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A video exploring the impact of Charles Mingus on civil rights through his jazz music, presented by Nick Rossi.
- 7 min
- 1880
- Nick Rossi
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. In the 1940s, Mingus began touring with artists such as Louis Armstrong, Lionel Hampton and Kid Ory.
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
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- 4 min
- 896
- Beneath the Bassline
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
Apr 26, 2024 · For an artist credited with over 300 compositions, these ten Charles Mingus songs only scratch the surface of one of jazz’s true originals. They do, though, hopefully show why he is often credited as one of the greatest composers in jazz – if not music in general – alongside Duke Ellington.
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Sep 17, 2013 · For the next five years, Mingus was sunk in gloom. The young people who’d followed him at the Five Spot had moved on to the wilder shores of free jazz and rock, and he felt abandoned.
