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Jazz bassist Charles Mingus goes from Massey Hall to Pithecanthropus

Leadership development The three albums discussed in this article represent bassist Charles Mingus growing in stature as bass player, composer and band leader. On the first album he becomes leader almost by default as the two who were meant to lead the outfit which...

Introducing a Charles Mingus decade – the flowering of a jazz genius

The truth of what I am “I’m going to keep on getting through and finding out the kind of man I am through my music. That’s the one place I can be free.” – Mingus in conversation with Nat Hentoff (A Musician Beyond Category – From...
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