Town Hall Concert [Live]

1. So Long Eric

2. Praying With Eric

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Average customer rating: Pete Seeger I first listened to this 'album' when I was 3 years old and it ... Disappointing Great music, so-so recording Pete Seeger is Great

Children's Concert at Town Hall Pete Seeger Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Live Albums | Folk | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Folk | Styles | Music Revival | Folk | Styles | Music General | Children's Music | Styles | Music Folk Music | Children's Music | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Children's Music | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Children's Music | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Folk General | Folk | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Folk General | Folk | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Traditional Folk | Folk | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Traditional Folk | Folk | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Birds, Beasts, Bugs & Fishes Little & Big: Animal Folk Songs Smithsonian Folkways Children's Music Collection American Folk, Game and Activity Songs for Children Abiyoyo (And Other Songs and Stories) We Shall Overcome: Complete Carnegie Hall Concert ASIN: B00000274O Release Date: 1990-08-21

Tracks:

1. Applause
2. Little Birdie
3. Henry My Son
4. Here's To Cheshire - Here's To Cheese (Froggy)
5. Oh Shenandoah
6. Skip To My Lou
7. Git Along, Little Dogies
8. Didn' Ol' John Cross The Water On His Knees
9. Fifteen Miles On The Erie Canal
10. I've Been Workin' On The Railroad
11. Riding In My Car
12. Put Your Finger In The Air
13. The Foolish Frog
14. Ilka's Bedouin Tune
15. Frere Jacques
16. Fisherman's Song
17. It Could Be A Wonderful World
18. Abiyoyo
19. Let Everyone Clap Hands Like Me
20. Michael Row The Boat Ashore
21. Ha, Ha Thisaway
22. De Grey Goose
23. Be Kind To Your Parents
24. Applause
25. This Land Is Your Land
26. Applause

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In addition to being an activist icon, Pete Seeger is also a singularly ingratiating entertainer whose effortless charm and gentle humor give him a natural rapport with children and adults alike. This expanded edition of the much-loved Children's Concert at Town Hall adds nine songs not on the original 1962 LP, and includes such favorites as "Skip to My Lou," "I've Been Working on the Railroad," "Michael Row the Boat Ashore," "Fifteen Miles on the Erie Canal," and Woody Guthrie's "This Land Is Your Land." Seeger's easygoing charisma is in force throughout, making this refreshingly non-condescending fun for all. --Scott Schinder

Customer Reviews:

Pete Seeger.......2007-06-05

I listened to this album as a kid and loved it. I thought it might be too low-tech for my kids (ages 6 and 3), who are used to more modern media, but they love to hear Pete Seeger tell his stories and sing his songs with just a banjo or harmonica. We listen to it in the car, and the whole family sits quietly listening to every word and note.

I first listened to this 'album' when I was 3 years old and it ..........2006-04-27

introduced me to music, folk music, and Pete Seeger. I've loved Pete my entire life and am very excited to see his music is being exposed to an entire new audience that has never heard of him.

While others complain about the 'quality' of the recording (mostly because of noise from children) I find it to be one of this album's greatest charms. You get a real feel for Seeger as a storyteller. My sister and I spent hours listening to this recording and signing right along.

I've introduced this recording to an entire new generation in my own family...and guess what? We've got children sitting down next to the CD player signing right along with Pete!

I love this CD, and would recommend it to anyone.

Thank you, Pete Seeger, for a great recording that I've enjoyed since 1963.

Disappointing.......2005-07-21

My son grew up on Pete Seeger singing children songs and I wanted my granddaughter to enjoy the same songs. Unfortunately, this recording is of very poor quality. It was recorded at a concert, you can barely hear Seeger sing, and you can barely make out the words. In short, very poor and unfortunate purchase. I do intend to look for another recording, because I still want my granddaughter to enjoy Pete Seeger.

Great music, so-so recording.......2005-04-20

I agree with all of the reviewers who have praised Seeger's musical abilities and the songs that are on this CD. In those terms, this is a wonderful disc. But potential buyers should be aware that this _is_ a recording of a children's concert, complete with all the noise that kids make... much more distracting than other "live" cds I've heard. There is a wonderful part where Seeger interacts with a crying child, saying, "I didn't mean to scare you." You need to decide for yourself if the added noise of the children at the concert would detract from your listening experience. For me, it was just a little too distracting.

