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Jul 10, 2023 · In 1973, composer and bass virtuoso Charles Mingus signed his last recording contract with Atlantic; he'd stay with the label till his death in 1979. A new box set collects his music from that...
- Kevin Whitehead
Mingus chafed at being called a jazz composer and disparaged the term “jazz” altogether. “Don’t call me a jazz musician,” he said in 1969. “The word jazz means… discrimination, second-class citizenship, the back-of-the-bus bit.”. Accordingly, his music moved beyond the confines of traditional jazz.
Apr 21, 2022 · But his defining years were still ahead: Mingus’s music would ultimately become hard to disassociate from the 1960s, probably because it so powerfully conveys a feeling of convulsive change.
Changes. Mingus's pace slowed somewhat in the late 1960s and early 1970s. In 1974, after his 1970 sextet with Charles McPherson, Eddie Preston and Bobby Jones disbanded, he formed a quintet with Richmond, pianist Don Pullen, trumpeter Jack Walrath and saxophonist George Adams.
- Music Division, Library of Congress
- Charles Mingus Collection
Apr 20, 2023 · Mingus Moves opens the collection, recorded in October 1973, leading a new quintet with youthful musicians – trumpeter Ronald Hampton, tenor saxophonist George Adams, and pianist Don Pullen – and old friend Dannie Richmond on drums.
Apr 22, 2022 · The 10-piece ensemble features the bassoon, bass clarinet, French horn, and guitar, alongside drums, bass, trombone, trumpet, alto and tenor saxophone. Born on 22nd April 1922, legendary jazz composer and musician Charles Mingus’ legacy lives on 100 years later...
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Mar 30, 2022 · The former album contained two seminal extended works of significant musical import: “Cumbia and Jazz Fusion” and “Music for Todo Modo”. These “extended” works form a corpus of large symphonic works that ended in Mr Mingus’ greatest work: the mighty, Wagnerian work entitled “Epitaph”.
