b
? bb b
b .
nw
? bb b n w
b

Fm
? bb b

F m/E b

F m/E b

F m/E b

F m/E b

D b7

D b7

C7

C7

C7

n b b

j j

F m/E b

D b7

D b7


D b7

C7

C7

5th chorus
Alto 1 & 2

6th chorus
Altos

Bb m

? bb b
b

Bb m

? bb b
b

Bb m

? bb b
b

Bb m

Ten
Bari

Rhy Sec.

B b m/A b

B b m/A b

B b m/A b

G m7b5

G m7b5

? bb b
b

Bb m

? bb b
b

B b m/A b

C7

G m7b5

n n

"Yes

C7

G m7b5
G m7b5

C7

Drums sneak in

C7

B b m/A b

3
b

C7

Mingus:

G m7b5
b

.
? bb b
w
b
? bb b ~
~~~~ ~~~~ b ~~~~~ ~~~~ b ~ ~ ~ -
b
Bb m

Trbs

B b m/A b

j b j

4th chorus
Alto 2

Alto 1
Ten
Bari

Trbs

Rhy Sec.

? bb b
b

? bb b
b

Ten
Bari

Trbs

Rhy Sec.

Ten

Bari

Trbs

Rhy Sec.

Bb m

? bb b
b

C m7b5

? bb b
b

? bb b

b J
J


? b b J
J

bb
? bb b j
j

b


? bb b

b
J
Bbm

? bb b
b

F7

J
C m7b5

Bb m

j



J

F7

j
b n
J

j j

J
J

j b n

C m7b5

j



J

p
Alto 2

J

? bb b J
J

b
F
? bb b j
j

b

? bb b

b
J
J
Bb m

j

J

? bb b w
b

J J

? bb b j
j

b


? bb b

b
J
F

Alto 1 & 2

Alto 1

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Moanin'

F7


? bb b
b
b
b

? bb b
b

Altos

Ten

Moanin'


? bb b
b
b
F



? bb b
b
b

Bari

Trbs

Bbm

? bb b
b

Rhy Sec.

? bb b
b .~~~~~~~~~~~~~
f

Bari

? bb b
b
Fm

Rhy Sec.
+ Ens.

F m Add trombones

? bb b
b
P

Rhy Sec.
+ Ens.

Fm

Rhy Sec.
+ Ens.

D bMaj7

D b Maj7

G m7b5

(fine)

(fine)

C7

F m/E b

j
j

.

Db7

? bb b

b
add other Horns and Piano ( collective improvisation)
? bb b ~
b ~~~~ ~~~~~ b
Bbm

Rhy Sec.
+ Ens.

>

C7

j
j b

? bb b
b

Bari

C7

(fine)

n
.

n
.

j
.

G m7b5

(fine)

bw

j
.

Bass & Drums continue

? bb b
b .

Bari

Bass & Drums ( Horns tacet)

? bb b
~~

b .~~~~~~~~~~
P

Bari

(fine)

Gb

U
w

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~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~~ b
~

~~~~~ -

B b m/A b

G m7b5

C7

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? lead sheet

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Nostalgia In Times Square

Medium Swing q ca.


E b7

? b 4 j ..b
bb 4
b7 f
b7
E

E b7

? b b
bb

Eb7

C7
. .

D b7

G b m7


J b

D b7

Eb

break
D b7

b . . b .

G b m7

b .

C7
. b .

E b7

n .

B.b m7

F7

E b7

D b7

.
b . . b

A b m7

b .

D b7

2.

break

Eb7

D b7

E b7

D b7

b . . b .
b . . b .
Eb

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Eb7

C b7

F7
.

.
J n

b
j
..
J

D b7

shuffle
A m7

.
b . . b

fine

E b7

D b7

.
j b b .
J
J

Cb7

Eb7

.
b
J

G b m7

? bb
b

G b m7

A b m7

D b7

C. m7

j b

? b b . . b .
bb

Eb7

D b7

.
b
J
J

E b7

? b b b .
b

Eb7

D b7

? b b b b .
b
B b m7

D b7


J b

? b b b
b

CHARLES MINGUS

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Bass Clef lead sheet

Oh Lord, Don't Let Them Drop That Atomic Bomb On Me


Slow Blues q

.
.

