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Charles Mingus Jr. (April 22, 1922 – January 5, 1979) was an American jazz upright bassist, composer, bandleader, pianist, and author.A major proponent of collective improvisation, he is considered one of the greatest jazz musicians and composers in history, [1] with a career spanning three decades and collaborations with other jazz greats such as Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Max Roach ...
This tune was also released on Hal Willner's tribute CD: Weird Nightmare - Meditations on Mingus. "Opus 3" is based on the Mingus's 1957 composition "Pithecanthropus Erectus", in which certain sections are played without key or meter restrictions. "Opus 4" is a straight-ahead swinger that features Don Pullen playing a free solo part.
Another effort of preservation was his editing and posthumous premiering at Lincoln Center in 1989 of Charles Mingus's immense final work, Epitaph, subsequently released on Columbia/Sony Records. [20] He was the author of two major books on the history of jazz, Early Jazz (1968) [21] and The Swing Era: The Development of Jazz, 1930-1945. [22]
Companion album to Mingus Ah Um (Columbia, 1959) Pre-Bird: Mercury, 1961 May 25, 1960 a.k.a. Mingus Revisited: Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus: Candid, 1960 October 20, 1960 Newport Rebels: Candid, 1961 November 11, 1960 Jazz Artists Guild led by Charles Mingus and Max Roach Mingus: Candid, 1961 November 11, 1960 Mysterious Blues: Candid ...
The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady is a studio album by Charles Mingus.It was recorded on January 20, 1963, and released in July of that year by Impulse!Records.The album comprises a single continuous composition—partially written as a ballet—divided into four tracks and six movements. [1]
The quartet of Mingus, multi-instrumentalist Eric Dolphy, trumpeter Ted Curson, and drummer Dannie Richmond constituted Mingus' core working band at the time, and had been performing the material on this album for weeks at The Showplace in New York. To recreate this atmosphere, Mingus introduces the songs as if he were speaking to the audience ...
Town Hall Concert is a 1964 live album by the jazz bassist and composer Charles Mingus.It was recorded in New York City at The Town Hall on April 4, 1964. "So Long Eric" is a 12-bar blues that got its name after Eric Dolphy informed Mingus he would be leaving the band to stay in Europe before a concert in Oslo.
A Modern Jazz Symposium of Music and Poetry is an album by the jazz bassist, composer, and band leader Charles Mingus, released by Bethlehem Records in mid-1959. [1] [2] In spite of the title, the album does not contain any poetry. [3] "