Money Jungle

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Money Jungle
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Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 1963
RecordedSeptember 17, 1962
StudioSound Makers Studios, New York City
Genre Post-bop
Length30:12
Label United Artists
Producer Alan Douglas
Duke Ellington chronology
Studio Sessions, New York 1962
(1962)
Money Jungle
(1963)
Duke Ellington & John Coltrane
(1963)
Charles Mingus chronology
Tijuana Moods
(1962)
Money Jungle
(1963)
The Charles Mingus Quintet & Max Roach
(1963)
Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Money Jungle"5:30
2."Fleurette Africaine (African Flower)"3:36
3."Very Special"4:26
4."Warm Valley"3:33
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Wig Wise" 3:21
2."Caravan"music: Juan Tizol and Duke Ellington; lyrics: Irving Mills 4:13
3."Solitude"music: Duke Ellington; lyrics: Eddie DeLange and Mills5:33

LP reissue (1986 – Blue Note)

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Money Jungle"5:26
2."Fleurette Africaine (African Flower)"3:33
3."Very Special"4:23
4."Warm Valley"3:31
5."REM Blues"4:15
6."A Little Max (Parfait)"2:55
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Wig Wise"3:17
2."Switch Blade"5:22
3."Caravan"4:12
4."Backward Country Boy Blues"6:21
5."Solitude"5:32

CD (1987 – Blue Note)

Composers are as above.

No.TitleLength
1."Very Special"4:27
2."A Little Max (Parfait)"2:58
3."A Little Max (Parfait)" (alternative take)3:56
4."Fleurette Africaine (African Flower)"3:37
5."REM Blues"4:17
6."Wig Wise"3:19
7."Switch Blade"5:25
8."Caravan"4:14
9."Money Jungle"5:30
10."Solitude" (alternative take)4:44
11."Solitude"5:34
12."Warm Valley"3:34
13."Backward Country Boy Blues"6:19

CD (2002 – Blue Note)

Composers are as above.

No.TitleLength
1."Money Jungle"5:29
2."Fleurette Africaine (African Flower)"3:36
3."Very Special"4:26
4."Warm Valley"3:32
5."Wig Wise"3:20
6."Caravan"4:12
7."Solitude"5:33
8."Switch Blade"5:24
9."A Little Max (Parfait)"2:58
10."REM Blues"4:18
11."Backward Country Boy Blues"6:33
12."Solitude" (alternative take)4:44
13."Switch Blade" (alternative take)5:13
14."A Little Max (Parfait)" (alternative take)2:57
15."REM Blues" (alternative take)5:45

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