#
?4 #
4
F

.
? .

C7

ca.

.
.. .

.
? .

.
.

#
#

C7

Bass: one-to-the-bar feel

#
#
#
#

F.7
.

#
#

.
.

D m7

(A7)

1, 2.

C7

CHARLES MINGUS


b
J

w
.. w

C 7 last time

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#
#
J

#
#

2.

#
#

b b b G .7
b b .

D b 13

bU U
b b

C7

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O.P. (Oscar Pettiford)


CHARLES MINGUS

Uptempo swing ( as fast as possible)

? b 44 j

F7

?
b

?
b

G m7

.
?
b

?b
?b

.. b
J

C7

B b m7

B b m7

jC 7
.
.
J

.
?b

F Maj7

b .

F#o7

? b 44 b
J

n n
3

E b 7 (# 11)

B b m7

j
b
b

-
b n
J

A m7

34 b .

q= q

D b7

( C7 )

j
.

j C7
j . .
. .

A b Maj7

b b .

C7

A b m7

. b .

b
J

A m7

2.

Eb7

G m7

Eb7

1.

b b

.
J

b b b
b

j b n
J
G m7


j
J

E b7 (b 9)

B b m7

F#o7

F Maj7

n.

n .
D7

B b m7

b.

E b 7 (# 11)

j b n
J
G m7

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O.P. ( Oscar Pettiford)

?b
F7

?b

G m7

?b

B b m7

E b7

( C7 )
j .

.
.
?
b
J
F

E b7

A m7


J .

simile

b
J .

? b
b
.

G m7b5

? b b
.

C 7 (b9)


J .

b j n .

D b7

b.

B b7


b
J

? b b
.
D b7

A b m7

j
.
.
J

C7

J .


b .

j
b
.

A b7

G bMaj7

.


F

j j .

.

J
C7


J .
( fine)
F

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bass clef lead sheet

Opus Four
CHARLES MINGUS

ca. 176)

Medium Swing (q
Latinish ( h.

ca. 88)

- n

? b 46 n . J
.
f
( Dm )

D bMaj7

? b 44 . b b
J
F m7

G b7

44

F m7

#9

C 7b 9

n j j -j j b b j j - b - J
- -

b. b nw
J

G m7b5

b w

.
b b b
b n
b
b
p

G m7b5

Swing

D bMaj7

h. = h

(6)

F Maj7

h = h.

6
4

- - - h. = h G bMaj7
.

? b 46 n . J . n . J . 44 b b b b b

3

Latinish F Maj7

?b

nGMaj7
n n

n #
# n #
.

# # #
?b
# # n
A Maj7

? #
b

E7

E bMaj7

b
b b b

B bMaj7

n #w
n

n b

nw

nw

- n

? b 46 n . J
.
-

# #

A bMaj7

A7

E m7

B Maj7

#w

h = h.

6
4

D Maj7

D m9

Latinish
( Dm )

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h. = h

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Opus Four

D bMaj7

? b 44 . b b
J
F m7

Swing

D bMaj7

b w

Latinish
F Maj7

? b 46 n
-

G b7

.
b b b
b n
b
b
p

G m7b5

j j
n j j - b b j j - b J
- - -

G m7b5

n
J

n -

F m7

#9

C 7b 9

h = h.

6
4

b. b nw
J

n
J

F Maj7

Opus Four features phrase lengths of 2, 5, 6 and 10 bars.


Structurally, the Latinish interlude serves to conclude each of the A B A sections. At A and D,
Mingus slips us his favorite progression in his favorite key Fmin | DbMaj7 | Gm7(b5) | C7/Gb7 |
The upwardly chromatic major-seventh chords support a melody ranging over two octaves.
The Latinish figure may be used as a fade-away vamp to end the piece.
Officially recorded by Atlantic on October 29, 1973, Opus Four may have been premiered
at the Village Vanguard on August 4, 1973, as No Name.

Opus Four
Album Name: Mingus Moves
Label: Atlantic

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bass clef lead sheet

Orange Was The Color of Her Dress, Then Blue Silk


CHARLES MINGUS

Medium Swing (see notes)

Eb

? b 4 .. j
bb 4
F

Intro

E b 6 E Maj7 E b 6
2.

j
? bb
b
J
B b7 # 5
#9

A B b ##

Bb

Eb

E b 6 E Maj7 E b 6

j


J

j


J

1.

