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Category: Mingus

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12 March 1957: Mingus arrives- at himself

baryon97 Posted on 07/03/2017

By the mid-fifties, Mingus had a fearsome reputation as a bassist, but I wonder what people thought of him as a composer?  We know he’d been writing since he wasContinue reading12 March 1957: Mingus arrives- at himself

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“East Coasting” by Charles Mingus, 6 Aug 1957

baryon97 Posted on 06/08/2015

I reckon I discovered Charles Mingus when I was about 16, just a few years after he died.  The first album of his I bought was the 1970 “Pithycanthropus Erectus”;Continue reading“East Coasting” by Charles Mingus, 6 Aug 1957

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Charles Mingus’s 1964 European tour

baryon97 Posted on 31/03/2014

Fifty years ago, the Charles Mingus Sextet toured Europe. This tour represented a peak in Mingus’s career. It was a culmination of what he’d been striving for musically, with oneContinue readingCharles Mingus’s 1964 European tour

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“Mingus Three”: Charles Mingus, Hampton Hawes, Dannie Richmond, 1957

baryon97 Posted on 09/04/2013

The second Mingus album I ever bought was called “The Wild Bass” but was in fact first released as “Mingus Three”. It’s a seven-track trio session with Richmond on drumsContinue reading“Mingus Three”: Charles Mingus, Hampton Hawes, Dannie Richmond, 1957

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