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Mingus: Charlie Mingus 1968 is a 1968 American documentary film directed by Thomas Reichman (1944-1975) that follows the later life of jazz musician Charles ...
- 58 min
- 414
- The Jazz Library
A video exploring the impact of Charles Mingus on civil rights through his jazz music, presented by Nick Rossi.
- 7 min
- 1880
- Nick Rossi
A profound composer and powerful bassist, Mingus' personal story is at times disturbing, and his reputation as the 'angry man of jazz' was well earned, but his mark on the history of jazz is ...
- 39 min
- 4.5K
- Chase Sanborn
Where Did the "Free" in Free Jazz Come From? THE MUSIC WAS ARGUABLY BORN ON 30 JANUARY 1956, A WELL-NIGH APOCALYPTIC moment when jazz composer Charles Mingus set in motion a novel but durable experiment in musical orchestration and simultaneously un-veiled a menacing critique of modernist authority. Mingus had as-sembled his Jazz Workshop in ...
His compositions retained the hot and soulful feel of hard bop, drawing heavily from black gospel music and blues, while sometimes containing elements of third stream, free jazz, and classical music. He once cited Duke Ellington and church as his main influences.
- Music Division, Library of Congress
- Charles Mingus Collection
Sep 17, 2013 · Mingus’s reverence for the tradition—and his mockery of free jazz musicians as unschooled dilettantes—made it easy to mistake him for a conservative: a “black Stan Kenton,” in the ...
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Sep 6, 2023 · His sonic journey, a fusion of hard bop's fiery spirit and the deep wellsprings of black gospel, occasionally diverged into the realms of Third Stream, free jazz, and classical music. Yet, Mingus was no musical purist; he defied categorization, crafting his own distinctive sound, a harmonious blend of tradition and uncharted jazz territories.
