Pre-Bird
| Pre-Bird | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | September 1961 | |||
| Recorded | May 24–25, 1960 | |||
| Studio | Plaza Sound Studios, NY | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 35:20 | |||
| Label | Mercury (1961) Limelight (1965, as Mingus Revisited) | |||
| Producer | Leonard Feather | |||
| Charles Mingus chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | |
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. It was released on Mercury Records in September 1961.