description Weird Nightmare: Meditations on Mingus Overview
"Weird Nightmare: Meditations on Mingus" is a 1992 various-artists tribute album produced by Hal Willner and released by Columbia Records. The project features an array of jazz, rock, and avant-garde musicians reinterpreting the complex compositions of legendary bassist and bandleader Charles Mingus. The album employs unusual instrumentations and arrangements to adapt Mingus's work for a contemporary audience. It serves as an educational introduction to Mingus's catalog for cross-genre listeners and collectors of curated jazz compilations.
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Who produced Weird Nightmare: Meditations on Mingus?
Hal Willner produced the 1992 tribute album, which was released by Columbia Records. It reinterprets compositions by bassist and composer Charles Mingus.
What does the title Weird Nightmare refer to?
"Weird Nightmare" is one of Charles Mingus's compositions and gives the album its title. The project treats Mingus's music as material for new arrangements rather than presenting a conventional archival collection.
Is Weird Nightmare: Meditations on Mingus only a jazz album?
No. The contributors draw from jazz, rock, and avant-garde music, reflecting the broad range of Hal Willner's tribute projects. The source material remains Mingus's complex compositions, but the performances vary substantially in sound.
Which Charles Mingus pieces appear on the album?
The program includes "Canon," "Meditations on Integration," "Jump Monk," and "Weird Nightmare." These pieces show both Mingus's composition style and the album's interest in transforming his arrangements.
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