Charles Mingus discography (sideman)

Robbins' Nest (with Illinois Jacquet) (1945, Toho)

The Complete Illinois Jacquet Sessions 1945-50 (Mosaic MR6-165)

Track
Jacquet Mood
Wondering And Thinking Of You
Wynonie's Blues
Here Comes The Blues
Bottom's Up
What's This
Ladies Lullaby
Illinois Stomp
Memories Of You
Ghost Of A Chance

Personnel
Russell Jacquet, trumpet
John Brown, alto sax
Illinois Jacquet, tenor sax
Arthur Dennis, baritone sax;
Bill Doggett, piano
Ulysses Livingston, guitar 
Charles Mingus, bass
Al Wichard, drums
Wynonie Harris, vocals.

Mellow Mama (with Dinah Washington) (1945, Delmark)

Track
"Mellow Mama Blues" (Jessie Mae Robinson) – 3:05
"All or Nothing Blues" – 2:49
"Rich Man's Blues" (Thelma Lowe) – 2:51
"Chewin' Mama Blues" – 2:54
"Blues for a Day" – 2:49
"Wise Woman Blues" – 2:46
"My Voot Is Really Vout" – 3:07
"Pacific Coast Blues" (Robinson) – 2:37
"Beggin' Mama Blues" (Wilbert Barranco, Charles Mingus) – 2:49
"Walking Blues" (Lowe) – 2:38
"No Voot, No Boot" (Duke Henderson) – 3:00
"My Lovin' Papa" (Henderson) – 3:02

Personnel
Dinah Washington – vocals
Karl George – trumpet
Jewel Grant – alto saxophone
Lucky Thompson – tenor saxophone
Gene Porter – baritone saxophone, clarinet
Milt Jackson – vibraphone (tracks 1, 3-7 & 9-12)
Wilbert Baranco – piano
Charles Mingus – bass
Lee Young – drums

Hot Piano (with Wilbert Baranco) (1946, Tops)

Track
Baranco Boogie
Every Time I Think Of You
Weeping Willie
Night And Day

Personnel
Karl George, Dizzy Gillespie as John Burk, Howard McGhee as Howard McGee, Eugene Young, trumpet
Ralph Bledsoe, Henry Coker, Vic Dickenson, George Washington, trombone
Marvin Johnson, Willie Smith as Bill Smith, alto sax
Fred Simon, Lucky Thompson as Eli Thompson, tenor sax
Gene Porter, baritone sax
Wilbert Baranco, piano, vocals
Buddy Harper, guitar
Charlie Mingus, bass
Earl Watkins, drums.

Deep Meditation with Howard McGhee (1945, Chronological Classics 1125)

Track
Deep Meditation

Personnel
Howard McGhee, trumpet
Teddy Edwards, tenor sax
Vernon Biddle, piano
Stanley Morgan, guitar
Charles Mingus, bass
Nathan McFay, drums.

Sweet Potato, Hoggin', Blues a la King, Night Mist with Howard McGhee (1946, Chronological Classics 1125)

Track

Personnel
Howard McGhee, trumpet; Teddy Edwards, tenor sax; Vernon Biddle, piano; Stanley Morgan, guitar; Charles Mingus, bass; Nathan McFay, drums.

Ivie Anderson and Her All Stars (with Ivie Anderson) (1946, Storyville)

Track
Got It Bad And That Ain't Good
On The Sunny Side Of The Street
I Thought You Ought To Know
The Voot Is Here To Stay

Personnel
Karl George, trumpet
Willie Smith, alto sax
Gene Porter, tenor sax
Buddy Collette, baritone sax
Wilbert Baranco, piano, director
Buddy Harper, guitar
Charlie Mingus, bass
Booker Hart, drums
Ivie Anderson, vocals.

Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra 1948 (with Lionel Hampton) (1948, Weka)

Track
Hot House
Adam Blew His Hat
Brant Inn Boogie
Satchmo's Blues
Dues in Blues
Calling Dr. Mancuso
Jay Bird
Re Bop
Disc Jockey Jump
Lemon Drop
After You've Gone
Pennies From Heaven
Let Me Off Uptown
Gee Bop
I Should Have Kept on Dreaming
Gene's Boogie
Sometimes I'm Happy
Birdhouse
Samba

Personnel
Teddy Buckner, Wendell Culley, Duke Garrette, Fats Navarro, Leo Shepherd, trumpet
Sonny Craven, Andrew Penn, Britt Woodman, Jimmy Wormick, trombone
Ben Kynard, Bobby Plater, alto sax
John Sparrow, Billy Williams, tenor sax
Charlie Fowlkes, baritone sax
Lionel Hampton, vibes, piano, drums, vocals
Milt Buckner, piano
Charlie Harris, Charles Mingus, bass
Earl Walker, drums.

Lionel Hampton in Concert (with Lionel Hampton) (1948, Cicala Jazz)

Track
A1 Be-Bop
A2 Jay Bird
A3 Body And Soul
A4 Satchmo's Blues
A5 Adam Blew His Hat
A6 Calling Dr. Mancuso
B1 Brant Inn Boogie
B2 Good Rockin' Tonight
B3 Dues In Blues
B4 Hot House
B5 Beulah's Boogie

Personnel
Teddy Buckner, Wendell Culley, Duke Garrette, Fats Navarro, Leo Shepherd, trumpet
Sonny Craven, Andrew Penn, Britt Woodman, Jimmy Wormick, trombone
Ben Kynard, Bobby Plater, alto sax
John Sparrow, Billy Williams, tenor sax
Charlie Fowlkes, baritone sax
Lionel Hampton, vibes, piano, drums, vocals
Milt Buckner, piano
Charlie Harris, Charles Mingus, bass
Earl Walker, drums.

The Red Norvo Trio (with Red Norvo and Tal Farlow) (1951, Savoy)

Track

Personnel
Red Norvo, vibes
Tal Farlow, guitar
Charles Mingus, bass.

Move (with Red Norvo) (1951, Savoy)

Track
A
1.Move
2.I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me
3.I'll Remember April
4.September Song
5.Zing Went the Strings of My Heart
6.I've Got You Under My Skin

B
1.I Get a KIck Out of You
2.If I Had You
3.Godchild
4.This Can't be ove
5.Cheek to Cheek
6.Swedish Pastry


Personnel
Red Norvo, vibes
Tal Farlow, guitar
Charles Mingus, bass.

Miles Davis at Birdland 1951 (with Miles Davis) (1951, Beppo)

Track
"Move" (Denzil Best) – 6:13
"Half Nelson" (Davis) – 7:34
"Down" (Davis) – 7:14
"Out of the Blue" (Davis) – 5:54
"Half Nelson" (Davis) – 7:42
"Tempus Fugue-it" (Bud Powell) – 6:44
"Move" (Best) – 5:44
"Move" (Best) – 6:22
"The Squirrel" (Tadd Dameron) – 8:38
"Lady Bird" (Dameron) – 5:30

Personnel
Miles Davis – trumpet

tracks 1-3
J.J. Johnson – trombone
Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
Kenny Drew – piano
Tommy Potter – double bass
Art Blakey – drums

tracks 4-7
J.J. Johnson – trombone
Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
Kenny Drew – piano
Tommy Potter – double bass
Art Blakey – drums

tracks 8-10
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis – tenor saxophone
Big Nick Nicholas – tenor saxophone
Billy Taylor – piano
Charles Mingus – double bass
Art Blakey – drums

Jazz in Storyville (with Billy Taylor Trio) (1952, Roost)

Track
All The Things You Are
Lady Bird
Laura

Personnel
Billy Taylor, piano
Charles Mingus, bass
Marquis Foster, drums.

The George Wallington Trios Featuring Charles Mingus, Oscar Pettiford, Max Roach (1952, Prestige)

Track
Love Beat
Summer Rain
Escalating
Laura

Personnel
Charles Mingus
Oscar Pettiford
Max Roach

Spring Broadcasts 1953 (with Bud Powell) (1953, ESP)

Track
I Want To Be Happy
I've Got You Under My Skin
Sure Thing
Embraceable You
Woodyn You
Salt Peanuts

Personnel
Bud Powell, piano
Charles Mingus, bass
Roy Haynes, drums

Inner Fires (with Bud Powell) (1953, Electra/Musician)

