ccxliii. MINGUS, Charles: Better Get It In Your Soul

ccxliii. MINGUS, Charles (1922-1979)

Better Git It In Your Soul (1959)
CM, bass
John Handy, alto saxophone
Booker Ervin, tenor saxophone
Jimmy Knepper, trombone
Horace Parlan, piano
Donnie Richmond, drums
(7:20)

from: Mingus Ah Um.

A rousing blues in 6/4 which feels like it's got plenty 'o church in it!

Ervin's first up, with Knepper in the background playing a repeated single tone. Then Parlan -- a simple repeated riff, again with Knepper in the background.

Handy sneaks in and out of the driving rhythm section. Parlan again -- this is Mingus keepin' things moving.

Ervin returns with only handclaps accompanying him for a chorus until the rhythm section bursts back in.

Richmond trades choruses with the band coming in and out with that single, repeated-note riff ...

The head and the slowed-down ending: