rare footage of CHARLES MINGUS for your listening pleasure

In honor of Charles Mingus' centennial, please enjoy this bootleg performance from a 1965 television broadcast title "Jazz: The Experimenters," featuring The Charles Mingus Workshop & The Cecil Taylor Unit, plus commentary from none other than Ralph Ellison and Martin Williams. Charles Mingus Workshop: Lonnie Hillyer, Hobart Dotson- trumpet Jimmy Owens- trumpet/flugelhorn Julius Watkins- French horn Howard Johnson- tuba Charles McPherson- alto saxophone Charles Mingus- bass (1-2), piano & narration (3) Dannie Richmond- drum set   Cecil Taylor Unit: Jimmy Lyons- alto saxophone Cecil Taylor- piano Henry Grimes- bass Sunny Murray- drum set Village Gate, New York, September 10, 1965 0:00- "The Arts of Tatum and Freddie Webster" [introductory fragment] (Mingus) 3:33- Ralph Ellison commentary 6:03- "Number One" (Taylor) 8:29- Martin Williams commentary 10:30- Cecil Taylor commentary 12:03- "Octagonal Skirt and Fancy Pants" (Taylor) 14:44- Williams 16:55- "The Arts of Tatum and Freddie Webster" [continued] (Mingus) 22:20- Ellison 25:59- "Don't Let It Happen Here" (Mingus) Citation: https://www.jazzdisco.org/charles-min... (Thanks Ethan Iverson for sending me this footage. I did what I could to improve the video and audio quality!) #CharlesMingus #CecilTaylor