Track
I Want To Be Happy
Somebody Loves Me
Nice Work If You Can Get It
Salt Peanuts
Conception
Lullaby Of Birdland
Little Willie Leaps
Hallelujah
Lullaby Of Birdland (alternate take)
Sure Thing
Woody'n You

Personnel
Bud Powell, piano
Charles Mingus, bass
Roy Haynes, drums

Jazz at Massey Hall (aka. The Greatest Jazz Concert Ever) (with Charlie Parker) (1953, Debut)

Track
"Perdido" (Juan Tizol)
"Salt Peanuts" (Dizzy Gillespie, Kenny Clarke)
"All the Things You Are" (Jerome Kern)
"52nd Street Theme" (Thelonious Monk)
"Drum Conversation" (Max Roach)
"Cherokee" (Ray Noble)
"Embraceable You" (George Gershwin)
"Hallelujah (Jubilee)" (Vincent Youmans)
"Sure Thing" (Bud Powell)
"Lullaby of Birdland" (George Shearing)
"I've Got You Under My Skin" (Cole Porter)
"Wee (Allen's Alley)" (Denzil Best)
"Hot House" (Tadd Dameron)
"A Night in Tunisia" (Gillespie, Frank Paparelli)

Personnel
Dizzy Gillespie – trumpet, vocal on "Salt Peanuts"
Charles Mingus – bass
Charlie Parker – alto sax
Bud Powell – piano
Max Roach – drums

Introducing Paul Bley (with Paul Bley) (1953, Debut)

Track
"Opus 1" (Paul Bley)- 4:08
"Opus 1 (Alternate Take) (Paul Bley) - 3:21 Bonus track on CD reissue
"(Teapot) Walkin'" (Richard Carpenter) - 4:28
"Like Someone in Love" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy van Heusen) - 4:03
"Spontaneous Combustion" (Paul Bley) – 4:15
"Split Kick" (Horace Silver) - 3:05
"I Can't Get Started" (Ira Gershwin, Vernon Duke) - 3:37
"Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (Haven Gillespie, J. Fred Coots) - 3:22 Bonus track on CD reissue
"The Theme" (Paul Bley) - 3:40 Bonus track on CD reissue
"This Time the Dream's on Me" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) - 3:07 Bonus track on CD reissue
"Zootcase" (Zoot Sims) - 2:33 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel
Paul Bley — piano
Charles Mingus — bass
Art Blakey — drums

Explorations (with Teo Macero) (1953, Debut)

Track
Teo Macero, alto, tenor sax, arranger
 Lenny Dijay, accordion, arranger
 Louis Lubella, Charles Mingus, bass
Ed Shaughnessy, drums, piano.

Personnel
Teo
I'll Remember April
How Low The Earth
Mitzi
Yesterdays
Explorations

The New Oscar Pettiford Sextet (with Oscar Pettiford) (1953, Debut)

Track
"The Pendulum at Falcon's Lair" - 4:44
"Tamalpais Love Song" - 3:52
"Jack, the Fieldstalker" - 4:34
"Stockholm Sweetnin'" (Quincy Jones) - 4:14
"Low and Behold" - 3:27

Personnel
Oscar Pettiford - cello (tracks 1 & 3-5), bass (track 2)
Julius Watkins - French horn
Phil Urso - tenor saxophone
Walter Bishop, Jr. - piano
Charles Mingus - bass (tracks 1 & 3-5)
Percy Brice - drums

Ada Moore (with Ada Moore) (1954, Debut)

Track
The Man I Love
Something To Live For
You Came A Long Way From St. Louis
The Devil Is A Woman
Lass From The Low Country
Strange Fascination
Summertime
The Man I Love (take 2)
You Came A Long Way From St. Louis (take 4)
The Devil Is A Woman (take 1)
Lass From The Low Country (take 2)

Personnel
John LaPorta, alto sax, clarinet
Wally Cirillo, piano
Tal Farlow, guitar
Oscar Pettiford, bass
Osie Johnson, drums
Ada Moore, vocals
Alonzo Levister, Charles Mingus, arranger.

