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East Coasting is an album by Charles Mingus, recorded and released in late 1957. It was reissued on CD with bonus takes in 1993.

Track listing:
“Memories of You” [Take 7] (Eubie Blake, Andy Razaf) – 4:27
“East Coasting” [Take 4] – 5:13
“West Coast Ghost” [Take 6] – 10:28
“Celia” [Take 5] – 7:54
“Conversation” [Take 16] – 5:28
“Fifty-First Street Blues” [Take 4] – 5:48
“East Coasting” [alternate take] – 5:30
“Memories of You” [alternate take] (Blake, Razaf) – 4:42
“Revelations” – 12:05
“Woody ‘n’ You” (Dizzy Gillespie) – 8:44
“Billie’s Bounce” (Charlie Parker) – 9:08

Tracks 1 through 6 comprise the original album; 7 and 8 are bonus tracks; 9 through 11 are taken from other 1957 sessions and included on a 2010 CD reissue.
Tracks 1 through 8 recorded August 16, 1957, in New York City.
Track 9 recorded June 18, 1957, in New York City.
Tracks 10 and 11 recorded October 1957, in New York City.

Personnel:
Charles Mingus – bass
Clarence Shaw – trumpet (1-8)
Jimmy Knepper – trombone
Shafi Hadi – alto saxophone (1-8, 10, 11), tenor saxophone (10, 11)
Bill Evans – piano (1-9)
Horace Parlan – piano (10, 11)
Dannie Richmond – drums (1-8, 10, 11)

Track 9 was recorded by the Jazz Workshop, a larger ensemble organized and led by Mingus that included Knepper and Evans.

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Released: November or December 1957
Recorded: August 16, 1957
Length: 38:49
Label: Bethlehem