One other warning: If you are concerned about violence in your children's media, you need to know that the rendition of "Frog Went a Courtin'" on this disc -- "Here's to Cheshire, Here's to Cheese," a very catchy song -- contains the most graphic version I've heard of the cat's attack on the wedding feast, complete with blood and a broken back.

The bottom line: The music is great, but I recommend you borrow the disc if you can before purchasing it.

Pete Seeger is Great.......2003-08-01

A Pete Seeger concert is a special moment in time. This recording does awonderful job capturing such a moment at NYC's Town Hall 1962.Here we find Pete Seeger at his best, playing songs for children and theiradults friends. . The charm of Seeger is that he entertains and teaches atthe same time. Whether he's chopping wood on stage, singing about frogs
(Foolish Frog ) or monsters (Abiyoyo ) Pete is great .Like a child ,Seegeris honest, sincere and real. In a world that offers very little in the way of recorded music for children Pete at Town Hall is a must have recording for children of all ages.

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At Town Hall / Second Town Hall Concert Mabel Mercer & Bobby Short Manufacturer: Collectables ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Nostalgia | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Cabaret | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Classic | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Midnight at Mabel Mercer's/Once in a Blue Moon The Art of Mabel Mercer Echoes of My Life Bobby Short Loves Cole Porter/Guess Who's in Town Bobby Short Celebrates Rodgers & Hart ASIN: B00005MKCJ Release Date: 2001-08-14

Tracks:

1. I'm Throwing a Ball Tonight - Bobby Short
2. That Black and White Baby of Mine - Bobby Short
3. Looking at You - Bobby Short
4. I Love You, Samantha - Bobby Short
5. When in Rome - Bobby Short
6. I've Got Your Number - Bobby Short
7. Bojangles of Harlem - Bobby Short
8. Something to Live For - Bobby Short
9. Sand in My Shoes - Bobby Short
10. And Her Mother Came Too - Bobby Short
11. Gimme a Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer - Bobby Short
12. On the Amazon - Bobby Short
13. All of You - Mabel Mercer
14. Staying Young - Mabel Mercer
15. Children in the Carousel - Mabel Mercer
16. Season's Greetings - Mabel Mercer
17. Isn't He Adorable? - Mabel Mercer
18. Bad Is for Other People - Mabel Mercer
19. You Should See for Yourself - Mabel Mercer
20. Sweet Talk - Mabel Mercer
21. Why Did I Choose You - Mabel Mercer
22. Jenny Rebecca - Mabel Mercer
23. Lazy Afternoon - Mabel Mercer
24. Confession - Mabel Mercer
25. 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy) - Mabel Mercer
26. Here's to Us - Mabel Mercer, Bobby Short

Tracks:

1. My Personal Property - Bobby Short
2. Isn't It a Pity? - Bobby Short
3. I've a Shooting Box in Scotland - Bobby Short
4. Chicago, Illinois - Bobby Short
5. Before I Kiss the World Goodbye - Bobby Short
6. Summer Is a -Comin' In - Bobby Short
7. Round About - Bobby Short
8. Sweet Bye and Bye - Bobby Short
9. Medley: What Is There to Say?/This Is Romance/Now - Bobby Short
10. Not a Care in the World - Bobby Short
11. In My Old Virginia Home, on the River Nile - Bobby Short
12. I Can't Get Started - Bobby Short
13. I Like the Likes of You - Bobby Short
14. Not a Moment Too Soon - Mabel Mercer
15. Boys and Girls Together - Mabel Mercer
16. Both Sides Now - Mabel Mercer
17. Love Is Blue - Mabel Mercer
18. Mama's Little Girl - Mabel Mercer
19. Wait Till We're Sixty-Five - Mabel Mercer
20. I See It Now - Mabel Mercer
21. Down in the Depths - Mabel Mercer
22. Best Is Yet to Come - Mabel Mercer
23. World Today - Mabel Mercer
24. These Foolish Things - Mabel Mercer
25. Days Gone By - Mabel Mercer
26. I'm Not Giving Up - Mabel Mercer
27. Good Night - Mabel Mercer, Bobby Short

