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The jazz firebrand that was Charles Mingus played to an unsuspecting German audience when the bassist/bandleader/composer played Bremen in ’64. When he returned in ’75, he was welcomed as jazz royalty; it’s quite amazing to hear the evolution of acceptance of his unique (and sometimes divisive) jazz genius as you hear the first official release of these two concerts, which have been mastered from original sources. Here on 4 CDs, these marathons of brilliance include "Fables of Faubus," "Sophisticated Lady," "Cherokee," "Devil Blues," "Sue’s Changes," "Hope So Eric," "For Harry Carney," "Meditations on Integration," "Remember Rockefeller at Attica," "Black Bat and Poles," "Parkeriana" and more! Sunnyside.