Hal Willner Presents Weird Nightmare - Meditations on Mingus by various artists

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Release date: September 29, 1992
Label: Columbia [US]
Catalog number: CK 52739
Format: CD
Tribute to: Charles Mingus
Comments: Concept album initiated and produced by Hal Willner.
Jointly recorded 1992 by various artists in New York City, Madrid and Los Angeles, and partly emphasizing on Mingus' vocal compositions.

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		Title	Performer	Written by	Info
	i	Weird Nightmare Interlude	Bill Frisell	Charles Mingus	Originally by Charles Mingus Sextette - Vocal by Claude Trinier
	i	Pithecanthropus erectus	Francis Thumm, Bill Frisell, Robert Quine, Greg Cohen, Michael Blair, Art Baron, Hal Willner, Don A…	Charles Mingus	Originally by The Charlie Mingus Jazz Workshop
	i	Self-Portrait in 3 Colors	Francis Thumm, Don Byron, Michael Blair, Greg Cohen, Bill Frisell, Don Alias, Art Baron	Charles Mingus	Originally by Charles Mingus
		Weird Nightmare	Francis Thumm, Elvis Costello, Bill Frisell, Henry Threadgill, Greg Cohen, Don Alias, Marc Ribot, A…	Charles Mingus	Originally by Charles Mingus Sextette - Vocal by Claude Trinier
		Weird Nightmare (Reprise)	Francis Thumm, Elvis Costello, Greg Cohen, Henry Threadgill, Bill Frisell, Don Alias, Marc Ribot, M…	Charles Mingus	Originally by Charles Mingus Sextette - Vocal by Claude Trinier
		Freedom	Francis Thumm, Greg Cohen, Bill Frisell, Gary Lucas, Dr. John, Ray Davies, Don Alias, Michael Blair…	Charles Mingus	Originally by Charles Mingus
		Eclipse	Francis Thumm, Leonard Cohen, Diamanda Galás, Don Byron, Hal Willner, Bill Frisell, Greg Cohen, Art…	Charles Mingus	Originally by Charles Mingus Octet
	i	Work Song	Greg Cohen, Bill Frisell, Don Byron, Geri Allen, Michael Blair, Don Alias, Art Baron, Vernon Reid, …	Charles Mingus	Originally by Charles Mingus
	i	The Shoes of the Fisherman's Wife Are Some Jive Ass Slippers	Greg Cohen, Don Byron, Bill Frisell, Art Byron, Hubert Selby	Charles Mingus	Originally by Charles Mingus
	i	Reincarnation of a Lovebird / Haitian Fight Song Montage	Greg Cohen, Don Byron, Don Alias, Michael Blair, Hal Willner, Gary Lucas, Bill Frisell	Charles Mingus	Originally by The Charles Mingus Jazz Workshop, Charles Mingus Quintet
	i	Jump Monk	Greg Cohen, Michael Blair, Gary Lucas, Bill Frisell, Don Alias, Art Baron	Charles Mingus	Originally by Charles Mingus
		Oh Lord, Don't Let Them Drop That Atomic Bomb on Me	Keith Richards, Chuck Leavell, Bobby Keys, Greg Cohen, Charlie Watts, Uptown Horns, Bernard Fowler	Charles Mingus	Originally by Charles Mingus
	i	Tonight at Noon	Uptown Horns, Greg Cohen, Charlie Watts	Charles Mingus	Originally by Charles Mingus