The Complete Town Hall Concert
| The Complete Town Hall Concert | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live album by | ||||
| Released | 1962 1994 CD reissue with bonus tracks | |||
| Recorded | October 12, 1962 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | United Artists UAJ 14024 Blue Note CDP 7243 | |||
| Charles Mingus chronology | ||||
| ||||
| Original Album Cover | ||||
The Complete Town Hall Concert is a live album by the American jazz musician Charles Mingus released on Blue Note label 1994. It was recorded at the Town Hall in New York City in 1962. Some tracks were previously released on the United Artists label in 1962 as Town Hall Concert.
The concert was conceived as a "live workshop" of newly composed music which would be recorded for release by United Artists but rescheduling, lack of rehearsal time, poor sound and interruptions led to the event and subsequent album being considered a disaster. Much of the music intended for the performance was finally realized by conductor Gunther Schuller in a concert in 1989 as Epitaph.