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| | Charles Mingus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Mingus had already recorded about ten albums as a bandleader, but 1956 was a breakthrough year, with the release of Pithecanthropus Erectus, arguably his first major work as both a bandleader and composer. | | | Mingus blamed the Parker mythology for a derivative crop of pretenders to Parker's throne. | | | In 1963, Mingus released The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady, a sprawling, multi-section masterpiece, described as "one of the greatest achievements in orchestration by any composer in jazz history." [3] The album was also unique in that Mingus asked his psychotherapist to provide notes for the record. |
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| | Charles Mingus |
| | Mingus developed a virtuoso talent on the bass and was already composing music in his teens. | | | Finally in 1956 Mingus recorded his first album for a major label, Atlantic records. | | | Typically pigeon-holed as an avant-garde composer, Mingus was actually the result of careful study of the evolution of music in Europe and America. |
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| | Charles Mingus |
| | Mingus was inspired by Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Negro gospel music, and Mexican folk music, as well as traditional jazz and 20th-century concert music. | | | Mingus drew directly on the music of the sanctified church meetings : the call and response of the horns, the antiphonal textures, the collective improvisation all reflect the preaching, testifying, and speaking in tongues that he heard as a child. | | | Mingus began the study of music at an early age. |
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| | Bluebird Jazz |
| | Mingus came forward by 1953 with his own record label (one of the first to be wholly owned and run by a musician) and with an evolving band concept, the Jazz Composers Workshop, which explored classically-derived principles. | | | While Mingus produced, in the second half of his decadis mirabiliis, some terrific concert albums, he had pushed as far into the avant garde as he ever would. | | | His next musical phase was in ?50??51, when he toured and recorded with Red Norvo and Tal Farlow. |
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| | Charles Mingus in the 1950s |
| | Instead, Mingus' music incorporated a wide range of styles, from Ellington's big band sound, to gospel music, to early New Orleans jazz bands. | | | Mingus was an emotional man, with a fierce temper, a tender streak, and strong political beliefs about society and the music industry. | | | One musicologist compared Mingus to his hero, Duke Ellington, noting that "Like [Ellington], Mingus was able to compose over the blues structure with such strength, beauty and sophistication that the listener is not aware of the music's humble origins" (Mingus, "Ah Um" 18). |
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| | Biography - Charles Mingus (Bio 135) |
| | His last project was a collaboration, Mingus, with folk-rock singer Joni Mitchell, who wrote lyrics to Mingus' music and included samples of Mingus' voice on the record. | | | Beyond re-creations, the Mingus influence can be heard on Branford Marsalis' early Scenes In The City album, and especially in the big band writing of his brother Wynton. | | | However, Mingus' obsessive efforts to free himself from the economic hazards and larceny of the music business nearly undermined his sanity in the 1960s (indeed, some of the liner notes for The Black Saint album were written by his psychologist, Dr. Edmund Pollock). |
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| | Charles Mingus |
| | Both albums represent Mingus at his peak -- writing great material for great bands, playing superbly himself. | | | Standard bebop or hard-bop bands would play a "head" that established a particular melody, scale, or chord pattern that all the soloists improvised on. | | | He taught his bands the pieces by ear, a phrase at a time on the piano, or by singing to them. |
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http://www.bostonphoenix.com/archive/music/98/07/23/CHARLES_MINGUS.html
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| | Amazon.com: Mingus Ah Um: Music: Charles Mingus |
| | In 1959, Charles Mingus was at the height of his powers-- in the midst of a roll from a stream of fine music on Atlantic, he signed to Columbia and delivered his first album in early 1959, "Mingus Ah Um". | | | Mingus' brilliant, daring "Fables of Faubus" retains its mocking tone, but is less political than the vocal version on the magnificent "Live at Antibes." It's an interesting contrast to his bold (courageous, even) attack on Governor Faubus in the live version, and, again, shows Ellington's influence in its beautifully complex arrangement. | | | Mercurial bassist and bandleader Charles Mingus was signed to Columbia Records for the briefest of time during 1959. |
