Playlist for 4/12/11

Theme: Charles Mingus, 1959

Better Git It in Your Soul
Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
Boogie Stop Shuffle
Open Letter to Duke
(Charles Mingus, Mingus Ah Um)

Big Boss Man
Standing on the Corner
Next Time You See Me
(Grateful Dead, soundboard recording, 7/16/66)

Bird Calls
Fables of Faubus
Pedal Point Blues
(Charles Mingus, Mingus Ah Um)

Cream Puff War
Viola Lee Blues
(Grateful Dead, soundboard recording, 7/16/66)

Slop
Diane
Gunslinging Bird
Far Wells, Mill Valley
Mood Indigo
Put Me in That Dungeon
(Charles Mingus, Mingus Dynasty)

NOTES. "Pedal Point Blues" released as a bonus track on reissues of Mingus Ah Um, including the 2009 "Legacy Edition," which bundles together Mingus Ah Um, Mingus Dynasty, and assorted outtakes.