Charles Mingus

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Rhino reissues the bassist-composer's 1957 album for Jubilee Records, Mingus Three, on CD and LP with eight previously unreleased performances.  A rare trio record for Mingus, it welcomed pianist Hampton Hawes and drummer Dannie Richmond and featured renditions of four familiar American Songbook standards ("Yesterdays," "I Can't Get Started," "Summertime," and "Laura") as well as two originals ("Back Home Blues" and "Dizzy Moods") and one jam credited to Hawes ("Hamp's New Blues").  The album has been expanded with a second disc of eight tracks, all recently discovered in the London Parlophone Records vaults.  These encompass alternate takes of every song on Mingus Three save "Laura," plus two untitled, improvised blues originals.  The packages will replicate the original Jubilee sleeve and labels while the booklet adds new liner notes from pianist-arranger Sy Johnson (a Mingus collaborator in the 1970s) as well as period photos.