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CHARLES MINGUS RE-DISCOVERED, AGAIN (2018): The black saint of jazz past, and in the present

CHARLES MINGUS RE-DISCOVERED, AGAIN (2018): The black saint of jazz past, and in the present

...Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday and Charles Mingus who are always respected and cited, but you... ...time for the great bassist/composer Charles Mingus, almost 40 years after his death at age 56.... ...is magisterial in its scope and caught Mingus at one of his many late-period peaks, being... ...Erectus (from '56) which sounds like Mingus and the band of drummer Roy Brooks, trumpeter... ...of ensemble playing which swings. Elsewhere Mingus revisited equally familiar material with rare... ...'Trane is fixed in the jazz firmament and Mingus was always perhaps a more difficult for those... ...fearless soloing, and it is a lot of Charles Mingus music in one gigantic chunk. Jazz is almost...

Charles Mingus: The Lost Album from Ronnie Scott's (Resonance/digital outlets)

Charles Mingus: The Lost Album from Ronnie Scott's (Resonance/digital outlets)

...the great bassist/composer Charles Mingus performed at Ronnie Scott's club in London in... ...listeners rightly welcome them. This one by Mingus especially so because he had an excellent band... ...and beyond), and some who have a lot of Mingus in their collection may consider another... ...of Faubus for example is a tour-de-force of Mingus' post-Ellington work which touches on many... ...of the piece which, by this time, had been in Mingus' repertoire for almost 15 years. There are... ...moments throughout these nine pieces (check Mingus' solo at the end of Fables) distilled from the... ...nights at Scott's. Mingus had great respect for the traditions he came... ...Coleman, Keith Jarrett, Bill Evans and Mingus among those to be let go). So the sound here...

CHARLES MINGUS, PITHECANTHROPUS ERECTUS IN 1956: Man standing up tall

CHARLES MINGUS, PITHECANTHROPUS ERECTUS IN 1956: Man standing up tall

...the time Charles Mingus died in 1979 at 56, most of the obituaries had... ...been prepared. Mingus, suffering the increasingly debilitating Lou... ...the bassist Charlie Haden said, "Charles Mingus was one of those rare human beings who created... ...expression." Dizzy Gillespie said, "Mingus' tunes were sort of uniquely . . . Mingus.... ...recorded on a single day in February '56, Mingus delivered his first breathtaking statement.... ...track alone "provides a catalogue of Mingus innovations" wrote Bob Blumenthal in... ...dominated earlier jazz are replaced by what Mingus called 'extended forms'; a long... ...The album also contains A Foggy Day -- and Mingus was quick to point out in his thoughtful and... ...is simply a beautiful poem for saxophone with Mingus playing a moody counter-melody. The album was... ...first appearance of what Mingus called his Jazz Workshop, an idea he had...

CHARLES MINGUS: Genius captured in the late Fifties

CHARLES MINGUS: Genius captured in the late Fifties

...Mingus was one of jazz's greatest geniuses and... ...'99 of two of his late Fifties albums – Mingus Ah Um and Mingus Dynasty – restored the... ...notes and excellent; explanatory essays by Mingus’ biographer Brian Priestley, plus the... ...unedited 1979 versions of the original albums. Mingus Ah Um is essential in any halfway-decent jazz... ...Handy, tenor player Booker Ervin and others, Mingus’ compositions reflected his maturity (he... ...of Open Letter to Duke). There are a swag of Mingus classics on Ah Um: the uplifting Better Git It... ...of Faubus . . . if you only ever buy one Mingus album, this should be it. Mingus Dynasty is... ...uneven, although Mingus’ compositional ability to write... ...Benny Golson and Roland Hanna on piano. In the Mingus reissue series there was also an Alternate... ...fascinating but perhaps the domain of the true Mingus aficionado. Charles Mingus was powerful and...