Mad Bebop (with J.J. Johnson) (1954, Savoy)

Track
What Is This Thing Called Love 
 Blues For Trombones
The Major 
Lament 
Bernie's Tune 
Co-op 
Blues In Twos 
Reflections

Personnel
Trombone – J.J. Johnson, Kai Winding
Bass – Charles Mingus
Drums – Kenny Clarke
Guitar – Billy Bauer
Piano – Wally Cirillo

Big Band (with Charlie Parker) (Clef, 1954)

Track
"Temptation" (Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed) – 3:33
"Autumn in New York" (Vernon Duke) – 3:31
"Lover" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 3:08
"Stella by Starlight" (Ned Washington, Victor Young) – 2:58
"Dancing in the Dark" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) – 3:16
"Night and Day" (Cole Porter) – 2:52
"I Can't Get Started" (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin, Thad Jones) – 3:10
"What Is This Thing Called Love?" (Porter) – 2:39
"Almost Like Being in Love" (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) – 2:38
"Laura" (Johnny Mercer, David Raksin) – 3:09
"In the Still of the Night" (Porter) – 3:28
"Old Folks" (Dedette Lee Hill, Willard Robison) – 3:38
"If I Love Again" (Jack Murray, Ben Oakland) – 2:38

Personnel
Charlie Parker – alto saxophone
Gil Evans, Joe Lipman – arranger, conductor
Ray Brown, Charles Mingus, Bob Haggart – double bass
Manny Thaler – bassoon
Maurice Brown – cello
Hal McKusick – clarinet
Buddy Rich, Max Roach, Don Lamond – drums
Stanley Webb – flute, oboe, baritone saxophone
Al Block – flute
Junior Collins, Joseph Singer – french horn
Oscar Peterson – piano
Flip Phillips – tenor saxophone
Will Bradley – trombone, trumpet
Freddie Green, Art Ryerson – guitar
Verlye Mills – harp
Tommy Mace – oboe
Tony Aless, Bernie Leighton, Lou Stein – piano
Nuncio "Toots" Mondello, Murray Williams – alto saxophone, woodwind
Harry Terrill – alto saxophone
Danny Bank – baritone saxophone
Art Drelinger, Hank Ross – tenor saxophone, woodwind
Bill Harris, Lou McGarity – trombone
Chris Griffin, Jimmy Maxwell, Bernie Pivin, Carl Poole, Al Porcino – trumpet
Isadore Zir – viola
Howard Kay, Harry Melnikoff, Samuel Rand, Sylvan Shulman, Zelly Smirnoff, Jack Zayde – violin
Dave Lambert – vocals

The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 2 (with J.J. Johnson) (1954, Blue Note)

Track
"Jay" – 3:42
"Time After Time" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) – 4:13
"Old Devil Moon" (E. Y. Harburg, Burton Lane) – 3:52
Side 'B'
"Too Marvelous for Words" (Johnny Mercer, Richard A. Whiting) – 3:35
"It's You or No One" (Cahn, Styne) – 4:06
"Coffee Pot" – 4:08

Personnel
J.J. Johnson – trombone
Wynton Kelly – piano
Charles Mingus – bass
Kenny Clarke – drums
Sabu Martinez – congas (except "It's You or No One" and "Time After Time")

Relaxed Piano Moods (with Hazel Scott) (1955, Debut)

Track
Like Someone In Love
Peace Of Mind
Lament
The Jeep Is Jumpin'
Git Up From There
A Foggy Day
Mountain Greenery
Git Up From There (alternate take)
Lament (alternate take)

Personnel
Hazel Scott, piano
Charles Mingus, bass
Max Roach, drums.

The John Mehegan Trio/Quartet (with John Mehegan) (1955, Savoy)

Track
Blues Too Much Savoy 
Thou Swell
The Boy Next Door
Cherokee

Personnel
Johnny Mehegan, piano
Charles Mingus, bass
Kenny Clarke, drums.

Very Truly Yours (with Jimmy Scott) (1955, Savoy)

Track
When Did You Leave Heaven
Guilty
Everybody Needs Somebody
Why Don't You Open Your Heart

Personnel
Budd Johnson, tenor sax, bass clarinet
Howard Biggs, piano, arranger
Mundell Lowe, guitar
Charles Mingus, bass
Rudy Nichols, drums
Jimmy Scott, vocals.