B b7 # 5
#9

..

J
# .
J
# .
. ~~ ..
f
3
3
3
3

7 5

B b m7

E
#

? bb
J
# ~ ~
b
even 8ths

F # m7

B Eb

Maj7

A b m7

D b7sus

b
J
3

D bMaj7 E bMaj7 D bMaj7

. n
R

~~

? b b n b J b J bm w
b
B7

A 7b5

b.

Ab

C m7

b.
J

F7

rush ahead

A 7b5

3
? b b b ~~~~~ . ~~~ .. > . ~~~~~
b
J
3
3
3
E Maj9
F 7(# 9)
C Abm9. Db7b . F#.m9 B7 n b E Maj9 F 7(#.9)
b. n
b n . #
? bb
b

J
J
J
J
J
b
B b7

E b 6 E Maj7 E b 6

E b 6 E Maj7 E b 6

1.

2.

~~

F m7

A7

? bb .
b

E m7

? bb

C m7

D Maj7

# n #
b.
J

F7

n #
~~~~~~~
D m7

G 7.

b
J
3

B7
E 6 E Maj7 E 6

3
b ~~~~~~

F m7

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Orange Was The Color of Her Dress, Then Blue Silk


Album Name: Mingus Plays Piano, Spontaneous Compositions and Improvisations Label: Impulse
Album Name: Mingus At Monterey Label: Jazz Workshop
Album Name: Changes Two Label: Atlantic
Album Name: Charles Mingus Sextet Label: East Coasting

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Orange Was The Color of Her Dress, Then Blue Silk

"It was written for a Robert Herridge television show. It's about a talented composer who meets a rich girl that
tries to ruin his life. She doesn't have anything to offer him but money, so she asks him to write a song and dedicate
it to her dress, which was orange. She knew that nothing rhymes with 'orange'."
Orange... was first recorded on July 30, 1963, by Impulse as a piano solo. However, neither this nor another
composition, Song With Orange, of which Mingus speaks in the quote above, shares many similarities with the
version later played as an ensemble piece in Scandinavia at the start of a European tour in the spring of 1964.
The earliest commercial recording of the band arrangement is from a concert in Paris on April 17, 1964 (Salle
Wagram) which was issued by America. However, the best version was recorded at the Monterey Jazz Festival
on September 20, 1964, by Jazz Workshop. The only studio version was recorded by Atlantic on December 30,
1974. Orange remained in Mingus' repertoire until the end of the European tour in the fall of 1976.
This is another neglected Mingus composition - probably because many found it too difficult to play. The notes
themselves are not difficult, but the conception is complex. Usually the opening chorus represents the standard
rendition of a jazz theme. However, on the Jazz Workshop recording from the Monterey Jazz Festival, Mingus
launches into a free and creative stretching of tune and tempo. Only after the solo choruses does Mingus give us
a clear demarcation of the melody. This transcription is based on that final chorus, or re-capitulation, where the
melody is played in tempo and en forme. Returning to the opening chorus, one now understands:
A is played at a medium tempo the first time but much slower on the repeat; the first two bars of B can be played
in a double-time Latin rhythm and may become a repeated vamp as well; C may be stretched out by pausing on
each tonal center or by giving each chord more beats. Mingus uses an arsenal of devices during the solo choruses,
including: stop time figures, tempo changes, mood changes and the aforementioned stretching of form.
Throughout the performance, a hook figure [ e q e h ] becomes a rallying point for the ensemble.
The overall form AAB may be analyzed as follows:
A = a (4 bars) b (2 bars) c (vamp - 2 bars) a1 ( 3 bars -includes hook) Note: The entire 11-bar A section follows
the geneal tonal structure of the blues.
B = d (2 bars) e (2 bars) f (2 bars) a2 (adds a bar in front)
For the ending Mingus vamps the hook figure and then reprises the introduction. The following shows the
background figure used on the A and B section. Remember: these Mingus performances serve as inspiration it is not necessary to re-create them note-for-note.
In the following examples, A gives the background riff used for the first six bars and B shows another riff which
is used to accompany both melody and solos. Note that this riff is written in cut-time as Mingus would often have
the rhythem section go into a double time latinish rhythm here. During solos, these measures might be vamped
extensively on to the hook figure.