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| | The Taurus in Winter: Mingus in the 1970's |
| | The lame fusion attempt has all the earmarkings of an album from which Mingus was relieved of control (indeed, Mingus was not pleased the first time he heard the album). | | | Mingus remade and reinvented his own songs so frequently and so well that hearing a by-the-numbers record is really depressing. | | | Charles Mingus and Friends in Concert (Columbia) is the document of a sold-out show featuring many of the tunes from Let My Children Hear Music, as well as some new material and a few standards, featuring everyone from Bill Cosby to Dizzy Gillespie to Gerry Mulligan to Gene Ammons. |
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| | Annotated Mingus discography |
| | The music was issued on two albums on the Charles Mingus label. | | | September 20 saw the recording of MINGUS MINGUS MINGUS MINGUS MINGUS. | | | A second Candid album was MINGUS, with some tunes from the 10/20 session and the rest recorded November 11. |
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| | Charles Mingus : Mingus Ah Um ---Ink Blot Magazine |
| | Mingus had come close on previous records, but on this opus, he reaches beyond the standard small-group style of theme, solo, and rideout, perfectly balancing ideas of structure and freedom, composition and improvisation. | | | His delicate accents and nuances are a perfect fit for Mingus' music; this is why he stayed with Mingus for decades. | | | In a sense, it fuses the mindset of a big band with elements of the small group, and the result is a unique and influential record. |
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http://www.inkblotmagazine.com/rev-archive/mingus.htm
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| | Salon: Charles Mingus |
| | A composer and bandleader with a reputation for being as tempestuous as he was musically astute, Mingus made his share of enemies, but he could never be accused of not having a good sense of the talent in the room. | | | Sue Mingus, the widow of Charles Mingus, has made a provocative sideline of going into record stores in Europe, searching the bins for bootleg Mingus releases and then confiscating them right out of the store. | | | Joel Dorn, one of the record's producers, admitted it was his mistake and said all would be made right on future copies of the album. |
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| | Goodbye Pork Pie Crust |
| | Charles Mingus is revered in the Hole as a bandleader, composer, musician and founder of the first musician-owned and operated record label, Debut. | | | The music of Mingus is being interpreted in new and exciting ways. | | | Meanwhile, the Mingus Big Band still rocks in NYC and occasionally plays a show elsewhere. |
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| | Charles Mingus |
| | The CD is supplemented with a twenty-minute interview with Mingus, in which he discusses the music on the album (among lots of other subjects) - fun the first time through. | | | Not your average live big band recording: Mingus had piles of new music in his head, and wanted to stage an open rehearsal, which United Artists and producer Alan Douglas wanted to record and release. | | | Mingus collaborated with Joni Mitchell on her album Mingus, completed after his January 1979 death. |
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| | BBC - Radio 3 Jazz Profiles - Charles Mingus |
| | His small group music was kept alive by the band Mingus Dynasty, and the Mingus Big Band (under the direction of his widow, Sue) continues to perform his big band music. | | | As well as being one of the most accomplished bassists of the 1950s and 1960s, Mingus was among the most original and prolific composers in jazz. | | | His output of discs and new music was coupled with continual touring or work in New York clubs. |
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/jazz/profiles/charles_mingus.shtml
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| | Amazon.com: A Glance: Charles Mingus |
| | Sign up to be e-mailed when new music releases for "Charles Mingus" arrive. | | | Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus [Original recording reissued] | | | Mingus Ah Um [Original recording reissued] [Original recording remastered] |
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| | Jazz All About Jazz |
| | The casserole still sucked, but Mingus was hooked on the exotic sound that was called in less-enlightened times "jungle music." Of course, we know it is now called jazz, or else this would be allaboutjunglemusic.com and I would have been spared years of morons calling me Jazzy Jeff. | | | Feeling his oats after his many successes, Mingus decided to take a big band onstage and record it live. | | | His father remarried, and his stern but loving stepmother forbade any music in the house except church music. |