Charles Mingus: Thirteen Pictures, The Charles Mingus Anthology (1993)

Charles Mingus: Thirteen Pictures, The Charles Mingus Anthology (1993)

...album could stand as emblematic of Charles Mingus, although many are certainly essential. In... ...after The Wire magazine offered its primer on Mingus albums in early 2004 (14 albums under his own... ...for the inclusion of others. That was Charles Mingus: too big, too broad, too deep . . . just too... ...on from his death, more -- and just as complex Mingus and Mingus-affected -- music is being... ...releases began with Joni Mitchell’s Mingus album which came shortly after his death. She... ...there was Weird Nightmare, the 1992 tribute to Mingus pulled together by producer and conceptualist... ...and his legacy is carried on by the Mingus Dynasty and the Mingus Big Band which his wife... ...into existence. There’s a lotta Mingus out there and Mingus -- like Bird -- lives.... ...of drawing from some of the multiple labels Mingus recorded for and includes material not often... ...angry and restless spirit that was Charles Mingus. He was born in Arizona in 1922 but grew up in...

Various Artists: Weird Nightmare; Meditations on Mingus (Sony)

Various Artists: Weird Nightmare; Meditations on Mingus (Sony)

...But this one for jazz composer/bassist Charles Mingus is a bit different. Previously Willner would... ...piece or Chuck D chants down some Mingus words. Robbie Robertson and Henry Rollins... ...odd, fascinating Willner collection. And Mingus fans will perhaps feel this is closer to the... ...no doubt genuine, but light and studied Mingus album shortly after his death in...

TAL FARLOW (1921- 1998): Fading, like notes in the breeze

TAL FARLOW (1921- 1998): Fading, like notes in the breeze

...trio with young bassist Charles Mingus in the early Fifties, adopted a cool and...

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE JAZZ QUESTIONNAIRE: Tom Ludvigson of Trip to the Moon

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE JAZZ QUESTIONNAIRE: Tom Ludvigson of Trip to the Moon

...jazz. You would go to . . ? 1959 and catch Mingus’ Jazz Workshop in action. Which period...

Grammaphone: Grammaphone (Thoughtless)

Grammaphone: Grammaphone (Thoughtless)

...but when young people write a track called Mingus you know they are stepping up to be counted....

Paul Bley Quintet: Barrage (ESP-Disk)

Paul Bley Quintet: Barrage (ESP-Disk)

...and recorded a trio album with Charles Mingus and Art Blakey over a decade previous as a...

THE BEST OF ELSEWHERE, THE YEAR IN REISSUES (2018)

THE BEST OF ELSEWHERE, THE YEAR IN REISSUES (2018)

...albums which appeared this year (Coltrane, Mingus, Garner etc, see Jazz in Elsewhere) because...

Marianne Faithfull: Easy Come Easy Go (Naive)

Marianne Faithfull: Easy Come Easy Go (Naive)

...among other fascinating albums, the Charles Mingus tribute Weird Nightmare), this all-star...

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: Dave Graney

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: Dave Graney

...“beneath the underdog “ by Charles Mingus. “Go Now” by Richard Hell ,...

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE JAZZ QUESTIONNAIRE: Jonathan Crayford

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE JAZZ QUESTIONNAIRE: Jonathan Crayford

...you have read is . . . Beneath The Underdog - Mingus If you could get on stage with anyone it would... ...downloads include . . .) Tijuana Moods - Mingus One jazz standard you wished you had written ....

SABU TOYOZUMI PROFILED (2017): Zen and the art of freedom

SABU TOYOZUMI PROFILED (2017): Zen and the art of freedom

...Paris in '71 and he also recorded with Charles Mingus that same year. Unfortunately very few –...

Jackie McLean: Right Now! (1965)

Jackie McLean: Right Now! (1965)

...Davis' All Stars, and had worked with Charles Mingus and Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. He had an...

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE JAZZ QUESTIONNAIRE: Alan Brown

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE JAZZ QUESTIONNAIRE: Alan Brown

...the late Dave McArtney lent me, was Charles Mingus’s Beneath The Underdog. You sort of have... ...understand Mingus’s approach to music to take some of this... ...named after two characters from the book that Mingus met when he spent time in a mental hospital in...

THE BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2018: THE EDITOR'S PICKS

THE BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2018: THE EDITOR'S PICKS

...territory? We wrote about it here. Charles Mingus: Jazz in Detroit/Strata Concert Gallery/46... ...bassist/composer had never appeared before. Mingus at one of his many peaks across a terrific...

The Bird and the Bee: Ray Guns Are Just Not the Future (Blue Note)

The Bird and the Bee: Ray Guns Are Just Not the Future (Blue Note)

...pianist (he apparently studied with Charles Mingus alumnus Jaki Byard and toured with Bobby...

