title: Mingus at the Bohemia
text: # Mingus at the Bohemia
  
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  | The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | |
  
  Mingus at the Bohemia is a live album by Charles Mingus that was recorded at Café Bohemia in New York City on December 23, 1955. It was released in August 1956. Max Roach makes a guest appearance on one track. Other recordings from the same performance were released in 1964 under the title The Charles Mingus Quintet & Max Roach.
  
  Mingus at the Bohemia has also been released under the title Chazz! and credited to The Charles Mingus Quintet.
  
  ## Reception
  
  Allmusic awarded the album 4.5 stars, citing Mingus' standout bass playing and noting that "this is the first Mingus recording to feature mostly his own compositions."
  
  ## Track listing
  
  Notes:
  
  * "Septemberly" is Mingus' compositional combination of "September in the Rain" by Dubin and Warren, and "Tenderly" by Gross and Lawrence.
  * "All The Things You C#" is Mingus' compositional combination of "All The Things You Are" by Kern and Hammerstein, and "Prelude in C-sharp minor" by Rachmaninoff.
  * On some reissues, a brief spoken intro and false start are omitted from track 8 for a reduced length of 9:50.
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * George Barrow - tenor saxophone
  * Eddie Bert - trombone
  * Mal Waldron - piano
  * Charles Mingus - double bass (bass and cello on "Percussion Discussion")
  * Willie Jones - drums (except "Percussion Discussion")
  * Max Roach - drums (on "Percussion Discussion")
  
  ## Sources
  
  * Horst Weber, Gerd Filtg hi: Charles Mingus. Sein Leben, seine Musik, seine Schallplatten. Oreos, Gauting-Buchendorf, o.J., ISBN 3-923657-05-6
  * Marcus A. Woelfle: Liner Notes zu Charles Mingus - 80th Birthday Celebration (Fantasy)
  * Richard Cook & Brian Morton: The Penguin Guide To Jazz On CD; Penguin, London, 2002.
  * Mal Waldron: Vinyl LP Liner Notes
  