CHARLES MINGUS (Angry man of jazz?) Jazz History #58

[@chasesanborn]

If you enjoy this episode, there are many others in the Jazz History playlist on this channel, along with others relating to jazz improvisation and brass playing. Please make sure to leave a LIKE and comment below to let KZbin (and me) know you like this kind of content. Here's the playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PLdkYbUyqvkhQ8kCsmimuUTjj8VkPyTMHG

[@joey6761]

i'm studying jazz in college at the moment and these videos are perfect for sharpening up my history :)

[@chasesanborn]

They were originally made for a university jazz history class. Glad they are helpful!

[@stuartdryer1352]

The Clown is genius work. By everybody. The narration is perfect. (Especially if you've ever been to Dubuque). Mingus is one of the icons of the music, and somehow he is still underated IMHO. I especially like his music with larger ensembles. The comparison to Stravinsky is especially apt for those pieces. This is a great biography.

[@chasesanborn]

I'm glad you enjoyed it, and thanks for saying so!

[@capulusnigrum6202]

I’ve been waiting on this. Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus

[@chasesanborn]

Happy to deliver!

[@carlmassengale1027]

According to Joni, Mingus "hated" what she did with the lyrics to "Goodbye, Porkpie Hat." I was relieved to learn that, because I didn't dig it either. He asked her to provide lyrics, and she turned it into "my Joni Mitchell trip."

[@chasesanborn]

It's a tricky business to add lyrics to a tune what was written without them in mind. Be careful what you ask for, I guess.

[@carlmassengale1027]

@@chasesanborn Yessir, without question. You may have read it - Joni, hesitant at first, said, "Why don't you ask Jon Hendricks (of Lambert, Hendricks, and Ross) to write for this?" Mingus: "I already did." Pulls out the words and says, "I didn't want something like this. He made it all about the poor black man." So Joni didn't fail to include that same sentiment, plus a portrait of her and Don Alias as interracial couple, just like Lester's marriage. I love Joni, or I would never have listened or learned about this. In my hearing, "Chair In The Sky" and "Sweet Sucker Dance" are highlights of the Mingus album. But sorry Mr. Mingus had to be disappointed on "Porkpie Hat."

[@joksal9108]

I liked the Mingus album with the liner notes written by his therapist. He was definitely a different sort of cat. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Black_Saint_and_the_Sinner_Lady That’s wild to hear Jean Shepherd of “A Christmas Story” fame on a Mingus record. The Eric Dolphy story is a sad one. The doctors treating him when he was deathly ill in Europe (France I think) assumed that because he was a jazz musician he was on drugs, but he was really in the midst of a diabetic coma.

[@chasesanborn]

Mingus was wired differently. Such is the nature of genius, perhaps.

[@normalizedaudio2481]

Who holds your old papers is how good of a composer you were.

[@chasesanborn]

The test of time.

[@A.ChristopherJohnson]

Bravo !!!

[@chasesanborn]

I accept on Mingus' behalf. :)

[@wesleywashington1251]

I love Joni Mitchell's voice!! She's a great songwriter too.

[@chasesanborn]

Yes she is.

[@MrAgmx]

The master genius mixing the secret sauce

[@chasesanborn]

The great leaders always allow the other musicians to contribute to the recipe.

[@wesleywashington1251]

I don't usually appreciate bass players much but if Charles Mingus composed Goodbye Porkpie Hat, I gotta take my hat off to him. That's a jazz masterpiece.

[@chasesanborn]

Yes, that's a great tune.

[@domzig138]

Can you do a Gerry Mulligan episode or maybe John Klemmer please

[@chasesanborn]

There are a finite number of episodes as they were made for a university class. No Gerry or John, sorry!