Evolution (with Teddy Charles) (Prestige, 1955)

Track
"Violetta" (John Nielson) - 3:37
"The Night We Called It a Day" (Matt Dennis, Tom Adair) - 2:41
"Jay Walkin'" (J. R. Monterose) - 3:36
"Speak Low" (Kurt Weill, Ogden Nash) - 3:16
"Relaxo Abstracto" (Teddy Charles) - 5:23
"I Can't Get Started" (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin) - 7:10
"Free" (Shorty Rogers) - 4:18
"Evolution" (Jimmy Giuffre) - 4:13

Personnel
Teddy Charles - vibraphone, piano
Shorty Rogers - trumpet (tracks 7 & 8)
Jimmy Giuffre - tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone (tracks 7 & 8)
J. R. Monterose - tenor saxophone (tracks 1-6)
Curtis Counce (tracks 7 & 8), Charles Mingus (tracks 1-6) - bass
Shelly Manne (tracks 7 & 8), Gerry Segal (tracks 1-6) - drums

The Fabulous Thad Jones ( Thad Jones) (1955, Debut)

Track
"Get Out of Town" (Porter) – 8:43
"One More" – 7:28
"Bitty Ditty" – 4:53
"More of the Same" – 5:12
"Elusive" – 5:12
"Sombre Intrusion" – 2:46
"I Can't Get Started" (Duke, I. Gershwin) – 6:06
"I'll Remember April" (DePaul, Patricia Johnston, Raye) – 3:48
"You Don't Know What Love Is" (DePaul, Raye) – 3:29
"Chazzanova" (Mingus) – 3:41

Personnel
Thad Jones, trumpet
John Dennis, piano
Charles Mingus, bass
Max Roach, drums.

New Piano Expressions (with John Dennis) (1955, Debut)

Track

Personnel
John Dennis, piano
Charles Mingus, bass
Max Roach, drums

Easy Jazz (with Ralph Sharon) (1955, London)

Track
A1 Ensenada
A2 Odyssey
A3 Machajo
A4 Chartreuse
B1 Cherokee
B2 Variegations
B3 Seven Moons
B4 Someone To Watch Over Me

Personnel
J.R. Monterose, tenor sax
Teddy Charles, vibes
Ralph Sharon, piano
Joe Puma, guitar
Charles Mingus, bass
Kenny Clarke, drums.

Blue Moods (with Miles Davis) (1955, Debut)

Track
"Nature Boy" Eden Ahbez
"Alone Together" 
"There's No You" 
"Easy Living"

Personnel
Miles Davis – trumpet
Britt Woodman – trombone
Charles Mingus – bass
Teddy Charles – vibes
Elvin Jones – drums

Word from Bird (with Teddy Charles) (1956, Atlantic)

Track
"Word from Bird" - 10:06
"Laura" (David Raksin, Johnny Mercer) - 4:52
"Show Time" (Bob Brookmeyer) - 6:04
"When Your Lover Has Gone" (Einar Aaron Swan) - 2:27
"Just One of Those Things" (Cole Porter) - 6:06
"Blue Greens" - 11:42

Personnel
Teddy Charles -vibraphone
Art Farmer - trumpet (tracks 1 & 3)
Eddie Bert - trombone (track 1)
Jim Buffington - French horn (track 1)
Don Butterfield - tuba (tracks 1 & 3)
Hal Stein - alto saxophone (tracks 1 & 3)
Bob Newman - tenor saxophone (tracks 1 & 3)
George Barrow - baritone saxophone (tracks 1 & 3)
Hall Overton - piano
Jimmy Raney - guitar (tracks 1 & 3)
Addison Farmer - bass (tracks 1 & 3)
Charles Mingus - bass (tracks 2 & 4-6)
Ed Shaughnessy - drums

Metronome All-Stars 1956 (Clef, 1956) with the Metronome All-Stars

Track
"Billie's Bounce" (Charlie Parker) - 20:30
"April in Paris" (Vernon Duke, Yip Harburg) - 4:43
"Every Day I Have the Blues" (Peter Chatman, William York) -5:11
"Party Blues" (Count Basie, Joe Williams, Ella Fitzgerald) - 3:59
"Basie's Back in Town" (Ernie Wilkins) - 3:16
"Lady Fair" (George Wallington) - 2:55

