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Mar 30, 2022 · 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.
Apr 21, 2022 · There’s a hint of Albert Ayler here, not that Mingus embraced what the saxophonist was doing fully, but their parallel ideas of weaving together blues, spirituals, and folk music to define jazz as a crucial Black American art form continue to drive the development of the music.
Where Did the "Free" in Free Jazz Come From? THE MUSIC WAS ARGUABLY BORN ON 30 JANUARY 1956, A WELL-NIGH APOCALYPTIC moment when jazz composer Charles Mingus set in motion a novel but durable experiment in musical orchestration and simultaneously un-veiled a menacing critique of modernist authority. Mingus had as-sembled his Jazz Workshop in ...
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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Born in Nogales, Arizona, in 1922, Charles Mingus was raised in Los Angeles and his early interest in music led to him playing the trombone and cello before he heeded the call of the double bass. He quickly became a bass prodigy, learning his trade in the bands of trumpeter Louis Armstrong and vibraphonists Lionel Hampton and Red Norvo before falli...
As the 50s unfolded, Charles Mingus began to blossom as a bandleader and composer. A crucial catalyst in his development were his jazz workshops, where he honed his material and schooled musicians in his methodology, which involved learning his music by ear rather than reading it from notated charts. In 1956, Mingus unleashed his first bonafide mas...
Charles Mingus never recorded many duo, trio, or even quartet albums; he seemed to prefer the timbral possibilities of writing for groups of five musicians or more. One of his most ambitious works for a large ensemble was the 1960 LP, Pre-Bird, whose title alluded to the fact that Mingus wrote its compositions before the musical innovations of bebo...
One of the LPs that announced Charles Mingus as a jazz pathfinder was 1956’s live offering, Mingus At The Bohemia, which featured the bassist’s regular working quintet of the time. It included two classic Mingus tunes; the swinging “Jump Monk,” defined by lively contrapuntal interplay, and the statelier, more eloquent “Work Song,” a song steeped in...
Mingus never lost his penchant for stirring up controversy, even though his music became slicker and began losing its edge in the 1970s. “Remember Rockefeller At Attica,” and “Free Cell Block F, ‘Tis Nazi USA,” both recorded in 1974, were protest songs; while their messages represented Mingus at his provocative best, the music by contrast, was less...
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Dec 9, 2023 · Mingus, who ended up tired and disillusioned with the music business, and who was not an admirer of free jazz, and was forever fearless and tirelessly independent. The artist could soothe and...
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Jun 7, 2021 · Bandleader Charles Mingus was a notable jazz musician of the mid-twentieth century. He helped pioneer the concept of collective improvisation.