~~~

J. b . J. b . J. b . J. b
B E bMaj7 F
D bMaj7
E bMaj7
? bb C



b ~

~~~f
~~~~
? bb
b

. . b
J

D bMaj7

~~
~

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Medium swing q ca.

? b b 4 .
bbb 4
F m9

? bb w
bbb

A bMaj 9

? bb w
bbb

F 7(# 9)

? bb b
bb

Peggy's Blue Skylight


A
G m7b5

r .

.
f
3

B b 13

B b m9

D bMaj7

C 7#5

. r

E b7#5
3

n n

n
n b



3
3
D7
D b7sus
C 7(# 9)
nw
b
.
. n r
3
3
B b7 (b 9)
E b m9
A b 13(b9)
J
.

.

.

n
R
3

1.

CHARLES MINGUS

b n
J
n

.
b
D7

D bMaj 9
2.

. r . w

? bb b
bb
( b m7 )
D7
G m7
C7
F Maj7
B AAb 7(#9)
n
.
? b b n n J n J b n
bbb
3
b
b
b
F m7b 5
B 7 ( 9)
E Maj7
A bMaj7 D 7
.
b
n
n

? b b b
J J
bbb


3
C 7(# 9)
F 7(# 9)
B b7 (b 9)
C D b7sus

.
.

r
? b b b

.
.
n

bbb
R 3
3
3
3
E b m9
A b13 (b9)
D bMaj 9

U fine
? bb
J

.

w
bbb
n
3
3
)
(
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? lead sheet

Medium swing q

Horns

Bass

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Pithecanthropus Erectus
D bMaj7

A wF
4

? b b b 4 ..
b
p
?
4
( b b b b) 4 ..

? bb b
b

D b/F

G m7b5

D b/D

C 7 (b 9)

CHARLES MINGUS

Enb7w(b9)

? bb

n
bb
G m7b5
C 7(b9# 9)
D b Maj7
w

b wF m7

? bb
bb
3
p

? bb b n

b
? bb
bb
? bb
bb

A b m7

D b7

bw

? bb b w
b
1.

G bMaj7

F m7

Bb7

p
b


b 7 (#11)
nA.

f
.

G m7b5

B b7

F m7

C7

Bass walks

to letter A
C 7(# 9)

? b b ..
n
6
b b ..
n .. 4
vamp until cue
Piano and Horns ad lib
F m7
B b7

h= hk

? b b b 46 .. U
b
(vamp until cue
2.

F m7

fine after vamp

Interlude G m7b5

? b b b 44 U
|
b
on cue

Piano tremolo

on cue
G m7b5

F #/G
Horns#U
w

# w

B b7

#9

C 7# 5

w
w

F m7

B b7

hk= h

.. 44

F m7


solo break

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Slippers

Uptempo swing q
B bMaj7

ca.

? b b 44 .. .
f

? b b .

C m7

A b7sus

#9
F 7#5

E b m7

? b w
b

E b m7

A b7

B bMaj7

? b b .
? b b .

C m7

A b7

B w
? b
b

A b7sus

#9
F 7# 5

CHARLES MINGUS

A b7

D bMaj7

b b
n .

b b
n
b9
F 7#5

F 7 (b9)

to solos
B bMaj7
D b 7 C m7
1.

D bMaj7

D bMaj7

F 7 (b9)

C m7

A b7

b b b

D b7

D b Maj7

B bMaj7

b9

F 7#5

)
b b b

()

F 7 b9

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last time
B b Maj7
2.

.. .

fine

..

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Sue's Changes

Medium slow swing q


B b m7

ca.

CHARLES MINGUS

A b7

D bMaj7

? bb w
bbb

G m7

? b b n
bbb

j
n

m7

ca. B

swing q
D Maj7

? ##

steady four q
B b Maj7

? bb

A bMaj7

? b
b

D bMaj7

F 7 (b9)

ca.



.
.
3

b
3

n
J

E m7

B bMaj7

#w

A 7 (b 9)

C m7b 5

#w

C Maj7

j
#N

#.

b
J

A b13 (b 9)

.
b J
J
B7

n.