Various Artists: Machaut Man and a Superman Hat; The Music of Dave Lisik (Rattle Jazz)

Various Artists: Machaut Man and a Superman Hat; The Music of Dave Lisik (Rattle Jazz)

...Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane and Charles Mingus. These are charts written over a number of...

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE JAZZ QUESTIONNAIRE . . . Lucien Johnson

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE JAZZ QUESTIONNAIRE . . . Lucien Johnson

...is jazz, and this is how it works'? Maybe Mingus’s Haitian Fight Song. Or Albert... ...on drums, Claude Debussy on the piano, Charles Mingus on bass and Lester Bowie on trumpet....

Berne, Taborn, Formanek, Cleaver: The Rub and Spare Change (ECM/Ode)

Berne, Taborn, Formanek, Cleaver: The Rub and Spare Change (ECM/Ode)

...Formanek who has been a mainstay of the Mingus Big Band and in altoist Tim Berne's more edgy... ...-- that said though this is mostly post-Monk/Mingus much as you might expect it to be interpreted...

THE BARGAIN BUY: Jeff Beck: Original Album Classics

THE BARGAIN BUY: Jeff Beck: Original Album Classics

...later includes an interpretation of Charles Mingus' salute to Lester Young, Goodbye Pork Pie Hat....

ATLANTIC JAZZ LEGENDS IN A BOX (2014): Cheap steps into giant jazz

ATLANTIC JAZZ LEGENDS IN A BOX (2014): Cheap steps into giant jazz

...Coleman's Change of the Century, Charles Mingus' Blues and Roots, Roland Kirk's The Inflated... ...(tr) and Billy Higgins (dr). And Charles Mingus' Blues and Roots ('60) was right from the...

Lewis McCallum: Syntheology (Finch Studios)

Lewis McCallum: Syntheology (Finch Studios)

...but also part of the rhythmic whole. Tales of Mingus might not owe too much to Charles, but it...

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE JAZZ QUESTIONNAIRE: Benny Lackner

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE JAZZ QUESTIONNAIRE: Benny Lackner

...Prince and Bowie as much as Monk and Mingus and the grand jazz tradition (we see no Bill...

RECOMMENDED REISSUE: Jaki Byard: Blues for Smoke (Candid/digital outlets)

RECOMMENDED REISSUE: Jaki Byard: Blues for Smoke (Candid/digital outlets)

...style as well as playing with Charles Mingus (notably on Black Saint and the Sinner Lady),...

LUCINDA WILLIAMS INTERVIEWED (2007): Out of the Blue

LUCINDA WILLIAMS INTERVIEWED (2007): Out of the Blue

...jazz musicians Thelonious Monk and Charles Mingus, and Leonard Cohen. “He brought a lot of...

HAL WILLNER INTERVIEWED (2013): More rum, sodomy and the lash

HAL WILLNER INTERVIEWED (2013): More rum, sodomy and the lash

...jazz geniuses Thelonious Monk and Charles Mingus (That's the Way I Feel in 84, Weird Nightmare,... ...Hal Willner in the past. I'm a big fan of the Mingus one and maybe we can talk about that. I've not... ...a singular record as you're familiar with the Mingus record you'll know what I mean, a sort of... ...joy in the result on a million levels. But the Mingus was the last one of its kind, and last summer...

JIMI HENDRIX AND ALAN DOUGLAS: The fireball and the keeper of the flame

JIMI HENDRIX AND ALAN DOUGLAS: The fireball and the keeper of the flame

...Artists, teamed up Duke Ellington with Charles Mingus (right) and Max Roach for the Money Jungle...

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE JAZZ QUESTIONNAIRE: Phil Davison

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE JAZZ QUESTIONNAIRE: Phil Davison

...you was . . ? Hog Callin' Blues, by Charles Mingus with a sax solo by Rahsaan Roland Kirk. That...

LESTER BOWIE REMEMBERED (1941-1999): Does humour belong in music?

LESTER BOWIE REMEMBERED (1941-1999): Does humour belong in music?

...through sophisticated swing with nods to Mingus and Ellington, and ride the boundaries of free...

RECOMMENDED REISSUE: Mal Waldron; Free At Last (ECM 2xLP/CD/digital)

RECOMMENDED REISSUE: Mal Waldron; Free At Last (ECM 2xLP/CD/digital)

...Decades previous he'd played with Coltrane, Mingus and Eric Dolphy. And that was enough for me. I...

