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May 19, 2017 · Though Mingus had been a jazz radical in the '50s, he'd been contemptuous of the next decade's free jazz, and even his most jolting and near-chaotic moments held to verities learned from former employers such as his idol, Duke Ellington.
Mar 30, 2022 · The series of albums he released on the Columbia imprint were mighty signposts of contemporary music. Mr Mingus, critics argued, was at his ground-breaking best in small, medium and larger ensembles. His glory as a composer and orchestrator shone bright on albums such as Mingus Ah Um.
Feb 28, 2020 · Many of our KNKX School of Jazz DJs have played Mingus recordings on their shows, including this one. Bainbridge High School guest DJ Bridget Shelton had this to say about how successfully Mingus expressed emotion in his music: “You can feel the emotion without having a visual of somebody with pain. You can hear it in their playing.
Apr 21, 2022 · Brooks plays musical saw here, tipping the group slightly towards avant-garde with its skewering of the timbre—yes, yes, Mingus famously hated being associated with the free jazz and avant-garde crowds, but we all know his music landed its octopodal feet firmly planted in all worlds.
Jul 8, 2019 · Mingus may have known little of Mitchell beyond her erroneous image as an “acoustic folkie” impudent enough to experiment with jazz structures and chords, and Mitchell, while “honoured” to be summoned, was not intimidated by Mingus’s reputation, knowing as little as she did of his music.
Sep 23, 2019 · His purported critique of neo-jazz movements of the late 1950s and early 1960s, like the free jazz (“The New Thing”)/avant-garde jazz movement, narratively put him at odds with emerging jazz artists like Ornette Coleman and Miles Davis.
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Apr 21, 2022 · Charles Mingus was everything all at once: jazz, folk, dance, theater, label owner, brave Black man. In an era where the wrong opinions could get him killed or, at the very least, exiled from...