Charles Mingus Was An Iconic Jazz Bass Player, But Also Volatile, Complicated, Angry,
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- Опубліковано 21 гру 2023
- Who was Charles Mingus? Volatile and complicated, Charles Mingus was also a brilliant jazz bass player, skilled performer, composing works that are easy to listen to but much trickier to play.
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I got to see him once at a small jazz club in Boston in the early 1970s. He seemed to go into a kind of trance at one point, possibly channeling Danny Richmond, whose name he shouted out. One of his most beautiful recordings was on solo piano, where he improvised pieces spontaneously, kind of like what Keith Jarrett did on The Koln Concert and others.
Your voice fits well with narrating the life of Charles Mingus. And the background music was great choice too. Charles Mingus was definitely a complex figure yet an integral one for Jazz music.
I fell in love with Charlie Mingus the first time I heard him. What a talent.
Joni Mitchell had to convince Mingus to have Jaco play Bass on the " Mingus " album. Jaco's horn arrangements on" The Dry Cleaner from Des Moines" was brilliant!
Tell me about it... Actually hoping this channel does a video on him (if you're reading this, I can help!)
@@billepperson2662 My first pro band was in 1978 in Ft. Lauderdale FL with Bobby Herzog who wrote " Come on Come Over".
@@andyokus5735 Whoa, no way! Anything we can hear? Are you still in contact with him?
Bobby died when he was 42 of a heart attack. Bobby Oconomo told me back in 1996.
Charles Mingus and Ellington (ably assisted by Strayhorn) stand at the pinnacle of jazz... and Mingus was also a virtuoso bassist.
I love his late career records with the George Adams - Don Pullen group (which continued on after his death and made many great records of their own). They are full of beautiful compositions.
I have read Charlie Mingus Beneath the Underdog and his other autobiography about 25 years ago.
He was brilliant Bassist and pure genius composer. Love music behind the video, What are the pieces of music and the artist.
Do a video on Bassist/ composer Charlie Haden
Love & Thank-you Alexander*
Black Saint and Sinner Lady is a genius album.
great talent can’t wait to explore more of his music
Thank you for making this great video!
It was a nice work. Thanks for this..
Very interesting - thanks!
I love your work!!! The series are amazing and Mingus is one of my top inspirations, great video!
Glad you like them!
Thanks! I love Mingus.
Thanks for your post
You are welcome
Superb!
Thanks a lot!
I really enjoyed listening to this. You speak so beautifully. but your writing is also awesome!
Thanks for listening
Cool.
Thanks For Sharing
Thanks for watching!
@@onetrackjazz No problem
Thank you 😎
You're welcome 😊
Amazing video
Thanks!
good one
Thanks
My brother’s Jazz History teacher at UCLA was Gerald Wilson, and when he was discussing Mingus said something to the effect of "Mingus was a great bass player, but son of a b!tch still owes me money from playing dice!" 😅
Amazing video , what do you think about John McLaughlin and John and Alice Coltrane
Thank you for this
I still believe Mingus is very underrated
He had a fight with Jackie McLean. McLean stabbed Mingus, he just missed his heart. When Mingus died at 57 in Mexico, 57 whales beached themselves on a Mexican beach
McLean did not actually stab Mingus. He pulled a knife on him but there was no stabbing.
What is the background music? I don't think it is a Mingus composition...
"May I Ask" by Magnus Ringblom Quartet
Interesting documentary. What was his connection to Mexico? I read he was born on the US side in Nogales and died in Cuernavaca. Did he have Mexican ancestry and/or family down in Mexico? 🤔
His father was stationed there, as a Buffalo Soldier, in the Army.
Charlie grew up on the segregated base, before the move to Watts, in LA.
He was sundering from Lou Gehrig’s disease(amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), for about a year before his death by heart attack.
I only know he went to Mexico, looking for treatment. As there was no treatment for ALS, and many folks would try anything, before he passed.
It’s really just trying to make one comfortable, while the disease kills them.
Mingus had a big resurgence in the 70’s, becoming more well known and doing festivals, as well as intimate gigs, having one of the best periods of his life, after writing and releasing his autobiography, in 1971. It’s not really a true biography, as he fictionalized a lot, but I think he’s just one of the rare people, who admit to that when releasing their own biography. Many will say names are changed, or things are left out, but not many admit to just being semi-fictional.
It’s been awhile since I really got into Mingus, but I remember some stuff.
His wife had him cremated, and scattered the ashes into the Ganges River.
*in his autobiography, Mingus stated that his mother was born to an English/Chinese man and a South American woman(her heritage could be anything), while his mother was born to a black farm worker and a Swedish woman.
No none captured the spirit of the marginalised black man than Mingus. I consider him the most dangerous of the jazz composers because if his Jekyll Hyde persona. He is half Ellington half Mingus. I respect him as composer but don’t like him because he lacks emotional control except when he’s channeling Ellington.
Jazz ignoramus here - trying to learn.
Anyone tell me what's being played here? It's gorgeous.
"May I Ask" by Magnus Ringblom
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Many thanks.
He wasn't happy because of racism
Mingus was bipolar in my humble opinion.... great musician and composer.. but not a happy person which was a shame considering all he had to be grateful for in his life 🧬🎶🎼😊♾️