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George Adams-Dannie Richmond: More Sightings (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music July 06, 09

No, this was not a Charles Mingus tribute band. Mingus Dynasty had taken on that responsibility right after Mingus's...

George Adams & Don Pullen Quartet: Dionysus (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music July 02, 09

Three out the four members of the George Adams/Don Pullen Quartet died in middle age: drummer Dannie Richmond in 1988...

Charles Mingus: Haitian Fight Song (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music October 26, 07

Charles Mingus, by Herb Snitzer It’s difficult not to think of that Volkswagen commercial as Charles Mingus re...

Charles Mingus: Tijuana Gift Shop (Rating: 83/100) posted in Music November 21, 07

Mingus’s music often proclaims its own biting and intense vernacular. This quirky melody, with a sharp rip to its hig...

Herbie Nichols: Beyond Recall (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music April 07, 09

“Beyond Recall” is from Herbie Nichols’ last recording date as a leader, Love, Gloom, Cash, Love, recorded in 1957 wi...

This track review is included in: DESERT ISLAND DOZENS: FRANK KIMBROUGH

Not many jazz musicians have had a stronger revitalizing and sustaining impact on the everyday NYC jazz scene over ...

George Adams & Don Pullen: Big Alice (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music January 13, 08

This session featuring Mingus alumni (with the obvious exception of Cameron Brown) is filled with high- energy origin...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: LIVE AT THE VILLAGE VANGUARD

Whenever I step inside the Village Vanguard, I am always struck by a déjà vu sense of the awe-inspiring amounts of ...

Charles Mingus: So Long Eric (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music October 14, 08

Listening to this performance reminds me of the weight of some of Mingus's compositions. Maybe it's because I've been...

Charles Mingus: Half-Mast Inhibition (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music November 21, 07

Mingus began "Half-Mast Inhibition" at age 18, but left it unfinished for 20 years. As tempting as it might be to cal...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL 'THIRD STREAM' PERFORMANCES

A few years after longtime Metropolitan Opera French hornist Gunther Schuller assisted in Miles Davis's Birth of the ...

Charles Mingus: Orange Was the Color of Her Dress, Then Blue Silk (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music October 22, 07

Mingus worked the devil out of this complicated TV-score remnant during his 1964 tour of Europe. There must be a doze...

Charles Mingus: Celia (Rating: 86/100) posted in Music October 22, 07

Celia Zaentz was the second wife of Charles Mingus and co-founder, with her husband and Max Roach, of Debut Records, ...

Charles Mingus: Los Mariachis (Rating: 83/100) posted in Music October 22, 07

Inspired by street musicians in Tijuana, “Los Mariachis” employs a suite-like structure that simulates a walking tour...

Charles Mingus: Self-Portrait in Three Colors (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music October 22, 07

We could spend a lot of time unpacking just the title of this song (originally written for Shadows, the directorial d...

Charles Mingus: Tensions (Rating: 84/100) posted in Music October 22, 07

“Moods,” “contrasts” and “changes” are a few words that have taken on elemental significance in Mingus’ song titles, ...

Charles Mingus: Ecclusiastics (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music October 22, 07

Kirk’s tenure with Mingus lasted only a few months, but the relationship was sympathetic and yielded a classic record...

Charles Mingus: Goodbye Pork Pie Hat (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music October 25, 07

Late in life, Lester Young was asked if any of the myriad younger musicians who copied his style had ever thanked him...

Charles Mingus: Moanin' (Rating: 99/100) posted in Music October 26, 07

Unlike Bobby Timmons' righteous "Moanin'" recorded the previous year by The Jazz Messengers, Mingus's "Moanin'" is te...

Charles Mingus: Flamingo (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music October 29, 07

It would be difficult to get to the heart of what makes this track so special to me. The programmatic nature of the c...

Charles Mingus: Better Git It In Your Soul (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music November 03, 07

Three 1959 Mingus albums begin with the same Pentecostal pandemonium. February's "Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting" (Bl...

Charles Mingus: Eat That Chicken (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music November 09, 07

Many 1950s jazz modernists considered such forebears as Jelly Roll Morton and Fats Waller old hat. Not Charles M...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: JAZZ FOR THE BIRDS

It's only fitting. Since birds inspire us with their songs, composers return the favor, dedicating music in every gen...

Charles Mingus: Don't Let Them Drop That Atomic Bomb On Me (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music November 16, 07

The threat of nuclear annihilation hung over the Space Age like a millennial migraine the morning after 100 consecuti...

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