Charles Mingus - Goodbye Pork Pie Hat (Live At Montreux 1975)

Charles Mingus was one of the all-time great jazz bass player but more than that he was also an innovative composer and a leader with a clear vision of where he wanted his music to go. In 1975 he made his first appearance at the Montreux Jazz Festival, joined by the players who had worked with him on the landmark ’Changes One’ and ’Changes Two’ albums, fro which the was primarily drawn. As an extrat treat, on the last two tracks they are joined by guests Gerry Mulligan on baritone sax and Benny Bailey on trumpet. 1975 RTS / Montreux Sounds RTS: Montreux Sounds: Mercury Studios: LIVE AT MONTREUX – MONTREUX JAZZ ARCHIVES This performance is part of the unique Claude Nobs Foundation audio-visual collection, included since 2013 in the UNESCO Memory of the World Register. From Aretha Franklin or Miles Davis to David Bowie or Prince, more than 5’000 concerts have been recorded LIVE both