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Town Hall Jazz Concert Charlie Barnet Manufacturer: Hep Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Classic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Contemporary Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Jazz | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000FWHVLY Release Date: 2006-07-11

Tracks:

1. Jubilee Jump
2. Moods
3. Budandy
4. Dirty Rotten Shame Blues
5. Blue Moon
6. Bop A Boogie
7. Rockin' In Rhythm
8. Tell Me Dream Face
9. My Old Flame
10. Caravan
11. Andy's Boogie
12. Pompton Turnpike
13. Cherokee/Redskin Rhumba
14. Skyliner
15. East Side West Side
16. Terry Tune
17. THings Ain't What They Used To Be
18. Hello Baby Blues
19. The Gal
20. Barnetology

Album Description

Town Hall Concert features the Barnet Orchestra at one of its peaks of creativity, with arrangements by Andy Gibson and Neal Hefti. Soloists include Clark Terry and Claude Williamson. There are also four very rare tracks by Barnet's small group, The Cherokees, from November 1947.

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The Competition, A Piano Recital from the Motion Picture Manufacturer: Town Hall Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Dances | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Brahms | Brahms, Johannes | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Chopin | Chopin, Frédéric | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gottschalk | Gottschalk, Louis Moreau | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Liszt | Liszt, Franz | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Domenico Scarlatti | Scarlatti, Domenico | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Schifrin | Schifrin, Lalo | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Scriabin, Alexander | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rachmaninov | Rachmaninov, Sergei | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Etudes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Preludes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Sonatinas | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Scherzo | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Scriabin, Alexander | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music Solo Instrumental | New Age | Styles | Music Caprices | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Competition Prokofiev: The Five Piano Concertos ASIN: B0000049SK Release Date: 1995-10-01

Tracks:

1. Chopin: Scherzo No.2 in B flat Minor - 9:54
2. Schifrin: Le Moine Etourdi et L'Oiseau (BMI) - 1:14
3. Scarlatti: Sonata in D Major (Longo 641) - 3:59
4. Rachmaninoff: Prelude in B Minor (Opus 32, No. 10) - 4:50
5. Schifrin: Love Theme - The Competition (BMI) - 2:54
6. Scarlatti: Sonata in G Major (Longo 180) - 2:39
7. Scriabin: Etude in D sharp Minor (Opus 8, No. 12) - 2:40
8. Liszt: Concert Etude No. 3 in D flat Major "Un Sospiro" (1857) - 5:18
9. Chopin: Etude in C sharp Minor (Opus 10, No. 4) - 2:06
10. Chopin: Etude in G flat Major (Opus 10, No. 5) "Black Key" - 1:33
11. Brahms: Capriccio in F sharp Minor (Opus 76, No. 1) - 3:30
12. Gottschalk: Bamboula - 6:47

Album Description

Solo piano music from the motion picture "The Competition," starring Richard Dreyfus and Amy Irving, performed by sound track artist Lincoln Mayorga. This collection includes original piano music written for the film by composer Lalo Schifrin.

Average customer rating: my current mingus favorite. Perfect show of Mingus' strength Forty-Five Flawless Minutes with Mingus' Greatest Band Ear-opening Tight, insightful show

Town Hall Concert Charles Mingus Manufacturer: Ojc ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Avant Garde & Free Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Modern Postbebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Bebop & Post-Bop | Compilations | Jazz | Styles | Music Modern Postbebop | Live Albums | Jazz | Styles | Music Avant Garde & Free Jazz | Live Albums | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Great Concert of Charles Mingus Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus Mingus at Antibes The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady Let My Children Hear Music ASIN: B000000Y2N Release Date: 1991-07-01

Tracks:

1. So Long Eric
2. Praying With Eric

Customer Reviews:

my current mingus favorite........2007-02-23

just the other day i kicked out a humble little review of the mingus album "the black saint and the sinner lady," which i stated might very well be his best recording. well, today i listened to this album (town hall concert) and i'm ready to declare it his best. that's the kind of impressionable knucklehead i am! anyway, the problem (and what a great problem) with mingus recordings is that so many are great; thus a change in the wind might tip you from one favorite to another. but "town hall concert" is truly a classic jazz recording. consisting of only 2 tracks, "so long eric" and "praying with eric" (aka "meditations"), the whole thing runs about 45 glorious minutes. "so long eric," is 17 plus minutes of swinging creativeness. an upbeat piece of music that's loose and powerful and full of energy and joy. "praying with eric," is the more complex composition, with various moods and tempos and textures: it clocks in at 27 and a half minutes. the musicians are all incredible throughout, but it's eric dolphy and clifford jordan's sax playing that really stands out here. mingus gets the emotional best out of these two players, and if you've never heard either of them before, you will want to search out their own recordings after hearing this. an album not to be missed.

