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Mingus Ah Um sounds like the 20th Century: it is a self-portrait of a man who helped define the direction of post-bop jazz, commenting on the country that created him.
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Charles Mingus
Charles Mingus: Mingus Ah Um 50th Anniversary (Legacy Edition) (Feature)
Charles Mingus: Mingus At Carnegie Hall [Album Review]
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Jazz never fails to amaze me. Just when I think I've figured out an artist, they throw a curve ball and once again I'm blown away. In shopping for jazz albums there are a few things I keep in mind: I love classic staple artists like Charles Mingus, but I also have a [...]
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Oh Yeah....That's what I'm talkin bout....
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If you're not into jazz.....check this out....it'll convert yaTo me it's a jazz "Bohemian Rhapsody"...kinda.... (hope I don't offend any jazzers...) it's perfect to me....when I think of all that's great about jazz...(with my limited knowledge of it) this is IT to me....Also, I've heard that it was an inspiration for Radiohead's "National Anthem"What do YOU think?
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So The Pimp Was Right! Sundays Are Dead On Mog! Great! I'll Post What I want! Mingus Man!
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So After Me Club L.A. Club Daze, figured needed sumoze Musaq Edumikashun, applied to Berklee sckool's uv Musaq, and didn't make it, probs because of knowses Hi skull diploomu. nevu droppted out just tuk fur uver. wus ubot 5 cruduts uf. thut eye gut tum ul reedee, wus rung, shull said doos kreeduts doo nut kount. 2 bizzy pleyin gigs en hi scull, + they touht eye wus en idiot and a looser enyways, s
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Mingus Dynasty
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Track:Wham, Bam Thank You, Ma'am
I've got a grip of favorite bass players (Aston "Family Man" Barrett, Norwood Fischer, Charlie Haden, Bootsy Collins, Jaco Pastorius, Adam Clayton and Oscar Pettiford to name a few -- a cello's still a bass in my book, yo) but the biggest bad wolf in the whole pack has to be Charles Mingus...in his prime Charlie cut a whole heap of phat tracks like "Goodbye Porkpie Hat," "Haitian Fight Song," ...
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Robot Koch vs Charles Mingus= Genius
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Album:The Very Best Of Charles Mingus
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Funny this Charles Mingus business. I was listening to "Mercury" by Bloc Party this morning and then thinking about Kid A by Radiohead (because of all the wild horns in "Mercury")... and remembering Radiohead mentioning that Charles Mingus had influenced them while making the "The National Anthem" (the one with the wild jazzy ending, which in turn made me think about what connections can ...
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Haiku Throwdown .....
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We roll 5, 7, 5,Don't bother commenting if,you can't take the heat. Listening pleasure,Mingus is the sound laid down,Shuffle Bass Boogie. The dot at the top,Please press play for a tune fromMysterious Blues.
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MOG it up!
*a little Afternoon Delight...*
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Album:Black Saint & The Sinner Lady
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_*... Who's with me ???*_ ;)Once again a Perfect Day... so two videos for the price of one... (I know, with me, I always go for the _more is more_ philosophy...) ;)First a little Lou Reed (dedicated to the the last two days here in *my city, +Philadelphia+* ...)Second, a man who plays a bass as if it were his beloved one... Charles Mingus. I would have gladly been his *sinner lady* :)*+Perf...
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epitaph: killed by sunday
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Track:Freedom-Part One - 3:50
(written 19 hours ago; the title jinxed me, ya think?)it is mid-day where many of you are and midnight for me. i retire to my room pondering Sunday night, the last day of summer break, 12:59 - times having the misfortune of being decided as gloomy for no other reason than what they precede. i turn to iTunes feeling like John Patton or Billie Holiday but instead browse Charles Mingus. more to th...
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