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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 ...
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- The Jazz Library
"The film looks into the life of Mingus as a musician, a father, and a U.S. citizen simultaneously. To begin, the audience is given a first-hand look at Ming...
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- aylerone
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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- Chase Sanborn
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.
Jan 21, 2022 · Charles Mingus: The angry man of jazz. Volatile, complicated and prone to exaggeration, Charles Mingus was also a brilliant innovator and skilled performer, composing works that are easy to listen to but much trickier to play. by: Deb Grant. 21 Jan 2022. Charles Mingus performs at Newport Jazz Festival.
- Deb Grant
Dec 22, 2015 · Mingus was a Janus figure. 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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Saxophonist John Handy said that "Mingus was in the way so much, you couldn't play for it. The man'd stop your solos-he was totally tyrannical."22 Mingus's Workshop was a far cry from the ideal of "negative liberty": his brand of free jazz set severe limits on its horizon of freedom.
