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     Jazz Icons Charles Mingus Live in '64

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     Charles Mingus-The Jazz Workshop Concerts 1964-65 (Full Album)

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     Mingus: Charlie Mingus 1968 - Documentary film directed by Thomas Reichman

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   Dec 22, 2023 · Volatile and complicated, Charles Mingus was also a brilliant jazz bass player, skilled performer, composing works that are easy to ...

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   A video exploring the impact of Charles Mingus on civil rights through his jazz music, presented by Nick Rossi.

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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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5. www.albionbeatnik.co.uk › 2015/12/22 › anAn Introduction to Charles Mingus, the Angry Man of Jazz

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   Dec 22, 2015 · He combined New Orleans jazz, blues and gospel in a bebop setting, and at the same time prepared the way for Miles Davis’s modal work (with his use of pedal points and ostinati patterns) and free jazz (with his rhythmic and ensemble devices).

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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.

7. www.knkx.org › jazz-and-blues › 2020/02/28'Creativity is more than just being different.' A look at the ...

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   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.

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   What were Mingus' feelings towards free jazz?

   • Mingus had strong feelings about free jazz. He was able to distinguish between those who genuinely improvised and those who were pretending. Despite this, he was wary of free-form jazz, expressing the opinion that 'if the free-form guys could play the same tune twice, then I would say they were playing something.'

   Charles Mingus in the 1950s

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   How did Mingus change music?

   • But it was also the two volumes of Changes that became milestones in music. With highly advanced harmonic and rhythmic conception Mr Mingus changed the way music was orchestrated, with often roguishly dissonant ensemble playing and soaring soli by all manner of inimitable musicians.

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   Why is Mingus' music so important?

   • The music in Mr Mingus’ incomparable oeuvre also tells the story of a musician acutely aware of the fact that music was far from the iteration of the art that developed in Middle Ages, Renaissance and Romantic Europe.

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   Is Charles Mingus a great composer?

   • Of all the joys of listening to music – any music, I might add – listening to and taking in the music of the incomparable Charles Mingus ranks among the greatest. With very good reason. The great composer and [ever greater] contrabassist was – first and foremost – a towering, prescient voice in music.

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   What did Mingus do for a living?

   • 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.

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   Who was Charles Mingus?

   • Charles Mingus, Paris 1964. Photo by Guy Le Querrec. During the decade of the 1950’s many believe that Mr Mingus was at the peak of his powers. 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.

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   Mar 30, 2022 · To commemorate what would have been the 100th birthday (April 22, 2022) of iconic jazz composer/bandleader/bassist Charles Mingus (1922-2022), The Django is hosting special Mingus concerts including this one featuring Mingus Big Band musical director/member Conrad Herwig.