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Charles Mingus 22nd April 1922 – 5th January 1979 Was An American Jazz Bassist Composer Bandleader And Occasional Pianist From Los Angeles. He Was Also Known For His Activism Against Racial Injustice. Mingus' Legacy Is Notable He Is Ranked Among The Finest Composers And Performers In Jazz And Recorded Many Highly Regarded Albums. Dozens Of Musicians Passed Through His Bands And Later Went On To Impressive Careers. His Songs - Though Melodic And Distinctive - Are Not Often Recorded By Later Musicians Due In Part To Their Unconventional Nature. Mingus Was Also Influential And Creative As A Bandleader Recruiting Talented And Sometimes Little-Known Artists Whom He Assembled Into Unconventional And Revealing Configurations. Nearly As Well Known As His Ambitious Music Was Mingus' Often Fearsome Temperament Which Earned Him The Nickname "The Angry Man Of Jazz". His Refusal To Compromise His Musical Integrity Led To Many Onstage Explosions Though It Has Been Argued That His Temper Also Grew From A Need To Vent Frustration. Ironically A Perfect Show Could Irritate Him By Closing This Outlet. Mingus Was Prone To Depression. He Tended To Have Brief Periods Of Extreme Creative Activity Intermixed With Fairly Long Periods Of Greatly Decreased Output. Most Of Mingus's Music Retained The Hot And Soulful Feel Of Hard Bop And Drew Heavily From Black Gospel Music While Sometimes Drawing On Elements Of Third Stream Jazz And Free Jazz. Yet Mingus Avoided Categorization Forging His Own Brand Of Music That Fused Tradition With Unique And Unexplored Realms Of Jazz. Mingus Focused On Collective Improvisation Similar To The Old New Orleans Jazz Parades Paying Particular Attention To How Each Band Member Interacted With The Group As A Whole. In Creating His Bands Mingus Looked Not Only At The Skills Of The Available Musicians But Also Their Personalities. He Strived To Create Unique Music To Be Played By Unique Musicians. Due To His Brilliant Writing For Mid-Size Ensembles - And His Catering To And Emphasising The Strengths Of The Musicians In His Groups - Mingus Is Often Considered The Heir Apparent To Duke Ellington For Whom He Expressed Unqualified Admiration. By The Mid-1970s Mingus Was Suffering From Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis ALS . Mingus Died Aged 56 In Cuernavaca Mexico Where He Had Traveled For Treatment And Convalescence. His Ashes Were Scattered In The Ganges River.
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Charles Mingus 22nd April 1922 – 5th January 1979 Was An American Jazz Bassist Composer Bandleader And Occasional Pianist From Los Angeles. He Was Also Known For His Activism Against Racial Injustice. Mingus' Legacy Is Notable He Is Ranked Among The Finest Composers And Performers In Jazz And Recorded Many Highly Regarded Albums. Dozens Of Musicians Passed Through His Bands And Later Went On To Impressive Careers. His Songs - Though Melodic And Distinctive - Are Not Often Recorded By Later Musicians Due In Part To Their Unconventional Nature. Mingus Was Also Influential And Creative As A Bandleader Recruiting Talented And Sometimes Little-Known Artists Whom He Assembled Into Unconventional And Revealing Configurations. Nearly As Well Known As His Ambitious Music Was Mingus' Often Fearsome Temperament Which Earned Him The Nickname "The Angry Man Of Jazz". His Refusal To Compromise His Musical Integrity Led To Many Onstage Explosions Though It Has Been Argued That His Temper Also Grew From A Need To Vent Frustration. Ironically A Perfect Show Could Irritate Him By Closing This Outlet. Mingus Was Prone To Depression. He Tended To Have Brief Periods Of Extreme Creative Activity Intermixed With Fairly Long Periods Of Greatly Decreased Output. Most Of Mingus's Music Retained The Hot And Soulful Feel Of Hard Bop And Drew Heavily From Black Gospel Music While Sometimes Drawing On Elements Of Third Stream Jazz And Free Jazz. Yet Mingus Avoided Categorization Forging His Own Brand Of Music That Fused Tradition With Unique And Unexplored Realms Of Jazz. Mingus Focused On Collective Improvisation Similar To The Old New Orleans Jazz Parades Paying Particular Attention To How Each Band Member Interacted With The Group As A Whole. In Creating His Bands Mingus Looked Not Only At The Skills Of The Available Musicians But Also Their Personalities. He Strived To Create Unique Music To Be Played By Unique Musicians. Due To His Brilliant Writing For Mid-Size Ensembles - And His Catering To And Emphasising The Strengths Of The Musicians In His Groups - Mingus Is Often Considered The Heir Apparent To Duke Ellington For Whom He Expressed Unqualified Admiration. By The Mid-1970s Mingus Was Suffering From Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis ALS . Mingus Died Aged 56 In Cuernavaca Mexico Where He Had Traveled For Treatment And Convalescence. His Ashes Were Scattered In The Ganges River.
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Published: 11 Nov 2010, 19:37
After Several Sessions With Columbia And Candid Charles Mingus Briefly Returned To Atlantic And Cut The Freewheeling Oh Yeah Which Has To Rank As The Wildest Of All His Classic Albums. Mingus Plays No Bass Whatsoever Hiring Doug Watkins To Fill In While He Accompanies The Group On Piano And Contributes Bluesy Vocals To Several Tracks While Shouting Encouragement On Nearly All Of Them . Mingus Had Always Had A Bizarre Sense Of Humor As Expressed In Some Of His Song Titles And Arranging Devices But Oh Yeah Often Gets Downright Warped. That's Partly Because Mingus Is Freed Up To Vocalize More Often But It's Also Due To The Presence Of Mad Genius Roland Kirk. His Chemistry With Mingus Is Fantastically Explosive Which Makes Sense -- Both Were Encyclopedias Of Jazz Tradition But Given Over To Oddball Modernist Experimentation. It's A Shame Kirk Only Spent Three Months With The Band Because His Solo Interpretations Are Such Symbiotic Reflections Of Mingus' Intent As A Composer. Look No Further Than "Hog Callin' Blues " A Stomping "Haitian Fight Song" Descendant Where Kirk Honks And Roars The Blues Like A Man Possessed. Mingus' Vocal Selections Radiate The Same Dementia Whether It's The Stream-Of-Consciousness Blues Couplets On "Devil Woman " The Dark-Humored Modern-Day Spiritual "Oh Lord Don't Let Them Drop That Atomic Bomb On Me " Or The Dadaist Stride Piano Bounce Of "Eat That Chicken " A Nod To Fats Waller's Comic Novelties. Elsewhere "Passions Of A Man" Sounds Almost Like Musique Concrète While "Wham Bam Thank You Ma'am" Nicks Some Monk Angularity And "Ecclusiastics" Adds Some Testifying Shouts And A Chorale-Like Theme To Mingus' Gospel-Jazz Hybrid. Oh Yeah Is Probably The Most Offbeat Mingus Album Ever And That's What Makes It So Vital.