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wideopenears ![]() Forum Newbie ![]() ![]() Joined: 27 Apr 2011 Status: Offline Points: 24 |
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Indeed, Mingus was the man! My intro to Jazz, really, at age 13 after watching a PBS special.... Essential albums: Mingus Ah Um, Blues and Roots, New Tijuana Moods....Black Saint and Sinner Lady. Pithicanthropus, and the Clown, are both earlier and cool, too. Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus is worthwhile.
Also Mingus at Antibes is amazing, and the Mingus/Dolphy Complete Bremen Concert is amazing, though the sound is not the best....I also like Three of Four Shades of Blues, and Cumbia and Jazz Fusion, though lots of "purists" despise them... |
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dreadpirateroberts ![]() Forum Admin Group ![]() ![]() Joined: 06 Jul 2011 Location: AU Status: Offline Points: 1836 |
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Yeah!
Ah, the 'purist' there's a word that makes me shudder! ![]() |
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dreadpirateroberts ![]() Forum Admin Group ![]() ![]() Joined: 06 Jul 2011 Location: AU Status: Offline Points: 1836 |
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A fantastic album, in a way, almost like a warm up (if more 'upbeat') for the kind of things he would achieve on TBS&TSL |
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triceratopsoil ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: 07 Apr 2011 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 488 |
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I've got to check that one out.
As it currently stands Pithecanthropus is my second favourite, after Black Saint which is possibly the best jazz album ever. Money Jungle, Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus and Oh Yeah! are also magnificent |
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dreadpirateroberts ![]() Forum Admin Group ![]() ![]() Joined: 06 Jul 2011 Location: AU Status: Offline Points: 1836 |
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^ It's definitely worth it, for sure.
And I have to get 'Money Jungle' one day too - with you on 'M, M,M,M,M' too, that's ace. I wouldn't have thought that some of those pieces sound better, but they just do |
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AtomicCrimsonRush ![]() Forum Groupie ![]() ![]() Joined: 20 Apr 2011 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 69 |
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What are Mingus best albums?
I am searching for Ah Um right now.........
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AtomicCrimsonRush ![]() Forum Groupie ![]() ![]() Joined: 20 Apr 2011 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 69 |
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and this!
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Sean Trane ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: 19 Apr 2011 Location: Brussels Status: Offline Points: 789 |
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If you're coming from prog (which of course you're not, uh!?! ![]() ![]() Ah Hum is fine, Dynasty, Tijuana are also among his better... |
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my music collection increased tenfolds when I switched from drug-addicted musicians to crazy ones....
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dreadpirateroberts ![]() Forum Admin Group ![]() ![]() Joined: 06 Jul 2011 Location: AU Status: Offline Points: 1836 |
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^ I def agree, all great Mingus - though I personally like 'Mingus Plays Piano' for a change of mood from the big man
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AtomicCrimsonRush ![]() Forum Groupie ![]() ![]() Joined: 20 Apr 2011 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 69 |
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Listened to both suggestions, Saint and Sinnner Lady is best album album and its like some noir soundtrack for an old 40s film - very atmospheric and obviously a masterpiece of jazz. Very nice cool full on jazz.....
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dreadpirateroberts ![]() Forum Admin Group ![]() ![]() Joined: 06 Jul 2011 Location: AU Status: Offline Points: 1836 |
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Yes! It's a work of art - possibly my favourite jazz album, though it's hard to say. It makes me wish I was a film maker so I could use it, damn! |
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darkshade ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: 09 Mar 2011 Location: New Jersey Status: Offline Points: 1973 |
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I enjoyed Mingus while I had no power last week. Mingus Ah Um is one of the best jazz albums.
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geneyesontle ![]() Forum Newbie ![]() ![]() Joined: 21 Dec 2012 Location: Quebec Status: Offline Points: 19 |
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Incredible album.
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Polymorphia ![]() Forum Newbie ![]() Joined: 17 Dec 2012 Status: Offline Points: 36 |
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Recently listened to The Black Saint... Really great album.
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dreadpirateroberts ![]() Forum Admin Group ![]() ![]() Joined: 06 Jul 2011 Location: AU Status: Offline Points: 1836 |
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Yeah! Go Charlie boy!
Here's an except from an open letter to Miles, from a downbeat issue - I found it interesting and must find out what he said re: that particular Blindfold Test: It seems so hard for some of us to grow up mentally just enough to realize that there are other persons of flesh and bone, just like us, on this great, big earth. And if they don't ever stand still, move, or "swing," they are as right as we are, even if they are as wrong as hell by our standards. Yes, Miles, I am apologizing for my stupid "Blindfold Test." I can do it gladly because I'm learning a little something. No matter how much they try to say that Brubeck doesn't swing — or whatever else they're stewing or whoever else they're brewing — it's factually unimportant. Not because Dave made Time magazine — and a dollar — but mainly because Dave honestly thinks he's swinging. He feels a certain pulse and plays a certain pulse which gives him pleasure and a sense of exaltation because he's sincerely doing something the way he, Dave Brubeck, feels like doing it. And as you said in your story, Miles, "if a guy makes you pat your foot, and if you feel it down your back, etc.," then Dave is the swingingest by your own definition, Miles, because at Newport and elsewhere Dave had the whole house patting its feet and even clapping its hands.... |
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FromArmstrongtoZappa ![]() Forum Groupie ![]() ![]() Joined: 10 Apr 2013 Location: Northeast US Status: Offline Points: 63 |
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I have to be a member of this society for sure. I've been into Mingus for over 20 years. Was first introduced to him by WKCR, the New York City radio station. Speaking of which, they will be doing a 24 hour Mingus birthday broadcast on April 22, see www.wkcr.org. Some of my favorites are his solo piano, the Clown, A Modern Jazz Symposium of Music and Poetry, Black Saint and the Sinner Lady, Tijuana Moods, Ah Um, Blues and Roots. Has anyone read his Beneath The Underdog?
Mark FromArmstrongtoZappa.blogspot |
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js ![]() Forum Admin Group ![]() ![]() Site admin Joined: 22 Dec 2010 Location: Memphis Status: Offline Points: 34400 |
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No, I haven't read that, but I probably will some day. Musician autobiographies are sort of a favorite with me.
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Sean Trane ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: 19 Apr 2011 Location: Brussels Status: Offline Points: 789 |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2E7Xs8gD3io
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my music collection increased tenfolds when I switched from drug-addicted musicians to crazy ones....
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