While I've long known the name of Charles Mingus, I'd never paid enough attention to understand the depth and uniqueness of his musical gift to the world. Charles Mingus is one of the most important—and most mythologized—composers and performers in jazz history. Some user-contributed text on this page is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. His vivid autobiography, Beneath the Underdog: His World as Composed by Mingus, Mingus: A Critical Biography (A Da Capo paperback), Myself When I am Real: The Life and Music of Charles Mingus, Space Is the Place: The Lives and Times of Sun Ra, Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original, Musical Prophet: The Expanded 1963 New York Studio Sessions [3 CD], "Will likely long stand as the definitive account of the genius, and enigma, that was this great bassist, bandleader, and composer. Mingus is one of the most important artists in 20th Century music and he stretched the boundries of what we know as "Jazz Music". I wanted to have live music but due to lack of space, to save costs, to hear some of the amazing performances on Mingus’ recordings, and also to allow for some of his large scale compositions (he usually worked with at least 5 or 7 musicians) we decided on a trio. Better Git It in Your Soul. We work hard to protect your security and privacy. . Best Jazz bassist of all time, great book! Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. Let us know what you think of the Last.fm website. Just received the book. Scrobbling is when Last.fm tracks the music you listen to and automatically adds it to your music profile. He picked fights with the audience if they weren’t paying attention to the band, he picked fights with the band if they weren’t playing as he wanted them to. ", "Offers several lenses through which to view Mingus and his music—the milieu in which he lived, wrote and played; literary life; closest musical associations; and as a coda his experience in film. Thing is, even if he wasn’t such a character, his music is so spectacular it just screamed to be danced to, it filled my head with images and movement. Classically trained and of mixed race, he was an outspoken innovator as well as a bandleader, composer, producer, and record-label owner. Thirteen Pictures: The Charles Mingus Anthology. He zeros in on all that is relevant about Mingus as artist, while placing him in a complex cultural context. University of California Press; First Edition (February 8, 2016). Krin Gabbard's biography of Charles Mingus does a great service in elevating the status of Mingus as a great 20th century American composer and placing his music and his writings in the context of contemporary culture. Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2016. Mingus' own "autobiography" (Beneath the Underdog) was, like Mingus himself, secretive and imaginative, rendering not so much his life as his view of the world in general. A new version of Last.fm is available, to keep everything running smoothly, please reload the site. In fact, you'll be asking for more. Gabbard has also done interesting research into the origins of Mingus's autobiography, "Beneath the Underdog", and even uncovered some of his poetry. Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free. Certainly no one has heretofore delved as deeply and thoroughly into what made him tick. There are many important characters in jazz, but it was his life and music that inspired me to create Better Get Hit in Your Soul in 2013. We also use some recordings, sometimes we even switch from live to recorded, or vice versa, mid tune. The trio is bass- Rubim de Toledo, drums- Jonathan McCaslin and trombone- Carsten Rubeling. This book opened up an entire new world for me, fascinating me, entertaining, opening my eyes to ways of being in this world that were way more subtle than my previous understandings. Do you know the lyrics for this track? There is much in, "This is a wonderful book! Something went wrong. Great packaging and good service from a U.K. distributor. I don't get any joy from posting negative reviews but feel a certain responsibility to warn other readers. To have these dancers (Catherine Hayward, Natasha Korney, Shayne Johnson and Kaleb Tekeste) help re-set it has been fantastic because they remember so many details and nuances. This book completely absorbed me. Better Git It in Your Soul: An Interpretive Biography of Charles Mingus.
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