Weird Nightmare: Meditations on Mingus

(Weird Nightmare: Meditations on Mingus)

Label: Columbia CK 52739
Recording date: 1992 (?)
Producer: Hal Willner
Liner notes: Charles Mingus, Hal Willner, Sue Mingus,
Frannie Thum, Jeff Rosen, Bill Flanagan
Notes: Words and music by Charles Mingus. Special
instruments built by Harry Partch.
Performers:
(1,3):
Art Baron - didjeridoo, trombone, wooden flute
Francis Thum - chromelodeonII
Bill Frisell - guitar
Don Alias - percussion
Gary Lucas - electricslide guitar
Michael Blair - cone gongs, bass marimba
Greg Cohen - cloud chamber bowls
Robbie Robertson - voice (3)
(2):
Michael Blair - marimba eroica, drums, flapper
Art Baron - tuba
Greg Cohen - bass
Don Alias - cymbals, percussion
Henry Threadgill - flute
Marc Ribot - banjo
Bill Frisell - guitar
Francis Thum - harmonic canon
(4):
Don Alias - percussion, timbales, cowbells
Michael Blair - chinese drum, drums
Art Baron - trombone
Bill Frisell - guitars
Gary Lucas - electric guitar
Greg Cohen - bass
(5,19):
Michael Blair - cloud chamber bowls
Mark Ribot - marimba eroica
Don Alias - bass marimba
Elvis Costello - vocal, harmonic canon
Henry Threadgill - flute
Art Baron - great bass recorder, trombone
Greg Cohen - bass
Bill Frisell - guitar
Francis Thumm - chromelodeon II
(6):
Greg Cohen - cone gongs, bass
Vernon Reid - surrogate kithara, guitar
Geri Allen - chromelodeon II, piano
Don Byron - marimba eroica, clarinet
Don Alias - diamond marimba, hand drums
Michael Blair - crychord, drums
Francis Thumm - cloud chamber bowls, marimba eroica
Bill Frisell - adapted guitar, guitar
Art Baron - harmonic canon, tuba
(7):
Bill Frisell - guitar, surrogate kithara
Don Byron - clarinet, bass clarinet
Art Baron - trombone
Don Alias - bass marimba
Greg Cohen - adapted guitar
Michael Blair - conga
Francis Thumm - marimba eroica
(8):
Don Alias - congas
Greg Cohen - bass
Michael Blair - brushes, harmoniccanon, cloud chamber
bowls
Art Baron - great bass recorder
Bill Frisell - guitar
Francis Thumm - chromelodeon II
Don Byron - clarinet
Henry Rollins - voice
(9):
Charlie Watts - drums
Greg Cohen - bass
The Uptown Horns:
Crispin Cioe - alto saxophone
Bob Funk - trombone
ArnoHecht - tenor saxophone
Hollywood Paul Litteral - trumpet
(10):
Michael Blair - drums, chromelodeon II
Chuck D - vocal
Bill Frisell - guitar, surrogate kithara
Don Alias - bata, percussion
Greg Cohen - bass
ArtBaron - trombone
(11):
Bill Frisell - guitar
(12):
Don Alias - congas, dumbek, clappers
Don Byron - clarinet, bass clarinet
Michael Blair -drums, whirley tube, clappers,
chromelodeon II, finger cymbals
Bill Frisell - guitar, surrogate kithara
Greg Cohen - bass
Lall Willner -sound effects, samples (Haitian Fight Song
Montage)
Greg Lucas - National steel bottleneck guitar (Haitian
Fight Song Montage)
(13):
Tony Trischka - banjo
Bob Stewart - tuba
Barry Mitterhoff - mandolin, guitar
Susan Evans - percussion, washboard, spoons
Kenny Kosek - violin
Howard Levy - harmonica
Bobby Previte - kazoo, castanets, spoons
(14):
Don Byron - bass clarinet
Art Baron - great bass recorder
Greg Cohen - bass
Bill Frisell - guitar
Hubert Selby Jr. - voice
(15):
Greg Cohen - bass
Chuck Leavell - piano
Keith Richards - vocals, guitar
Charlie Watts - drums
Bobby Keyes - tenor saxophone
The Uptown Horns (see 9):
Bernard Fowler - vocals
(16):
Art Baron - wood flute, didjeridoo, great bass recorder,
trombone, percussion
Diamanda Galas - vocals
Don Alias - bass marimba, dumbetik, clappers, percussion
Michael Blair -whirley tube, Tibetan cymbals, bass drums,
percussion
Greg Cohen - cone gongs, crychord, bass,percussion
Leonard Cohen - spoken voice
Bill Frisell - guitar, percussion
Don Byron - bass clarinet
Francis Thumm- percussion
Hal Willner - percussion, g-bastard calls
(17):
Robert Quine - guitar, sample keyboard
Greg Cohen -bass
Art Baron - muted trombone
Don Alias - chair
Francis Thumm - marimba eroica
Bill Frisell - guitar
Hal Willner - sound effects, samples
(18):
Don Alias - humming, hand drums, timbales, percussion
Art Baron - humming, metal slab, trombone
Michael Blair - humming, drums,Chinese drums, timbales,
percussion, bass marimba, two by four
Francis Thumm - humming, chromelodeon II
Ray Davies - humming
Greg Cohen - bass
Gary Lucas - National steel bottleneck guitar
Dr. John - spoken words, lead vocal
Bill Frisell - electric guitar, effects
  1. Canon (Part 1)
    arr. Michael Blair
  2. Meditations On Integration
    arr. Henry Threadgill
  3. Canon (Part 2)
    includes "Playing Chess With Bobby Fischer In
    Bellevue Reverie" from "Beneath The Underdog"
    arr. Michael Blair
  4. Jump Monk
    arr. Greg Cohen
  5. Weird Nightmare
  6. Work Song
    arr. Vernon Reid
  7. Self-Portrait In 3 Colors
    arr. Bill Frisell
  8. Purple Heart
    includes "Groovy" from unpublished sections of "Beneath
    The Underdog"
    arr. Greg Cohen
    thanks to Kate Hyman
  9. Tonight At Noon
    arr. The Uptown Horns
  10. Gunslinging Bird
    or "If Charlie Parker Were A Gunslinger, There'd Be A Whole
    Lot Of Dead Copycats"
    includes "The Fire At The Coconut Grove" from the
    unpublished sections of "Beneath The Underdog"
    arr. Michael Blair
    thanks to Angela Thomas & Kirk Yano
  11. Weird Nightmare Interlude
  12. Reincarnation Of A Lovebird/Haitian Fight Song Montage
    Reincarnation Of A Lovebird arr. by Bill Frisell
  13. Open Letter To Duke
    arr. & cond. by Bobby Previte
    thanks to Joel Forrester
  14. The Shoes Of The Fisherman's Wife Are Some Jive Ass Slippers
    includes "My Live's Graves And Incarnations" from
    "Beneath The Underdog"
    arr. Bill Frisell
    thanks to Julie Christiansen, Henry Rollins, Bill Gable
  15. Oh Lord, Don't Let Them Drop That Atomic Bomb On Me
    arr. Uptown Horns
    thanks to Jane Rose, Crispin Cioe
  16. Eclipse
    includes the poem "Chill Of Death"
    arr. Art Baron
  17. Pithecanthropus Erectus
  18. Freedom
    arr. Michael Blair
    thanks to B.B.
  19. Weird Nightmare (Reprise)
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