Pre-Bird

Pre-Bird (later re-released as Mingus Revisited) is an album by jazz bassist and composer Charles Mingus consisting of music that was composed before Mingus first heard Charlie Parker, hence the title Pre-Bird.

[3][4] The album was recorded over May 24-25 1960 at Plaza Sound Studios in New York City.

[5] The album includes two tracks which feature contrapuntal arrangements of swing era pieces, aided by stereo mixing.

The same is done with "Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me" and "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart".

All tracks are written by Charles Mingus (except where noted)Personnel via MusicBrainz.