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Epitaph

Charles Mingus · 1990

127 min · 19 tracks · gospel · post-bop · free jazz

Epitaph is an album by Charles Mingus, released in 1990. Rooted in gospel · post-bop · free jazz. Here's what makes it worth your time and what to listen to next.

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What does Epitaph sound like?

Epitaph is a gospel, post-bop and free jazz album by Charles Mingus, released in 1990.

How many songs are on Epitaph?

Epitaph has 19 tracks, running approximately 127 minutes.

Tracklist

19 tracks·127:19

Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.

Disc 1

  • 1 Main Score, Part 1 7:08
  • 2 Percussion Discussion 8:37
  • 3 Main Score, Part 2 5:08
  • 4 Started Memory 11:54
  • 5 Better Get It in Your Soul 9:07
  • 6 The Soul 3:20
  • 7 Moods in Mambo 4:15
  • 8 Self Portrait - Chill of Death 11:27
  • 9 O.P. (Oscar Pettiford) 2:04
  • 10 Please Don't Come Back From the Moon 9:51

Disc 2

  • 1 Monk, Bunk & Vice Versa (Osmotin') 3:05
  • 2 Peggy's Blue Skylight 4:35
  • 3 Wolverine Blues 6:12
  • 4 The Children's Hour of Dream 9:08
  • 5 Ballad (In Other Words, I Am Three) 9:42
  • 6 Freedom 7:03
  • 7 Interlude (The Underdog Rising) 5:25
  • 8 Noon Night 4:26
  • 9 Main Score (reprise) 4:48

Release Date

January 1, 1990

Genre

free jazz, post-bop

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Artist Origin

United States

Runtime

127 min 19 sec