Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
| "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" | |
|---|---|
| Composition by Charles Mingus | |
| from the album Mingus Ah Um | |
| Released | 1959 |
| Genre | Jazz |
| Length | 5:42 |
| Label | Columbia |
| Composer(s) | Charles Mingus |
| Producer(s) | Teo Macero |
"Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" is a jazz standard[1] composed by Charles Mingus, originally recorded by his sextet in 1959 as listed below, and released on his album Mingus Ah Um. Composed in E-flat minor, Mingus wrote it as an elegy for saxophonist Lester Young, who had died two months prior to the recording session, and was known to wear a broad-brimmed pork pie hat.[2]
One of Mingus's best-known compositions, it has been recorded by many jazz and jazz fusion artists.[3] Joni Mitchell added lyrics to the song for her 1979 album Mingus, recorded in collaboration with Mingus during the months before his death.[4] Rahsaan Roland Kirk also composed lyrics to the song, included on his 1976 album The Return of the 5000 Lb. Man.
Personnel
- John Handy – tenor saxophone
- Booker Ervin – tenor saxophone
- Horace Parlan – piano
- Charles Mingus – bass
- Dannie Richmond – drums
Renditions
By Charles Mingus
- Mingus Ah Um (1959)
- Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus (1963) (as "Theme for Lester Young")
- Three or Four Shades of Blues (1977)
By others
- John McLaughlin – My Goal's Beyond (1970)[5]
- Ralph Towner and Gary Burton – Matchbook (1974)[5]
- Rahsaan Roland Kirk – The Return of the 5000 Lb. Man (1976)[5]
- Jeff Beck – Wired (1976)[5]
- Joni Mitchell – Mingus (1979) and Shadows and Light (1980)[5]
- Steve Lacy and Gil Evans – Paris Blues (1987)[5]
- Oliver Lake – Kinda Up (1999)[5]
- Paul Motian – Garden of Eden (2004)[5]
References
- ↑ Goodbye Pork Pie Hat at jazzstandards.com. Retrieved on March 5, 2009
- ↑ Mingus Ah Um at AllMusic. Retrieved March 11, 2009
- ↑ "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat - Charles Mingus - Song Info - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
- ↑ Mingus on AllMusic. Retrieved on March 5, 2009
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Gioia, Ted (2012). The Jazz Standards. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 137. ISBN 978-0-19-993739-4.
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