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- 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!)
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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 ...
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By the late 1960s and early 1970s, Mingus wrote more than 300 scores and recorded more than 100 albums. Some noteworthy albums include: Pithecanthropus Erectus, The Clown, Mingus Dynasty, The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady, Cumbia and Jazz Fusion and Let My Children Hear Music.
Mar 24, 2022 · Charles Mingus’s deep knowledge, powerful playing, pursuit of justice and love of jazz shine through in every track he recorded.
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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.
