In honor of Charles Mingus' centennial, please enjoy this bootleg performance from a 1965 television broadcast title "Jazz: The Experimenters," featuring The Charles Mingus Workshop & The Cecil Taylor Unit, plus commentary from none other than Ralph Ellison and Martin Williams.

Charles Mingus Workshop:
Lonnie Hillyer, Hobart Dotson- trumpet
Jimmy Owens- trumpet/flugelhorn
Julius Watkins- French horn
Howard Johnson- tuba
Charles McPherson- alto saxophone
Charles Mingus- bass (1-2), piano & narration (3)
Dannie Richmond- drum set
 
Cecil Taylor Unit:
Jimmy Lyons- alto saxophone
Cecil Taylor- piano
Henry Grimes- bass
Sunny Murray- drum set

Village Gate, New York, September 10, 1965

0:00- "The Arts of Tatum and Freddie Webster" [introductory fragment] (Mingus)
3:33- Ralph Ellison commentary
6:03- "Number One" (Taylor)
8:29- Martin Williams commentary
10:30- Cecil Taylor commentary
12:03- "Octagonal Skirt and Fancy Pants" (Taylor)
14:44- Williams
16:55- "The Arts of Tatum and Freddie Webster" [continued] (Mingus)
22:20- Ellison
25:59- "Don't Let It Happen Here" (Mingus)

Citation: https://www.jazzdisco.org/charles-min...

(Thanks Ethan Iverson for sending me this footage. I did what I could to improve the video and audio quality!)

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