Weird Nightmare: Meditations On Mingus

Hal Willner presents Weird Nightmare Meditations On Mingus
Tribute album by Various artists
Released	November 12, 1992
Producer	Hal Willner
Label	Columbia

1992 tribute to Charlie Mingus includes "Weird Nightmare" with vocals by Elvis Costello.

Tracks

All songs written and composed by Charles Mingus. 

	Title	Performer(s)	Length
1.	Canon, Pt. 1	Michael Blair	3:20
2.	Meditations On Integration	Henry Threadgill	3:47
3.	Canon, Pt. 2	Robbie Robertson & Michael Blair	3:15
4.	Jump Monk	Greg Cohen	3:57
5.	Weird Nightmare	Elvis Costello	3:07
6.	Work Song	Vernon Reid	7:06
7.	Self-Portrait In Three Colors	Bill Frisell	3:29
8.	Purple Heart	Henry Rollins & Greg Cohen	2:38
9.	Tonight At Noon	Charlie Watts & The Uptown Horns	5:31
10.	Gunslinging Bird	Chuck D & Michael Blair	1:40
11.	Weird Nightmare Interlude	Bill Frisell	0:57
12.	Reincarnation Of A Lovebird / Haitian Fight Song Montage	Bill Frisell	4:48
13.	Open Letter To Duke	Bobby Previte	4:53
14.	The Shoes Of The Fisherman's Wife Are Some Jive Ass Slippers	Hubert Selby Jr. & Bill Frisell	2:37
15.	Oh Lord, Don't Let Them Drop That Atomic Bomb On Me	Keith Richards, Charlie Watts & The Uptown Horns	6:48
16.	Eclipse	Leonard Cohen, Diamanda Galás & Art Baron	7:15
17.	Pithecanthropus Erectus	Robert Quine	5:43
18.	Freedom	Dr. John & Michael Blair	2:52
19.	Weird Nightmare (Reprise)	Elvis Costello	0:40

Musicians

Musicians on Weird Nightmare:

Elvis Costello - vocal, harmonic canon Michael Blair - cloud chamber bowls Marc Ribot - marimba eroica Don Alias - bass marimba Henry Threadgill - flute

Art Baron - great bass recorder, trombone Greg Cohen - bass Bill Frisell - guitar Francis Thumm - Chromelodeon II

Other musicians on the album include:

Keith Richards Charlie Watts Geri Allen Don Byron Crispin Cioe Leonard Cohen Chuck D Ray Davies

Dr. John Sue Evans Bernard Fowler Bob Funk Diamanda Galás Arno Hecht Bobby Keys Kenny Kosek

Chuck Leavell Howard Levy Paul Litterall Gary Lucas Barry Mitterhoff Bobby Previte Robert Quine

Vernon Reid Robbie Robertson Henry Rollins Hubert Selby, Jr. Bob Stewart Tony Trischka Uptown Horns

Notes

• "Weird Nightmare (Reprise)" seems to be an excerpt from the main track.
• Instruments designed and built by Harry Partch were used extensively on this album and for the first time in a commercial recording other than his own. They are:

Cloud Chamber Bowls Bass Marimba Marimba Eroica

Diamond Marimba Chromelodeon II Harmonic Canon

Surrogate Kithara Cone Gongs Crychord

External links

• AllMusic  •  Discogs
• Amazon.com  •  Amazon.co.uk