Perfect show of Mingus' strength.......2006-07-20

This is a perfect modern jazz date if I ever heard one. Dolphy and Jordan are constantly exciting, "the rhythm section", if the term is appropiate in this case, is not superior to very few phenomena from the jazz history, while the compositions themselves are remarkable, comparable to best Monk's or Ellington's work.
This is indubitably Mingus at his best

Forty-Five Flawless Minutes with Mingus' Greatest Band.......2006-04-21

While it's really not possible to name a single "best" recording from a career as long, varied and important as that of Charles Mingus, 1964's TOWN HALL CONCERT certainly has as solid a claim to that title as anything else in the bassist/composer's vast discography. The two extended performances contained on this disc fairly circumscribe the jazz universe, from raunchy blues to lilting neoclassicism, ragtimey eccentricities to the outer reaches of the avant garde and back again with such seamless logic and unfailingly majestic musicianship that the listener cannot avoid entrapment even after dozens of closely monitored spins.
With trumpeter Johnny Coles and reedsmen Eric Dolphy and Clifford Jordan forming the front line, and pianist Jaki Byard joining Mingus and his longtime drummer Danny Richmond in the rhythm section, the leader assembled what must surely have been the strongest of his many combos for this concert and the European tour which followed it - a tour from which Dolphy, alas, would never return. Seldom have I heard a more thoroughly jelled group of musicians, and the spontaneous collective mapping of these lengthy sonic odysseys is precisely the sort of thing which separates the greatest from the merely great. Dolphy's heavenly flute work on "Praying with Eric" (a.k.a. "Meditations on Integration"), Byard's seismic runs up and down the keyboard, Mingus and Richmond's steady beats and sudden bursts, the grace of Coles and the gravel of Jordan in their respective turns on "So Long Eric" - why bother even trying to approximate what happens here in words? Suffice it to say that TOWN HALL CONCERT is forty-five minutes of utterly flawless, relentlessly searching jazz from some of the genre's supreme masters, and a fine way to reward even the most jaded of ears. Those who've already done so are advised to check out the MINGUS IN EUROPE and REVENGE! sets, recorded in Europe a couple of weeks later, for a more comprehensive (though certainly no more effective) earful of this stunning unit's repertoire.

Ear-opening.......2006-01-20

two long, involving pieces that tend to rip a hole in the musical universe and pull the listener right into the stormy tempest of Mingus' creative and passionate vision of music. his compositional skills are astounding, his playing is upfront and intense, bringing the music to a boiling point and keeping it tight. the other musicians involved in this live 1964 recording are equally enthralling and the brilliant performances are at peak level throughout the length of this cd. an outstanding recording that has touches of blues, swing, gospel, and the avant-garde all lovingly wrapped in a big warm blanket of jazz.

Tight, insightful show.......2002-10-11

What a great window into the power of live Mingus. Compositionally, both songs are beautiful little soundtracks that blend seamlessly into the improvisational guts of each. A better album consisting of a seventeener and a twenty-seven minute bohemoth is hard to imagine-- Praying with Eric, or "Meditations for a Pair of Wire Cutters," never drags, never lulls. Truly gripping jazz that only Mingus could accomplish.

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The Complete Town Hall Concert 1947 Manufacturer: Fresh Sounds Records/Rock Bott ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music ASIN: B00006L5D8 Release Date: 2004-08-10

Average customer rating: A wonderful performance This Historic Concert needs to be reissued Only For The Jazz Fan sound quality a problem Tremendous small group interaction

The Complete Town Hall Concert Jazz Tribune No. 43 Louis Armstrong Manufacturer: RCA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music New Orleans Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music Classic Vocalists | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Musicals | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music ASIN: B000002WSE Release Date: 1995-02-28

Tracks:

