Tijuana Moods is an album by Charles Mingus originally recorded in 1957 but not released until 1962. It was reissued in 1986 on CD as New Tijuana Moods with four alternate takes. 2-CD expanded versions with further alternate takes were issued by RCA in 2000 and by Columbia in 2010.
The name "Charlie Mingus" appears on the cover of the original album. Mingus hated all nicknames derived from Charles ("Don't call me Charlie; that's not a man's name, that's a name for a horse"[1]). All songs were composed by Mingus except "Flamingo".
Charles Mingus出生于1922年亚利桑那州的Nogales,小时候在Los Angeles生活时就开始学习音乐,十六岁时演奏贝司。跟交响乐队的音乐家学习的五年使他在音乐上打下了良好的基础。四十年代早期与Louis Armstrong、Kid Ory合作,1947—1948年间Mingus为Lionel Hampton的大乐队作曲并演奏。