Some of the musicians who participated in the early days were Max Roach, Thelonious Monk, Horace Silvers, Art Blakey, and the audience, who also had a hand in the working out of new compositions and arrangements.īecause of the success of this workshop, a Composer's Workshop was formed, in collaboration with Bill Coss of Metronome, that included Teddy Charles, John LaPorta, and Teo Macero (who, as an A&R man for Columbia, arranged the date for this album). Mingus moved to New York in 1951, and, deciding to try the idea in the more spontaneous medium of jazz, by 1953 had organized a series of jazz workshop concerts at the Putnam Central Club in Brooklyn. Then it was a classical workshop where musicians could exchange ideas and perform their new compositions. The idea for a jazz workshop was conceived in 1943 while Charlie Mingus was attending Los Angeles City College. Recorded May 5 at the Columbia 30th Street Studio in New York City
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