Oddly I woke up with "Weird Nightmare" in my head this morning
― chr1sb3singer, Tuesday, 25 August 2015 13:13 (eight years ago) link
I love those old jazz anecdotes! Like the Pepper Adams/Mingus one: Adams shows up at Mingus' apartment for a rehearsal, and Mingus is on the phone with someone at the Musicians Union, yelling and cursing "You white motherfucker! Someday I'm gonna get a machine gun and kill all you white motherfuckers!" Then he interrupts himself, turns to Adams and says "Cold beer in the fridge, Pepper" as courteous as can be, before continuing his tirade.― Myonga Vön Bontee, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 15:14 (8 years ago) Bookmark
― xelab, Thursday, 24 September 2015 15:49 (eight years ago) link
The BBC prom for Charles Mingus is really good damn fun, with some fine playing:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b092nc5j
― glumdalclitch, Thursday, 24 August 2017 21:06 (six years ago) link
it is still not available, but I'll deffo check that out later or tomorrow.
Slightly offtopic, but I was listening to a 10 year old Coltrane death anniversary broadcast from the R3 archives earlier. The Liebman/Lovano one that has recently been released. That one is really good as well.
― calzino, Thursday, 24 August 2017 21:55 (six years ago) link
There is a Mingus solo piano album that exists that is very nice
― calstars, Thursday, 24 August 2017 23:32 (six years ago) link
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mingus_Plays_Piano
― calstars, Thursday, 24 August 2017 23:33 (six years ago) link
This BBC Proms Mingus thing on telly is amazing rn
― Well bissogled trotters (Michael B), Friday, 25 August 2017 20:00 (six years ago) link
https://www.forcedexposure.com/App_Themes/Default/Images/product_images/product_page/F/FOX036LP_PROD.jpg
In November 1958, John Cassavetes premieredhis revolutionary independent film Shadows in aseries of midnight screenings at the Paris Theaterin New York City. Village Voice critic Jonas Mekasimmediately proclaimed it a work of genius, callingit “the most frontier-breaking American feature in atleast a decade.” Most audience members, includingCassavetes, hated it.Cassavetes reassembled his castand crew and shot extensive new footage, modifyingold scenes and adding new ones. The final versionpremiered at Amos Vogel’s legendary Cinema 16 onNovember 11, 1959, and was an overnight criticalsensation.One of the myths that propelled Shadows toinstant notoriety was its improvisational origins.It’s considered by many to be the first “true”cinematic jazz narrative, both for its raciallycharged subject and its unconventional, unscriptedmaking in the streets of Manhattan.4 It’s beenfurther celebrated for an original score by oneof the all-time jazz greats, Charles Mingus.However much of the legend is deceptive. Little ofMingus’s music appears in the final film.
https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/JFM/article/view/8158
For the first time on vinyl, Charles Mingus's great score for the legendary 1959 directorial debut of John Cassavetes, Shadows. Much has been said about the controversial relationship between these two masters. "The score encapsulates Cassavetes's and Mingus's unique approaches to both improvisation and composition in their respective media, illuminating the oppositional nature of jazz to mainstream cultural production and the underbelly of race relations in 1950's America" --Ross Lipman
https://www.forcedexposure.com/Catalog/mingus-charles-john-cassavetes-shadows-lp/FOX.036LP.html
― budo jeru, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 05:20 (four years ago) link
^ has anybody heard this ?
is it different than this:
https://www.discogs.com/Charles-Mingus-Shadows/master/1116572
?
― budo jeru, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 05:23 (four years ago) link
the new Deluxe Edition of Mingus at Carnegie Hall adds a fantastic 72-minute first set ... better get it in your soul
― Brad C., Saturday, 12 June 2021 19:47 (two years ago) link
Ts: get it vs get hit
― calstars, Saturday, 12 June 2021 19:54 (two years ago) link
The original single LP version of Mingus At Carnegie Hall was always one of my least favorite Mingus records, just two side-long saxophone contests (versions of the Ellington tunes "Perdido" and "C Jam Blues" with John Handy, George Lewis, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Hamiet Bluiett, and Charles McPherson taking turns trying to out-blow each other). But the rest of the concert is killer, the core band — Lewis, Bluiett, Jon Faddis on trumpet, Don Pullen on piano, and Dannie Richmond on drums — playing Mingus's own music (plus Pullen's "Big Alice"). Now it's a must-hear album, IMO.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Saturday, 12 June 2021 19:56 (two years ago) link
The hype sticker on the CD is hilarious:
WRAP YOUR MIND AROUND THE TRUE POWER OF JAZZ’S IMPROVISATIONAL ABILITIES WITH THIS MIND-BENDING PERFORMANCE
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 12 June 2021 20:05 (two years ago) link
Lol
― calstars, Saturday, 12 June 2021 20:41 (two years ago) link
Happy Mingus Centennial!https://www.cc-seas.columbia.edu/wkcr/story/charles-mingus-centennial-broadcast https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/21/arts/music/charles-mingus-centennial.html
― mizzell, Thursday, 21 April 2022 23:25 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ch71BX1PskQ
marcello c shared this '64 rehearsal vid earlier, the footage is in such good nick it looked like it could have been filmed yesterday. And quite sadly Dolphy looks in such good health, it's hard to believe he's nearly gone:(
― calzino, Thursday, 21 April 2022 23:34 (two years ago) link
Jaki Byard was another sad futile death, albeit much later as well, shot dead in his apartment. Great pianist.
― calzino, Thursday, 21 April 2022 23:52 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2KDM6TA6ow
― Maresn3st, Friday, 22 April 2022 21:30 (two years ago) link
I've been on a big Mingus listening spree the last couple of weeks. It got me thinking about what happened with him and Jimmy Knepper and I was curious about the circumstances of Knepper working with Mingus some late in life.
I did not quite find an exact answer, but I did find this interesting article I thought was a good and worthwhile read.
http://americanaejournal.hu/vol10jazz/gabbard
― earlnash, Saturday, 10 September 2022 15:43 (one year ago) link
I had forgotten how Charles Mingus and Friends in Concert contains a LOT of Bill Cosby interludes. Or maybe it sunk more in the background back then. Still, "Ecclusiastics"
― Terrycoth Baphomet (bendy), Friday, 30 June 2023 22:03 (ten months ago) link