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| | Charles Mingus : Mingus! - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect |
| | While not reaching the heights of other recordings of its era like Mingus Ah Um, this album presents a fine collection of musicians who complement the increasingly adventurous compositions of Charles Mingus. | | | As much a tribute album as an exploration of Mingus' psyche, this recording for the Candid label contains three works. | | | Combined, the three tracks on Mingus make for some solid listening, even if it lacks moments of true greatness. |
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| | Jazz/Jerry Jazz Musician/Charles Mingus' widow Sue Mingus interview |
| | When Charles recorded for Impulse Records, their logo included the phrase "The New Wave of Jazz is on Impulse!" He objected to that phrase and had them change it on his album Mingus Mingus Mingus to something like "The New Wave in Ethnic Folk Music" is on Impulse! | | | One day I hope to put this work out, just "Mingus on Mingus and music." That was an element that was sorely missing in Beneath the Underdog, as interesting as it was on its own terms. | | | I have all kinds of material of Charles' -- probably ten or fifteen tapes where he discusses music, musicians, composition and the record industry. |
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| | MSN Encarta - Charles Mingus |
| | Mingus also played the piano and other instruments, and as a bandleader he furthered the innovative strength of his compositions by experimenting with group improvisation. | | | Born in Nogales, Arizona, he played in the 1940s and 1950s with such soloists as the trumpeter Louis Armstrong and the saxophonist Charlie Parker. | | | Charles Mingus (1922-1979), American jazz musician, who established the double bass as a melodic rather than a rhythmic instrument. |
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| | Charles Mingus Discography |
| | Charlie Mingus and his 22 Piece Be Bop Band | | | Charlie Parker (as) Duke Jordan (p) Charles Mingus (b) Phil Brown (d) | | | O.P.O.P. Charles Mingus - Cecil Taylor (Ozone 19) |
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| | Charles Mingus - Impulse! Records |
| | Early compositions, recorded while he was still on the West Coast, presented a variety of separate approaches, but Mingus also had ambitions to be a successful songwriter like Ellington; hence his ballads such as "Bemoanable Lady" and the famous "Weird Nightmare". | | | Moving to New York in the early 1950s, he played for a while with Charlie Parker, got to know Thelonious Monk and Lester Young, and wrote tributes to all three of them. | | | The gospel music Mingus heard at the Holiness Church was one of the earliest influences on his own later performance style, but as a pre-teenager, he also discovered the charismatic sounds of Duke Ellington and, not long after, the work of twentieth-century European composers such as Stravinsky, Debussy, and Richard Strauss. |
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| | Mingus, Charles - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Mingus, Charles |
| | His experimentation with atonality and dissonant effects opened the way for the new style of free collective jazz improvisation of the 1960s. | | | Later based in New York, he worked with a number of important musicians and expanded the scope of the bass as a lead instrument. | | | Based on the West Coast until 1951, Mingus took part in the development of cool jazz. |
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http://encyclopedia.farlex.com/Mingus,+Charles
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| | Charles Mingus |
| | Nogales, Ariz. Mingus was a bassist, pianist, bandleader, composer, and vocalist. | | | The Real Charles Mingus; His Voice Is Found in Songs, Says One Who Knew Him Well | | | Culture: Dynasty's long lasting legacy; The wife of Charles Mingus is dedicated to keeping his music alive, she tells Martin Longley.(Features) |
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| | Mingus |
| | Recordings were made of Mingus working with jazz greats like Billy Taylor, Duke Ellington, Stan Getz, Art Tatum, Bud Powell, Charlie Parker, and Dizzie Gillespie. | | | Charles Mingus' accomplishments surpass in historic and stylistic breadth those of any other major figure in jazz. | | | Truly one of the greatest, Mingus shared with us his talent as a bassist, composer, arranger, leader, author, and sometimes pianist and vocalist. |
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| | Charles Mingus Prints by Lee Tanner at AllPosters.com |
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