Soon after
Charles Mingus finished touring Europe with his band (the unit that featured
Eric Dolphy), he recorded this CD, performed live at The Jazz Workshop in San Francisco. With tenor-saxophonist
Clifford Jordan and drummer
Dannie Richmond still in the group but Jane Getz replacing pianist
Jaki Byard and altoist
John Handy filling in for
Dolphy on one song, the band performs excellent versions of "Meditations on Integration" and "New Fables," both of which are over 23 minutes long. Although not up to the passionate level of the
Mingus-
Dolphy Quintet, this underrated unit holds its own. ~ Scott Yanow