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- Mingus was among a small number of jazz autobiographers whose approach to writing about the jazz life focused less on the minutiae of life on the road, than they did on exploring the experience of race, gender, and music through complex and often unreliable narration.
www.guitarworld.com/features/the-genius-of-charles-mingusThe genius of Charles Mingus: activist, writer and jazz legend
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May 9, 2022 · Mingus was among a small number of jazz autobiographers whose approach to writing about the jazz life focused less on the minutiae of life on the road, than they did on exploring the experience of race, gender, and music through complex and often unreliable narration.
Then it will turn to Mingus's role as a jazz entrepreneur, and his repeated attempts to stake out his own niche in the music industry. Mingus brought the ethic of struggle to his audience, deflating it as a consuming public and reconstituting it as an appreciative if not quite beloved community.
Mingus often worked with a mid-sized ensemble (around 8–10 members) of rotating musicians known as the Jazz Workshop. Mingus broke new ground, constantly demanding that his musicians be able to explore and develop their perceptions on the spot.
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- Charles Mingus Collection
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).
Jan 21, 2022 · Many jobbing jazz bands fear Mingus – only Goodbye Pork Pie Hat has been adopted as a common standard. Although compositionally he has often been compared to Duke Ellington, Mingus was never concerned with becoming a fixture of the Great American Songbook.
Mar 1, 2002 · This biography leaves no doubt that Charles Mingus was a major figure in the history of jazz and American music. He was a bassist without peer, a seminal influence on contemporary musicians, and the leader of a number of legendary jazz workshops, combos, and big bands.
