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Charles Mingus & Eric Dolphy.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- RTBF Archives
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States and Canada.
- Free Jazz.
- Avant-garde.
- Jazz.
- Concerts.
- Musical genres.
- Musical performances.
- Jazz music.
- Music.
- Local Subjects:
- United States and Canada.
- Free Jazz.
- Avant-garde.
- Jazz.
- Concerts.
- Musical genres.
- Musical performances.
- Jazz music.
- Music.
- Genre:
- Performance
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (33 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- Paris, Ile-de-France : Qwest TV, 1965.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Original language in English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- A meeting of two giants at the peak of their artistry. Together, Charles Mingus and Eric Dolphy symbolize the turning point of the 60s, where swing and free jazz meet at a tipping point. It was time to make oneself heard, and Mingus, ready for battle, did not hold back. Anything that stands is added to an already solid construction of harmony, rhythm and tradition: dissonance and friction become ever stronger, complemented by the African American blues of a race still scarred by wounds we cannot even begin to heal. Commitment, musical at least, is the watchword. He sweats in this live piece recorded at the RTBF premises, where we find the playful hands of Jaki Byard in gala mode (as demonstrated in his "Peggy’s Blue Skylight" solo) as well as a heart-rending and furious performance of "Meditations on Integration" (lasting more than 20 minutes!), producing an earthly music scraping away the layers of dirt, there to battle with the truth. This archive is all the more rare because it shows Eric Dolphy several months before his premature demise (at 36 years of age!). The Charlie Mingus Sextet with Eric Dolphy, Cornell 1964, is a comparable recording. Same period, different numbers from the Mingus repertoire. At the time, Eric Dolphy was passionate and enthusiastic. Not satisfied with having his name on more than fifty records – more than twenty of them as the lead performer – in just a few years (1959-1964) the saxophonist turns up in outstanding company: Free Jazz (Ornette Coleman), Olé (John Coltrane), The Blues and the Abstract Truth (Oliver Nelson), The Individualism of Gil Evans (Gil Evans), The Quest (Mal Waldron), Point of Departure (Andrew Hill), Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus or Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus. And certainly, his own classic, Out To lunch (1964), his second release with Blue Note! Florent Servia
- Notes:
- Performed Palais des Congrès de Liège
- Title from resource description page (viewed July 15, 2024).
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