Personnel
Ella Fitzgerald (tracks 2, 3 & 4), Joe Williams (tracks 3 & 4) - vocals
Count Basie (tracks 2–5), Billy Taylor (track 1), George Wallington (track 6) - piano
Wendell Culley (tracks 2, 3 & 5), Reunald Jones (tracks 2, 3 & 5), Thad Jones (tracks 1–5), Joe Newman (tracks 2–5) - trumpet
Eddie Bert (track 1), Henry Coker (tracks 2–5), Bill Hughes (tracks 2, 3 & 5), Benny Powell (tracks 2, 3 & 5) - trombone
Marshall Royal - alto saxophone, clarinet (tracks 2, 3 & 5)
Tony Scott - clarinet (track 1)
Bill Graham (tracks 2, 3 & 5), Lee Konitz (track 1) - alto saxophone
Frank Wess - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, flute (tracks 2–5)
Al Cohn (track 1), Frank Foster (tracks 2, 3 & 5), Zoot Sims (track 1) - tenor saxophone
Serge Chaloff (track 1), Charlie Fowlkes (tracks 2, 3 & 5) - baritone saxophone
Teddy Charles - vibraphone (track 1)
Tal Farlow (track 1), Freddie Green (tracks 2–5) - guitar
Eddie Jones (tracks 2–5), Charles Mingus (track 1) - bass
Art Blakey (track 1), Sonny Payne (tracks 2–5) - drums
Ralph Burns (tracks 2 & 3), Wild Bill Davis (track 2), Ernie Wilkins (track 5) - arranger

New Faces (with Jimmy Knepper) (1957, Debut)

Track
01. Pink Topsy (Charles Mingus)
02. Miss Bliss (Charles Mingus)
03. Blue Tide (Spaulding Givens)
04. Pink Topsy (alt. take) (Charles Mingus)
05. Eclipse (alt. take) (Charles Mingus)
06. Eclipse (Charles Mingus)07. Latter Day Saint (Jimmy Knepper)
08. Bird Feather (Cunningbird) (Jimmy Knepper)
09. Jump the Blues Away (The Jumpin' Blues) (Dextor Gordon)
10. The Masher (Jimmy Knepper)
11. Latter Day Saint (alt. take) (Jimmy Knepper)
12. Latter Day Saint (alt. take 1) (Jimmy Knepper)
13. The Masher (alt. take) (Jimmy Knepper)
14. Latter Day Saint (alt. take 2) (Jimmy Knepper)


Personnel
Jimmy Knepper (tb)
Joe Maini (as)
Bill Triglia (pf)
Charles Mingus (b)
Dannie Richmond (ds)

Weary Blues - with Langston Hughes (MGM, 1959)

アメリカの詩人ラングストン・ヒューズが、チャールズ・ミンガスとレナード・フェザーが作曲・編曲したジャズにのせて朗読したアルバム。

Track
"Blues Montage: Opening Blues/Blues Montage/Commercial Theater/Morning After/Could Be/Testament"
"Consider Me: The Stranger/Midnight Stroll/Backstage
"Dream Montage: Weird Nightmare/Double G Train/Jump Monk


Personnel
Langston Hughes - narrator (all songs)

Track 1:
Leonard Feather - arranger
Red Allen - trumpet
Vic Dickenson - trombone
Sam "The Man" Taylor - tenor saxophone, clarinet
Al Williams - piano
Milt Hinton - bass
Osie Johnson - drums

Tracks 2 and 3:
Charles Mingus - bass, arranger
Jimmy Knepper - trombone
Shafi Hadi - tenor saxophone
Horace Parlan - piano
Kenny Dennis - drums

Money Jungle (with Duke Ellington and Max Roach) (1962, Blue Note)

Track
1."Money Jungle" 5:29
2. "Fleurette Africaine (African Flower)" 3:36
3. "Very Special" 4:26
4. "Warm Valley" 3:32
5. "Wig Wise" 3:20
6. "Caravan" 4:12
7. "Solitude" 5:33
8. "Switch Blade" 5:24
9. "A Little Max (Parfait)" 2:58
10. "REM Blues" 4:18
11. "Backward Country Boy Blues" 6:33
12. "Solitude" (alternative take) 4:44
13. "Switch Blade" (alternative take) 5:13
14. "A Little Max (Parfait)" (alternative take) 2:57
15. "REM Blues" (alternative take)

Personnel
Duke Ellington – piano
Charles Mingus – double bass
Max Roach – drums