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Allegedly nicknamed the "Sweatshop," Mingus's group had a paradoxically disciplinary quality: while Mingus laid the. basis for free jazz (increasing the musical freedoms of his Workshoppers through modal forms), he constrained his fellow musicians through the Workshop's febrile instruction.
- Pithecanthropus Erectus. From the album Pithecanthropus Erectus – Rec: 1956. Sounding as radical today as at the time of release, this Charles Mingus song is a tone poem that he said depicted the rise and fall of man.
- Haitian Fight Song. From the album The Clown – Rec: 1957. One of the most vital elements of Mingus’s writing is it’s deep connection to the blues and early jazz, whilst anticipating some of the developments of the free jazz of the 1960s.
- Ysabel’s Table Dance. From the album Tijuana Moods – Rec: 1957. Recorded just months after The Clown but not released until 1962, the album Tijuana Moods hints at some of the musical ideas that Mingus would follow up a few years later with his epic The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady (1963).
- Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting. From the album Blues & Roots – Rec: 1959. The Charles Mingus album Blues & Roots features a larger band than usual (even for him!)
Mar 30, 2022 · After an iconic set in which he played his famous medley of the Duke’s tunes at the Monterey Jazz Festival in 1695, Mr Mingus said in homage: “Thank you, but I owe it all to Duke Ellington… I should say… I stole it from him…”
Aug 1, 2001 · Pithecanthropus Erectus was one of the precursors of the 1960s free jazz movement, as its title track is one of the first examples of musicians freely interpreting systems of notes.
At eight years old, Mingus heard the melodic voice of Duke Ellington over the radio, and soon developed a serious passion for jazz music. As a teenager, Mingus began to study “double bass and composition in a formal way,” while simultaneously absorbing first hand a vernacular for jazz through some of the earlier greats.
Jun 15, 2021 · Richard Brody reviews “Mingus at Carnegie Hall,” the newly released two-CD set of the entirety of the 1974 jazz concert by the bassist and bandleader Charles Mingus.
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Apr 26, 2021 · The incident inspired composer-bassist Charles Mingus to write 1959’s “Fables of Faubus” for his Mingus Ah Um album. Mingus was a genius of biting sarcasm, and his loping tune features his cutting call-and-response with drummer Dannie Richmond.
