Editing Charles Mingus (section)

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Considering the number of compositions that Charles Mingus wrote, his works have not been recorded as often as comparable jazz composers. The only Mingus tribute albums recorded during his lifetime were baritone saxophonist [[Pepper Adams]]'s album, ''[[Pepper Adams Plays the Compositions of Charlie Mingus]]'', in 1963, and [[Joni Mitchell]]'s album ''[[Mingus (Joni Mitchell album)|Mingus]]'', in 1979. Of all his works, his elegy for [[Lester Young]], "[[Goodbye Pork Pie Hat]]" (from ''[[Mingus Ah Um]]'') has probably had the most recordings.{{Citation needed|date=June 2020}}{{Weasel inline|date=June 2020}} The song has been covered by both jazz and non-jazz artists, such as [[Jeff Beck]], [[Andy Summers]], [[Eugene Chadbourne]], and [[Bert Jansch]] and [[John Renbourn]] with and without [[Pentangle (band)|Pentangle]]. [[Joni Mitchell]] sang a version with lyrics that she wrote for it.

[[Elvis Costello]] has recorded "Hora Decubitus" (from ''[[Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus]]'') on ''My Flame Burns Blue'' (2006). "Better Git It in Your Soul" was covered by [[Davey Graham]] on his album "Folk, Blues, and Beyond". Trumpeter Ron Miles performs a version of "Pithecanthropus Erectus" on his CD "Witness". New York Ska Jazz Ensemble has done a cover of Mingus's "Haitian Fight Song", as have the British folk rock group Pentangle and others. [[Hal Willner]]'s 1992 tribute album ''Weird Nightmare: Meditations on Mingus'' ([[Columbia Records]]) contains idiosyncratic renditions of Mingus's works involving numerous popular musicians including [[Chuck D]], [[Keith Richards]], [[Henry Rollins]] and [[Dr. John]]. The Italian band [[Quintorigo]] recorded an entire album devoted to Mingus's music, titled ''Play Mingus''.

[[Gunther Schuller]]'s edition of Mingus's "Epitaph", which premiered at [[Lincoln Center]] in 1989, was subsequently released on Columbia/Sony Records.

One of the most elaborate tributes to Mingus came on September 29, 1969, at a festival honoring him. [[Duke Ellington]] performed ''The Clown'', with Ellington reading [[Jean Shepherd]]'s narration. It was long believed that no recording of this performance existed; however, one was discovered and premiered on July 11, 2013, by Dry River Jazz host [http://krwg.org/people/trevor-hodgkins Trevor Hodgkins] for NPR member station KRWG-FM with re-airings on July 13, 2013, and July 26, 2014.<ref name="Dry River Jazz">{{cite web |last=Hodgkins |first=Trevor |title=Dry River Jazz 07/26/2014 |url=http://composer.nprstations.org/widgets/v2/playlist/index.html?ucs=5182a3a6e1c8428d5e122298&prog_id=5182a3abe1c8428d5e1222a7&dateFilter=2014-07-26 |website=Composer.nprstations.org}}</ref> Mingus's elegy for Duke, "Duke Ellington's Sound Of Love", was recorded by [[Kevin Mahogany]] on ''Double Rainbow'' (1993) and [[Anita Wardell]] on ''Why Do You Cry?'' (1995).