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Better git it in your soul : an interpretive biography of Charles Mingus / Krin Gabbard.
LIBRA ML418.M45 G33 2016
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gabbard, Krin, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mingus, Charles, 1922-1979.
- Mingus, Charles.
- Jazz musicians--United States--Biography.
- Jazz musicians.
- Double bassists.
- United States.
- Double bassists--United States--Biography.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 323 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2016]
- Summary:
- "This biography traces the output of jazz master Charles Mingus--his recordings, his compositions, and his writings--highlighting key moments in his life and musicians who influenced him and were influenced by him. As a young man, Mingus played with Louis Armstrong as well as with Kid Ory. Mingus also played in bands led by Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Lionel Hampton, Red Norvo, Art Tatum, and many others. He began leading his own bands in New York City in 1955. Eric Dolphy, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Jimmy Knepper, Jackie McLean, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Cat Anderson, and Jaki Byard are among the many distinguished jazz artists who made music with Mingus during the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. In addition to leaving behind a large collection of compelling recordings by large and small units, Mingus was also a talented writer. His autobiography, Beneath the Underdog: His World Composed by Mingus, is unlike any other book by a major jazz artist. Mingus creates vivid portraits of the many people who passed through his life and tells his story with compelling prose. Mingus also wrote a good deal of poetry and prose, all of it reflecting his unique vision. In 1977 he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. After several months of steady deterioration, he died in 1979 in Mexico."--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Charles Mingus changed my life
- A circus in a bathtub
- Poet, lyricist, autobiographer
- Third stream music and the rest of jazz history
- On and off the bandstand with Richmond, Dolphy, and Knepper
- Epilogue: Mingus in the movies.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-296) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780520260375
- 0520260376
- OCLC:
- 918969680
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