On the 3rd June 1989, New York's Lincoln Center paid tribute to jazz legend Charles Mingus with the world premiere performance of his masterpiece, EPITAPH. The composition--which holds the distinction of being the longest jazz piece ever written--was only discovered after the musician's death in 1979. It is performed here by a thirty-piece orchestra under the conductorship of Gunther Schuller.
Tracklisting: 'Main Score: Part One', 'Percussion Discussion', 'Main Score: Part Two', 'Started Melody', 'The Soul', 'Untitled Ballad', 'Moods In Mambo', 'Self Portrait: The Chill Of Death', 'O.P. (Oscar Pettiford)', 'Please Don't Come Back From The Moon', 'Monk, Bunk And Vice Versa', 'Peggy's Blue Skylight', 'Wolverine Blues', 'The Children's Hour Of Dream', 'Freedom', 'Untitled Interlude', 'Better Get Hit In Your Soul', 'Noon Night', 'Main Score Reprise'.