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Title information

A Sleepin' Bee

Quincy Jones Orchestra/Charles Mingus

Charles Mingus's Finest Hour

Date of recording

19.9.1956, New York City

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Performers

Quincy Jones Orchestra (Orchestra / Ensemble)
Art Farmer (trumpet)

21.8.1928Council Bluffs, Iowa (IA), United States

† 4.10.1999New York City, New York (NY), United States

Jimmy Cleveland (Trombone)

3.5.1926Wartrace, Tennessee (TN), United States

† 23.8.2008Lynwood, California (CA), United States

Herbie Mann (flute)

16.4.1930Brooklyn, New York (NY), United States

† 1.7.2003Santa Fe, New Mexico (NM), United States

Phil Woods (alto sax)

2.11.1931Springfield, Massachusetts (MA), United States

† 29.9.2015Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania (PA), United States

Lucky Thompson (tenor sax)

16.6.1924Columbia, South Carolina (SC), United States

† 30.6.2005Seattle, Washington (WA), United States

Jack Nimitz (baritone sax)

5.3.1928Chicago, Illinois (IL), United States

† 10.6.2009Los Angeles, California (CA), United States

Billy Taylor (piano)

24.7.1921Greenville, North Carolina (NC), United States

† 28.12.2010New York City, New York (NY), United States

Charles Mingus (bass)

22.4.1922Nogales, Arizona (AZ), United States

† 5.1.1979Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico

Charlie Persip (drums)

26.7.1929Morristown, New Jersey (NJ), United States

† 23.8.2020New York City, New York (NY), United States

Quincy Jones (Conductor)

14.3.1933Chicago, Illinois (IL), United States

† 3.11.2024Los Angeles, California (CA), United States

Authors

Harold Arlen

15.2.1905Buffalo, New York (NY), United States

† 23.4.1986New York City, New York (NY), United States

Truman Capote

30.9.1924New Orleans, Louisiana (LA), United States

† 25.8.1984Los Angeles, California (CA), United States

Quincy Jones (Arranger)

14.3.1933Chicago, Illinois (IL), United States

† 3.11.2024Los Angeles, California (CA), United States

Album information

Charles Mingus's Finest Hour

Quincy Jones Orchestra/Charles Mingus

Charles Mingus's Finest Hour

Year of production

2002

Record Label

Verve

Tracks

  • 1. Jump Monk (From Dream Montage)
  • 2. Mingus Fingers
  • 3. Theme for Lester Young (Goodbye Pork Pie...
  • 4. If I Love Again
  • 5. Bemoanable Lady
  • 6. Weird Nightmare
  • 7. Zoo-Baba-Da-Oo-Ee
  • 8. Old Portrait
  • 9. Prayer for Passive Resistance
  • 10. Consider Me
  • 11. Freedom
  • 12. A Sleepin' Bee
  • 13. Group Dancers
  • 14. Better Get Hit in Yo' Soul