This 1960 session, released decades later, captures Mingus in a transitional period, exploring ambitious orchestral arrangements in a cool jazz context. The session's material would later be reworked and featured in his more acclaimed "The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady."
- The material on "Pre-Bird" was recorded in a single session on January 20, 1960, at CBS 30th Street Studio in New York City.
- The album was produced by Norman Granz, a towering figure in jazz whose Verve Records label issued the release.
- While this session remained unreleased for nearly forty years, its compositions, particularly " próprio", would resurface on Mingus's 1963 masterpiece, "The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady."
Charles Mingus was a seminal post-war American jazz composer, bandleader, and bassist. The 1999 Verve release "Pre-Bird" documented a 1960 session that predated his more famously adventurous work.
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