Eric Dolphy: Out to Lunch (1964)

Eric Dolphy: Out to Lunch (1964)

...his music. Already he had worked with Charles Mingus, Max Roach, George Russell and John Coltrane... ...Eighties), and saw him playing in Europe with Mingus again after being a member of Coltrane’s...

STEVE MILLER INTERVIEWED (2013): Band still on the money and run

STEVE MILLER INTERVIEWED (2013): Band still on the money and run

...parties going on at the house and Charles Mingus, Red Norvo, Tal Farlow, Les and Mary Ford are...

JOHN COLTRANE: RESURRECTED, RE-DISCOVERED, REISSUED. AGAIN (2018): Some new favourite things once more

JOHN COLTRANE: RESURRECTED, RE-DISCOVERED, REISSUED. AGAIN (2018): Some new favourite things once more

...day of studio sessions – and the Charles Mingus radio recordings of live dates as Jazz in... ...their attention . . . and the Coltrane and Mingus releases lent themselves to enthusiastic ....

ROTOR PLUS INTERVIEWED (2014): The slow music movement

ROTOR PLUS INTERVIEWED (2014): The slow music movement

...speakers for me these days) I'm obsessed with Mingus at the moment so maybe that will reveal...

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE PRODUCER QUESTIONNAIRE: Jonathan Pearce of the Beths

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE PRODUCER QUESTIONNAIRE: Jonathan Pearce of the Beths

...Better Get Hit In Your Soul - Charles Mingus (Teo Macero) Define A Transparent Dream -...

Joni Mitchell, Blue (1971)

Joni Mitchell, Blue (1971)

...that of the jazz-rock she created.Her album Mingus in '79 was not her most successful (although...

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . .  BERT JANSCH: The most reluctant hero

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . . BERT JANSCH: The most reluctant hero

...passages). He listened to jazz (Charles Mingus a particular favourite) as much as old British...

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: Ben Lemi of Congress of Animals

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: Ben Lemi of Congress of Animals

...by Duke Ellington, with Charles Mingus and Max Roach “Yar Allahoo” by...

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE JAZZ QUESTIONNAIRE: Tania Giannouli

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE JAZZ QUESTIONNAIRE: Tania Giannouli

...“Beneath the Underdog” by Charles Mingus If you could get on stage with anyone it would... ...Davis, Keith Jarrett, Roland Dyens, Charles Mingus, Paul Motian. And finally, is there a track on...

ROBERT WYATT IN CUCKOOLAND (2003): A man, his muse and his music

ROBERT WYATT IN CUCKOOLAND (2003): A man, his muse and his music

...in pop groups but loved the jazz of Charles Mingus and the equally uncategorisable Ornette...

THE BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2013: THE YEAR IN REISSUES

THE BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2013: THE YEAR IN REISSUES

...Hall in Toronto with Dizzy Gillespie, Charles Mingus, Max Roach and Bud Powell; 50 years since the...

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE JAZZ QUESTIONNAIRE: Tamara Murphy of Spirograph Studies

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE JAZZ QUESTIONNAIRE: Tamara Murphy of Spirograph Studies

...toss up between Beneath the Underdog by Mingus (it’s a great read, and outrageous in...

Dave Holland Octet: Pathways (Red Eye/Southbound)

Dave Holland Octet: Pathways (Red Eye/Southbound)

...nod to the territory between Ellington and Mingus (and allow trumpeter Sasha Sipiagin to take...

KAMASI WASHINGTON; THE EPIC (2015): Sometimes bigger is much better

KAMASI WASHINGTON; THE EPIC (2015): Sometimes bigger is much better

...Whether it be Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, Miles Davis or John Coltrane – or many...

JOEY BURNS OF CALEXICO, INTERVIEWED (2023): Still wired after all these years

JOEY BURNS OF CALEXICO, INTERVIEWED (2023): Still wired after all these years

...big fan of [Dolphy], and more and more Charles Mingus, who was born in Nogales, the border town of... ...people's attention and Crumble pays homage to Mingus and Gil Evans. It allows me to push myself as...

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: Finn Scholes

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: Finn Scholes

...Davis biography. I also started the Charles Mingus biography. Sadly didn’t finish either of...

JEFF BECK INTERVIEWED AND REVIEWED (2008): If truth be known

JEFF BECK INTERVIEWED AND REVIEWED (2008): If truth be known

...Beatles’ She’s A Woman, Charles Mingus’ Goodbye Pork Pie Hat) as starting...

DAVE BRUBECK (1920-2012): Standing the test of Time

DAVE BRUBECK (1920-2012): Standing the test of Time

...it’s Brubeck playing a duet with Charles Mingus, laying down chords behind Louis Armstrong or...

BOB THIELE PROFILED (2013): At the helm of the Flying Dutchman

BOB THIELE PROFILED (2013): At the helm of the Flying Dutchman

...the careers of many notable jazz artists (Mingus, Ayler, Shepp, Rollins etc), chief among them...

Mulatu Astatke: Mulatu Steps Ahead (Strut)

Mulatu Astatke: Mulatu Steps Ahead (Strut)

...- before it heads of into a swinging Ellington/Mingus territory. Here with the Either/Orchestra, the...

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE JAZZ QUESTIONNAIRE: Mike Nock

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE JAZZ QUESTIONNAIRE: Mike Nock

...Gillespie, Bud Powell, Max Roach, Charles Mingus. I heard it on NZ radio and I thought it was a...

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE JAZZ QUESTIONNAIRE . . . Chelsea Prastiti of Skilaa

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE JAZZ QUESTIONNAIRE . . . Chelsea Prastiti of Skilaa

...Bud Powell, Thelonious, Sarah Vaughn, Sun Ra, Mingus, Duke, Basie! Too many to choose from! :3...

THE ELSEWHERE SONGWRITER QUESTIONNAIRE: APRA Silver Scroll nominee 2012 Kody Nielson

THE ELSEWHERE SONGWRITER QUESTIONNAIRE: APRA Silver Scroll nominee 2012 Kody Nielson

...musicians you have read is . . . The Charles Mingus autobiography. If you could co-write with...

CALEXICO INTERVIEWED (2003): Beneath the high wide sky

CALEXICO INTERVIEWED (2003): Beneath the high wide sky

...a big fan of him - and more and more Charles Mingus, who was born in Nogales, which is the border...

SHORT CUTS: A round-up of recent New Zealand releases

SHORT CUTS: A round-up of recent New Zealand releases

...Waltz, Cole Porter's Love for Sale, the Mingus-Joni MItchell Goodbye Pork Pie Hat and Led...

John Coltrane: Blue World (Impulse! digital outlets)

John Coltrane: Blue World (Impulse! digital outlets)

...of crossroad), radio recordings of Charles Mingus live in Detroit in '73 (recommended) and...

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE SONGWRITER QUESTIONNAIRE: A.U.R.A

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE SONGWRITER QUESTIONNAIRE: A.U.R.A

...read is . . . Beneath the underdog by Charlie Mingus If you could co-write with anyone it would be...

SEX, SELLING AND MELODY GARDOT (2018): Wearing your arse on your sleeve

SEX, SELLING AND MELODY GARDOT (2018): Wearing your arse on your sleeve

...touch some serious gospel-soul as on March for Mingus which opens with her aching through a few...

Dave Wilson: Ephemeral (Thelonious Records/bandcamp)

Dave Wilson: Ephemeral (Thelonious Records/bandcamp)

...passages underpinned by repeated phrases into Mingus-like funk and a tasty spaghetti of coiled sax,... ...of the shape-shifting 14 minute Liv's Theme (Mingus again?) and bass clarinet melancholy against... ...arrangements with as much Ellington as Mingus in some places for the horns (Dissipation with...

Bernie McGann: 1966 (Sarang Bang)

Bernie McGann: 1966 (Sarang Bang)

...music from the US in the form of Charles Mingus, Eric Dolphy and Ornette Coleman -- whose When...

MID-YEAR REPORT, THE TOP 20 OF (2022): The taste of Elsewhere

MID-YEAR REPORT, THE TOP 20 OF (2022): The taste of Elsewhere

.... . . Read the full review here . Charles Mingus: The Lost Album from Ronnie Scott's We said:... ...moments throughout these nine pieces (check Mingus' solo at the end of Fables) distilled from the... ...nights at Scott's. Mingus had great respect for the traditions he came...