1. Introduction - Fred Robbins W/ Louis Armstrong
2. Cornet Shop Suey
3. Our Monday Date
4. Dear Old Southland
5. Big Butter And Egg Man
6. Tiger Rag
7. Struttin' With Some Barbeque
8. Sweethearts On Parade
9. Saint Louis Blues
10. Pennies From Heaven

Tracks:

1. On the Sunny Side Of The Street
2. I Can't Give You Anything But Love
3. Back O'Town Blues
4. Ain't Misbehavin'
5. Rockin' Chair
6. Muskrat Rumble
7. Save It, Pretty Mama
8. Saint James Infirmary
9. Royal Garden Blues
10. Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans
11. Jack-Armstrong Blues

Amazon.com essential recording

This 1947 performance presents Louis Armstrong returning to the classic repertoire of his greatest period, accompanied by a superb small group and playing before an appreciative audience. Forsaking the big-band format that had been his mainstay for years, Armstrong sounds wonderful on tunes associated with his Hot Five period, like "Cornet Chop Suey" and "Muskrat Ramble," while he joyously shares the vocals with the fine trombonist Jack Teagarden. Bobby Hackett's cornet complements Louis's more declarative parts, and it's all propelled by the greatest of swing drummers, "Big Sid" Catlett. --Stuart Broomer

Customer Reviews:

A wonderful performance.......2004-12-04

Okay, so the sound quality isn't 21st century state-of-the-art, but come on! It's not that bad, and considering that this concert was recorded in 1947 it's not bad at all, actually.

This disc really shows what a seminal figure Louis Armstrong was. Much, much more than just a happy-go-lucky black man who growled "What A Wonderful World" in a gravelly bass-baritone, he was and still remains the most important figure in jazz music, and even the most casual listener should appreciate this magnificent performance.
Surrounded by the first incarnation of his legendary "All Stars", Armstrong plays definitive versions of "Ain't Misbehavin" and "Back O'Town Blues", a fantastic "Dear Old Southland" backed only by the rhythm section, and a driving "Tiger Rag".
But there are only highlights here, really, and Armstrong's solos are pure liquid fire all the way through.

At once highly accessible and utterly magical, "The Complete Town Hall Concert" is Louis Armstrong at his best. Not to be missed!

This Historic Concert needs to be reissued.......2004-01-23

This was an historic concert. Louis had gotten through the late 1930s and 1940s, fronting various big mediocre swing bands with his trumpet and vocals, and frankly,even on the best of the records the excitement was the contrast between Louis's excellence and the stiffness of the swing bands.

For this concert a smaller band, close to the hot fives and sevens and the King Oliver, to the Dixeland units Louis had made his historic recordings of the 1920s was put together, a great hall in NYC was hired, and the rest is history.

The beat here is stronger and better heard than in the records of the 1920s, Louis is more at ease, more in charge, and is sharing the fact that he is having fun, more than on those record. Of course we don't have any live recordings of Louis from the 1920s. We do know that one of the numbers on this record, Ain't Misbehavin', though written by Fats Waller was introduced by Louis in a Broadway Play in the 1920s. Louis's performance was so good that the show was usually interrupted for two or three encore performances of Ain't Misbehavin'. People who'd already seen the show would often show up at the theater trying to get in just to hear the song!

We see the first time on record what would become a collaboration for the rest of their playing lives of Louis and the great Jack Teagraden, a collaboration of mutual fun, mutual music and, one suspects mutual appreciation of non tobacco cigarettes.

This is where Louis Armstrong decided to stop fronting a big swing band and establish Louis Armstrong's all-stars, a small dixieland band like this featuring such veterans of the music at various times as Teagarden, Trummy Young, Barney Bigard, Sid Catlett, and Earl Hines. From this point, Louis Armstrong returned to the repertoire of the 1920s and early 1930s leavened with new songs done in those styles. This group, the Louis Armstrong All Stars recorded some of the swingest records ever made at any time. Moreover, they helped kick off the now-forgotten Dixieland revival of the 1950s!

To be sure, the many recordings they made including some alluded to by other reviewers, are better recorded and better practiced than these cuts. However, the spontaneity, the personality, and Louis's reactions to and from the musicans and the audience and the history being made here make this a unique and necessary recording.

Who do we have to write, petition, boycott, picket, or plead to get this CD reissued!!!!!

