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28 de jun. de 2024 · Charles Mingus, American jazz composer, bassist, bandleader, and pianist whose work integrated loosely composed passages with improvised solos.
21 de jun. de 2024 · Mingus (1979), a collaboration of sorts with bassist and bandleader Charles Mingus, is, frankly, an acquired taste. Of the four Mitchell/Mingus co-writes, The Dry Cleaner From Des Moines is a bit too hip and cool for its own good, and A Chair In The Sky and Sweet Sucker Dance meander aimlessly.
Hace 5 días · Bassist, composer, bandleader and jazz iconoclast Charles Mingus was born on this day (April 22) in Nogales, Arizona, in 1922. He would have turned 97. Celebrate his legacy with today’s Song of the Day, “Better Git It In Your Soul,” from his 1959 masterpiece Mingus Ah Um.
Hace 4 días · The song, one of the bassist and bandleader’s most enduring compositions, features some classic Mingus tropes: an intensely brooding solo bass opening, an urgent burst of call-and-response, and, of course, a round of raucous, blues-tinged solos.
28 de jun. de 2024 · In her insightful book Tonight at Noon, Sue Mingus wrote about her husband’s 1972 stint at the celebrated London jazz club, detailing a phone call between her (back in the States) and Scott, in which the club owner initially reported that Mingus had...
Hace 1 día · A retired Methodist Minister, and life-long lover of progressive music in all its forms. Presenter of two shows on Progzilla Radio: 'Do You Remember...?', which focusses on the formative years of the 60s, 70s and 80s; and 'Flight of the Sky Pilot', where anything goes, but there's usually quite a bit of jazz, fusion, classic rock and prog.
Hace 3 días · Stellarium Web is a planetarium running in your web browser. It shows a realistic star map, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope.
