Weird Nightmare: Meditations On Mingus

Entertainment Weekly (11/6/92, p.67) - "...they seek the messy Mingus spirit through genre-bending collisions of attitude and sound that cast Elvis Costello as crooner, Henry Rollins as beat poet, and Chuck D as jazz historian..." - Rating: A Q (1/93, p.93) - 3 Stars - Good - "...The results are odd in the extreme, but it is a strangely fluent and affecting body of music with an appeal to match any of [producer] Hal Wilner's previous multi-artist tributes..." Alternative Press (4/93, p.85) - "...the listener can be totally unaware of [Charles] Mingus' music, and still find WEIRD NIGHTMARE compelling...it all feels right and warm...you don't listen to this music, you feel it..." Audio Magazine (11/92, p.124) - Sound: B+ - Performance: B+ - "...Brilliant solos abound...more cohesive than [producer] Willner's past projects...weirdly wonderful music..." Vox (12/92, p.97) - 8 - Excellent - "...Charles Mingus would undoubtedly have approved of WEIRD NIGHTMARE...Mingus was one of the greatest composers of the 20th Century--and these interpretations help to make that point..."