SAXOPHONE COLOSSUS; THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF SONNY ROLLINS by AIDAN LEVY

SAXOPHONE COLOSSUS; THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF SONNY ROLLINS by AIDAN LEVY

...Holiday, Charlie Parker, Coltrane, Charles Mingus, Monk, Miles, Max Roach, Art Blakey, Ornette...

HARRY SMITH'S LEGACY REVISITED 2007: His grave is being kept . . . clean?

HARRY SMITH'S LEGACY REVISITED 2007: His grave is being kept . . . clean?

...The Revelator, as is Eric (son of Charles) Mingus on Oh Death Where Is Thy Sting. And Phillip...

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE JAZZ QUESTIONNAIRE: Paul Dyne

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE JAZZ QUESTIONNAIRE: Paul Dyne

...musicians (living or dead) would be . . ?
 Mingus, Coltrane, Elvin Jones, Clifford Brown,...

Daniel Herskedal: Voyage (Edition/digital outlets)

Daniel Herskedal: Voyage (Edition/digital outlets)

...appeared on albums by just about everyone from Mingus and Dexter Gordon to the Band and Lennon; and...

JAZZ: A FILM by KEN BURNS (DVD): The never-ending story

JAZZ: A FILM by KEN BURNS (DVD): The never-ending story

...get enough attention (Bill Evans, Charles Mingus, Stan Getz, Cecil Taylor are cruelly and...

KURT ELLING INTERVIEWED (2004): Moved by the spirit

KURT ELLING INTERVIEWED (2004): Moved by the spirit

...the music of Charlie Parker or Charles Mingus' music you hear the broken heart of a man...

Last Exit: Iron Path (1988)

Last Exit: Iron Path (1988)

...avant-garde in the Sixties (and played with Mingus, Joe Henderson, McCoy Tyner etc) before...

Various Artists: Watch the Closing Doors (Year Zero/Southbound)

Various Artists: Watch the Closing Doors (Year Zero/Southbound)

...– scoops up jazz (Ellington, Armstrong, Mingus), pop (Frankie Lymon), folk (Dave Van Ronk),...

RICHARD X BENNETT REVISITED (2017): Halves of a whole full of spirit'n'soul

RICHARD X BENNETT REVISITED (2017): Halves of a whole full of spirit'n'soul

...coupled with Ellingtonian and flickering Mingus-bop . . . then free flourishes. Any way you... ...branches out into something again closer to Mingus-in-Mumbai as Bennett holds things down with a...

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . . JACO PASTORIUS: High times and low notes

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . . JACO PASTORIUS: High times and low notes

...ECM debut; and recorded with Joni Mitchell on Mingus. He subsequently played on other Mitchell...

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE JAZZ QUESTIONNAIRE: Norman Meehan

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE JAZZ QUESTIONNAIRE: Norman Meehan

...would be . . ? Don Grolnick – piano Mingus with Dannie Richmond in back Tomasz Stanko and... ...it’d have to be something by Mingus. But imagine that group playing some of...

The Stan Getz Quartet: Getz at the Gate; Live at the Village Gate, Nov 26, 1961 (Verve)

The Stan Getz Quartet: Getz at the Gate; Live at the Village Gate, Nov 26, 1961 (Verve)

...studio session and live recordings of Charles Mingus in Detroit and Errol Garner in Amsterdam. In...

JAZZ IN PRINT: A selection of useful biographies and references in jazz

JAZZ IN PRINT: A selection of useful biographies and references in jazz

...but few have achieved the notoriety of Charles Mingus, whose rude, crude and vibrant Beneath the... ...to get the opposite sex into bed.” Mingus writes about that last part, and it’s...

MARVIN “SMITTY” SMITH REMEMBERED (2015): Give the drummers some

MARVIN “SMITTY” SMITH REMEMBERED (2015): Give the drummers some

...had been in the Horace Silver Quartet, the Mingus Dynasty and at the time of the Keeper sessions...

THE BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2022: THE EDITOR'S PICKS

THE BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2022: THE EDITOR'S PICKS

...light. Read the full review here . Charles Mingus: The Lost Album from Ronnie Scott's We said:... ...moments throughout these nine pieces (check Mingus' solo at the end of Fables) distilled from the... ...nights at Scott's. Mingus had great respect for the traditions he came...

Avishai Cohen: Big Vicious (ECM)

Avishai Cohen: Big Vicious (ECM)

...home from the US, he has also played the the Mingus Big Band, Mingus Dynasty and played in the pop...