Only For The Jazz Fan.......2001-12-26

We are not used to hearing the old-time style of playing jazz that this recording aptly demonstrates. If your not used to the funky sounds of the imperfect recordings of the time, you most likely will not care for this one. But if you are a vintage-jazz fan, this is a happy sound of Louis Armstrong and his cohorts at a special time in "Dippermouth's" career. If you close your eyes, lay back in your chair, and "go with it" - you'll be transported to a moment in time that is lost forever - BUT - that can be revisited whenever you play the recording.

sound quality a problem.......2000-02-02

while the performance is fantastic, the sound quality of the cd really detracts from an enjoyable listening experience. try the W.C. Handy cd instead for a real treat!

Tremendous small group interaction.......1999-05-14

One of my all-time favorite jazz albums, combining Louis Armstrong on trumpet with the perfect counterpoint of Jack Teagarden on trombone, plus the rest of the all-starts. One for the record books.

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Town Hall Concert 1945 Manufacturer: Sounds of Yesteryear ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000008CF4 Release Date: 2003-10-21

Average customer rating: A bad night Wicked The Complete Town Hall Blooper ...a real hurdle for most people... review

The Complete Town Hall Concert Charles Mingus Manufacturer: Blue Note Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Avant Garde & Free Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Modern Postbebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Bebop & Post-Bop | Compilations | Jazz | Styles | Music Modern Postbebop | Live Albums | Jazz | Styles | Music Avant Garde & Free Jazz | Live Albums | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Jazz | Styles | Music Blue Note Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Avant-Garde | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Modern Post Bop | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Oh Yeah Mingus Three Pre-Bird At UCLA 1965 Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus ASIN: B000005GWX Release Date: 1994-07-12

Tracks:

1. Freedom-Part One
2. Freedom-Part Two (Clark In The Dark)
3. Osmotin'
4. Epitaph
5. Peggy's Blue Skylight
6. Epitaph-Part Two
7. My Search
8. Portrait
9. Duke's Choice (Don't Come Back)
10. Please Don't Come Back From The Moon
11. In A Mellotone (Finale)
12. Epitaph-Part One (Alternate Take)

Customer Reviews:

A bad night.......2006-04-26

No matter what you do in life, we all know the feeling of having a 'bad day' or a 'bad night'. This was Mingus 'bad night'. Unfortunately, it was recorded and released. Tha band was not familiar with the material, and you can hear it here. There are good moments, specially when Dolphy and Clark Terry takes solos, but it is a difficult listen. Mingus fans need this of course, but if you want to listen to a good symponic Mingus go listen to 'Black Saint and sinner lady' and if you want a good live Mingus go get 'Mingus at Antibes'.

Wicked.......2005-02-23

This CD, while disjointed and unorganised is a beatiful display of artistic vision. The genius that Charles Mingus was, is displayed here andultered. The music on this cd, while not refined or rehearsed is unbelievable. The first two Freedom movements are worth the price of admission alone. Freedom Part 2 is a true masterpiece of emotional expression. The eery mood created in part 1 is turned into a raging war between the baritone sax and Clarks screaming solo in Part 2. With a good set of headphones this song truly toys with your emotional well being. From his solo the song breaks into suppresed horns and it finishes. Unfortunately the second part of Freedom cannot be found anywhere else, so we are left with only this seemingly unfinished masterpiece. The rest of the record follows this model as well, which is unfortunate, but is great in its own sense as well because it leaves much to our imagination as we're left trying to fill in the blanks of the music ourselves.

The Complete Town Hall Blooper.......2004-06-18

I wasn't even aware of the story behind this album when I started listening to it. Once upon a time, Charles Mingus wrote a huge piece of symphonic jazz entitled Epitaph. He gathered an ensemble in a concert hall and invited an audience to come watch the recording of Epitaph as it was happening.

Well, numerous things were at work against Mingus. For one thing, the piece was not yet finished. The man had a great big picture in his head, but didn't have enough time to write it down for all of the musicians. And because it was not technically finished, it was never properly rehearsed. That night Mingus and his ensemble got up on stage with all of the microphones and proceeded to completely slaughter Epitaph. If you are a musician, you know what it is like to have an "off" night. Well, this is the off night to end all off nights. Mingus stormed off the stage, and locked up the manuscript of Epitaph and denied its existence to his dying day.