J
A bMaj7

, .

n nU
J

F # m7

B bMaj7

D7

,
j n j n .
b

E 7(# 9)

slower and rit.


D 6(9)
E b m9

b.
J

simile

n n n

F m7

Db 9

n.

F m7/B b

A b 7(# 9)
3

n #

D b6(9)

.
J n J b

A m7

j b .
J

? b N b b n b
b
J
slower and rit.

N # j n b b

C m7

A b 7 #5

( #) N N N

G Maj7

even 8ths
b
C
j 9/G

b9

? b b b ( b )
bb
n b
? ##

b
very slow E m7b5

E Maj7

B b7

C m7(11) B 7

F m7

D 7(# 11)

E b m7

b

? b b b 44 .. J
bb
3
3
F
j
n

#9
F 7# 5

#.
J

nnnnn##

#
J

F b/B b

b.

nn b
b


D7

b #w
3

C m7

A N

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F 13 (b9)

b bU

ca.

B b Maj7

? bb

A b Maj7

? b .
b

walk

F m7/B b

b
N

C 13 (#11)

N # n b

faster swing q ca.


F
F (#5)

b
- 7 b .

jB
#

E7

E m7

? ..
b

D7

Bb7

n
? b N
b
F m7

b -

G m7

A b/B b B b/A b G m7b 5

? j j b n
J
J
F m7

vamp until D.C. *


A bMaj7

? ..
b

* see notes for ending

D7

C 7 (b9)

b b


D7

#w
# w>

E- 7

B m7b5

A Maj7

D b7

N b

B b7 (b 9)

b b
#

F m7

D b7

C7

N b

w
|

..

rhythm
suspends

Eb 6

b ~~~~
~~~n

C7

..

C m7

B b 13 (b 9) E 7(# 9) E b6(9)

b
b b j .

F m7

E b 7(# 9)

A b Maj7

nb

D9
n -

C 7 (b 9)

#9

C 7# 5

A m7

A bMaj7

F Maj7

.
? .. N J b n b .
b
3
D7
G Maj7
A m7

~~~~~ n ? n J
b

b.

b
n

b #.

F b/B b

even 8ths
A b Maj7

D7

? b N b b b
b

F G

B b Maj7

bw

.
simile
3

D b7

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Sue's Changes

vamp until cue

>

A 7b5

..

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Us Is Two

bass clef lead sheet


D b Maj7

#
? b b b 44 n n

24 #
bb
3
3
3
F
? b b b 44
"
"
42
bb
C Maj7

G bm(maj9 ) ( G bm(maj9 )/C b)

? bb b
bb
? bb b
bb

? bb b
bb

j
b.

? bb b
bb

? bb b
bb

j
b.

(G bm(maj9 )/C b )

? bb
bbb
3

( E bm9b5 )

A b9sus

"

44
3

D bMaj9

"

B bMaj9

, n
3

.
J
!

( B bMaj9/E b)

j
.

F m11

j
D bMaj9

"

(D bMaj9/G b )

J
Tuba simile f

&

, n

.
J

j
.

D bMaj9/G b

( D bMaj9/G b )

b.

.
J
Tuba !

( D bMaj9/G b )

44

,
3

j
b.


3
j j
. b

E b m11

? bb
bbb

D bMaj9

3
j
. b j

G bm(maj9 )

G bm(maj9 ) (G bm(maj9 )/C b)

? bb b
bb

D Maj7

CHARLES MINGUS

Brass

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"

G bm(maj9 )

? bb b
bb
b
& b bbb

(G bm(maj9 )/C b )

Us Is Two

G bm(maj9 ) (G bm(maj9 )/C b)

? bb b
bb

b b J
b
J
& bb
3

"
b
n

French Horns
E b 7(# 9)

n n

n n

G b13 (#11)

D b 7(# 9)

C b13 (#11)

# n

n n

n n n n n n

n n
? bb b b
bb

n
n

D bMaj9

? b b b 44
bb
3

( D bMaj9/G b )

n n n n n n b J

n b b

C Maj7 D bMaj7

G bm(maj9 ) ( G bm(maj9 )/C b )

b
n

? bb b
b
n

bb
n b
3
3
3
3
3
# n j
#
j
#
? bb

"
#

bbb
"
"

"

