Chair in the Sky

Chair in the Sky
Studio album by Mingus Dynasty
Released	May 1980
Recorded	July 9–10, 1979[1]
Length	46:08
Label	Elektra
Producer	İlhan Mimaroğlu
Mingus Dynasty chronology
Chair in the Sky (1980) Live at Montreux (1980)

Chair in the Sky is the first studio album by jazz group Mingus Dynasty. It was released in May 1980, through Elektra Records. Produced by İlhan Mimaroğlu, the album features a group of musicians who had previously played with jazz bassist Charles Mingus, and was recorded months after Mingus' death in January 1979.^[2]

The album contains renditions of three songs which appeared on Joni Mitchell's Mingus (1979), which was a collaboration with the bassist and featured some of his final compositions.^[3] Additionally, versions of "Boogie Stop Shuffle", "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" (both of which had appeared on Mingus' 1959 album Mingus Ah Um, while a version of the latter with lyrics was included on Mingus), and "My Jelly Roll Soul" (from 1960's Blues & Roots) are included.

• John Handy – alto saxophone
• Joe Farrell – tenor saxophone
• Jimmy Owens – trumpet, flugelhorn
• Jimmy Knepper – trombone
• Don Pullen – piano
• Charlie Haden – bass
• Dannie Richmond – drums