The first printing of the Town Hall Concert is supposed to be pretty bad. Roughly put, the tracks were arranged in a very confusing order with many omissions. Years later, Blue Note got ahold of the master tapes and retooled the album to follow the flow of the concert, for what it's worth. They added in the omissions and arranged the order of the tracks to give you a feeling of a beginning, a middle, and an end.

The concert was mud. And no matter how hard you try to polish it, it still comes out mud. Blue Note gives a flattering portrayal of a disasterous event, which places The Complete Town Hall Concert squarly in the middle with a three star rating. If you love Charles Mingus, you are going to get this eventually. But this is no place for a newcomer.

...a real hurdle for most people..........2001-10-19

...i first bought this about 8 or 9 years ago, in fact it was like just the third cd i had purchased ever, tryin to transition over from cassette tapes. most of the jazz i had at the time was mostly funk or vocal related (ronny jordan, norman connors, shirley horn, etc.,...), but i was lookin to expand into the more "serious" stuff.
alas, this proved to be too serious for me!
all of that fuss over charles mingus? and this was it!?!
the truth of the matter is that this was just the wrong mingus album to start my interest in.
some of this is "listenable", but i still cant say that i enjoy it. 'ah, um' is a far more acceptable album for us neophytes to begin with. take it slow gettin to know mingus, keep your ears and mind open and you'll find pleasure in most of the music he's made.

review.......2001-07-17

most mingus fans don't like 'town hall concert'. they use words like 'unfocused' and 'rambling' and 'dull'. it does ramble, and it does lose focus sometimes, in the same way the best stories wander and explore little side-alleys on the way to the finish.

why take the shortest route between two points?

the compositions do lead in aimless directions. changing tempo at seemingly unnecessary times. the horns and strings are indeed 'out of sync' often. the uninitiated will think this is no better than a high school concert band.

but the attraction, for me, is that the players fall out of time, and then are able to fall back in while i'm still digesting the oddities.

it's a mainstay for me, but probably not a good choice for someone who's never heard mingus.

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Transcription & Town Hall Concert Eddie Condon Manufacturer: Jazz Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Classic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Contemporary Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music New Orleans & Dixieland Jazz | Compilations | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Jazz | Styles | Music Dixieland | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B000001LYY Release Date: 1996-07-23

Tracks:

1. Ballin' the Jack
2. That's A-Plenty
3. Cherry [Alternate Take]
4. Cherry [Breakdown Take]
5. Cherry [Master Take]
6. Sweet Georgia Brown
7. At the Jazz Band Ball
8. When My Sugar Walks Down the Street [Alternate Take]
9. When My Sugar Walks Down the Street [Master Take]
10. Uncle Sam Blues [Alternate Take]
11. Uncle Sam Blues [Master Take]
12. Someone to Watch over Me
13. One I Love (Belongs to Somebody Else)
14. Wherever There's Love (There's You and Me)
15. What's New? [Breakdown Take]
16. What's New? [Master Take]
17. Ja-Da [Alternate Take]
18. Ja-Da [Master Take]
19. Time on My Hands [Breakdown Take]
20. Time on My Hands [Master Take]
21. Royal Garden Blues
22. Muskrat Ramble
23. It's Been So Long [Breakdown Take]
24. It's Been So Long [Master Take]
25. Man I Love [Breakdown Take]
26. Man I Love [Master Take]
27. 'S Wonderful [Breakdown Take 1]
28. 'S Wonderful [Breakdown Take 2]
29. 'S Wonderful [Master Take]
30. Just You, Just Me
31. Old Folks [Breakdown Take]
32. Old Folks [Master Take]
33. You're Lucky to Me

Tracks:

1. Darktown Strutters' Ball
2. Dear Old Southland
3. Ja-Da
4. Eddie Condon Speaks
5. Muskrat Ramble
6. St. Louis Blues
7. Honeysuckle Rose
8. She's Funny That Way
9. It's Been So Long
10. Nobody Knows
11. Uncle Sam Blues
12. Serenade in Thirds
13. China Boy
14. Impromptu Ensemble

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5. Wake Up in the Sun [Import]
6. Walking With the King
7. Way Out West
8. Yesterdays
9. 7.5 on the Richter Scale
10. A Day In The City

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