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Money Jungle is a studio album by the pianist Duke Ellington with the double bassist Charles Mingus and the drummer Max Roach. It was recorded on September 17, 1962, and released in February 1963 by United Artists Jazz. All but one of the compositions were written by Ellington, with four of the seven on the original LP being recorded for the first time on this album. Later releases on CD added eight tracks from the same recording session. The album was reviewed positively at the time of its release and subsequent reviews have remained highly favorable. Negative comments have concentrated on differences in playing style among the three musicians and an arguably exaggerated generational gap between Ellington and the others, as well as a near-walkout by Mingus mid-session. Hundreds of musicians have been influenced by the recording, in particular by the freedom of individual expression within a small-group setting. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money_J...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
