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Charles Mingus Jr. (April 22, 1922 – January 5, 1979) was an American jazz upright bassist, composer, bandleader, pianist, and author. A major proponent of collective improvisation, he is considered one of the greatest jazz musicians and composers in history, [1] with a career spanning three decades and collaborations with other jazz greats ...
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- Charles Mingus Collection
Apr 22, 2022 · “What is a jazz composer?”, Charles Mingus asks in the first sentence of the liner notes of his 1970 album, ‘Let my Children Hear Music’. Born 100 years ago in 1922, Mingus was an American jazz double bassist , pianist, composer, and bandleader.
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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
Apr 21, 2022 · Ms Mingus has overseen weekly performances by the Mingus Big Band, a 14-piece ensemble, for three decades as its artistic director, a role she now shares with Boris Kozlov, who plays the...
Jul 8, 2019 · Essentially, the personnel comprised the jazz-fusion group Weather Report, sans leader Joe Zawinul. Shorter and Hancock are mixed more subtly, with Mitchell’s vocal and Pastorius’s bass leading proceedings. Mitchell was keenly aware of the dismissive view held by many of the role of the singer.
- Jazz Journal
Apr 21, 2022 · Charles McPherson. Saxophonist, 82; played in Mingus’s ensembles from 1960 to 1972. Mingus to me was a complicated person, and he had a lot of moving parts, which can translate into musical...
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Apr 14, 2023 · Mingus often challenged the racial politics of jazz culture and the music industry, as well as critiquing the absurdity of segregation and segregationists like Governor Orval Faubus. He understood himself as a black man in a white world. He advocated for musicians to be well compensated and recognized for their music.
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