? bb
bbb

n n n

A b13 (b 9)

7 9

b n

? b b n
bbb

C
F (# )
, b b

J

( D bMaj9/G b )

J J

B b13 (b 9)

? bb
bbb

D bMaj9

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n n
J
24 # #
D Maj7

2
4

&

44
4
4
,

b b 4 j j j j
b
J J n J J J n
& bb 4 J J J
J J
3
3

D bMaj9

? bb b
bb
3

( D bMaj9/G b )

Us Is Two

G bm(maj9 )

(G bm(maj9 )/C b )

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3

j
j
j

j
b

& b b b b J J J J J J J n J J J n
3
3
B b 13 (b 9)
E F 7(# 9)
b b b ,
b

? bb b
J
J
bb
E b 7(# 9)
A b13 (b 9)
D b 7(# 9)
G b13 (b 9)
,
b
n
b b
n

? b b J n

J n n b n n
bbb
n n n
3
3
3
C b 13 (#11)


n b #
? bb
# n J
bbb
3
3
fi Coda

D Maj7

? b b 4 #
bbb 4

D bMaj7
3

C Maj7

D Maj7

fi
2 #
4

#
3

D bMaj7

nU
w

"In a way it's a tribute to Duke."


Depending on the occasion, Mingus has said that the title Us Is Two referred to the United States and
its contradictions (vis-a-vis black/white, rich/poor, saint/devil, two-faced and so on.) Or that it referred
to himself as a black citizen demanding recognition (the alternate spelling Us Is Too). Or that it was a
tribute to Duke Ellington. Or that it was all of these.
Premiered at the Village Vanguard on September 14, 1971, and only recorded in concert by Columbia
on February 4, 1972, Us Is Two never became well known among Mingus' works. Perhaps its inclusion
in this collection will bring its attention to more musicians.

Us Is Two
Album Name: Charles Mingus And Friends In Concert
Label: Columbia

4
4

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bass clef lead sheet

Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting

Uptempo Swing (q ca. 240)

CHARLES MINGUS

2nd time only *

?b

Mel.

Trb. & Tn.

?b

b .

F-7 b

..
46
f 3
. .
.. w .
46 #
f
B-b7 b

? # . .
b
?b

?b

bCw7.

. . b .

w.

- b

- - b

- - b 3
.
.
b
w.
# .

b -

n .

- - - b

b .

b -

. b -

Fb
- b

- b
- 3
.
w.
# .
( F 7 fine )
U

..

w.
.
3
.
(U
w . fine ) b # . . ..
7

* after solos, both voices enter together and play both times
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"This was based on a form of music I heard as a kid. My mother used to go to church on Wednesday night. There
was always clapping of hands and shouting. Methodist or Holiness Church. Holiness was a little louder in order
to stir up the spirits, the dead spirits. People went into trances. Women shouted and rolled on the floor. My mother
never did that, but she went."
Wednesday night prayer meeting must be the grandfather of all triple-meter, gospel-soul-funk-jazz compositions.
The elder cousin of Better Get Hit in Your Soul and Slop. Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting was first recorded for
MGM/Verve on March 18, 1958, in order to accompany a poetry reading by Langston Hughes. Extended versions
were later recorded in a studio for Atlantic on February 4, 1959; at a jazz festival concert in Antibes -Juan-les-pins,
France on July 13, 1960; and once again in the Atlantic studios on January 23, 1978. For this last recording,
Mingus composed a new counter-melody, in addition to the two themes included in this lead sheet.

Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting


Album Name: Langston Hughes - Weary Blues Label: MGM/Verve
Album Name: Blues And Roots

Label: Atlantic

Album Name: Mingus At Antibes Label: Atlantic


Album Name: Me Myself An Eye

Label: Atlantic

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Work Song

ca.

CHARLES MINGUS

Medium swing q

w
? b b b 44 ..
b
P3
? bb 4
bb 4

G m7b5

? bb b w
b
? bb
bb

fi Coda

? bb w
bb

..

C7

fi

1.

b w

. .

F Pedal

Fm

.. w

b
w

b
? b b b J J n j w
b

C7

2.

Fm

b
w
JJ

. .

on repeat only

Bm

w
J J
j
n

Fm

b
.. J J w
3

b
U
w

b
j
J J n w

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