Track Listings (9) - Disc #1| All Artists: Charles Mingus Title: Ken Burns Jazz Members Wishing: 0 Total Copies: 0 Label: Sbme Special Mkts. Release Date: 2/1/2008 Genres: Jazz, Pop Styles: Avant Garde & Free Jazz, Modern Postbebop, Bebop Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPC: 886972412825 |
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Bassist Charles Mingus was known for his hot-headed behavior and outrageous statements, but those extracurriculars are secondary to the magical music he created. This compilation is part of the 22-CD single-artist series t... more » |
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Amazon.com Bassist Charles Mingus was known for his hot-headed behavior and outrageous statements, but those extracurriculars are secondary to the magical music he created. This compilation is part of the 22-CD single-artist series that is the bulk of the musical component for Ken Burns's documentary Jazz. Featuring nine tracks, this is an accurate but thumbnail profile of one of jazz's most complex and gifted musicians. Many will remember the incorporation of "Haitian Fight Song" as the soundtrack to a VW car advertisement, but the sentimental beauty of "Goodbye, Porkpie Hat," the urgency of "Better Get Hit in Your Soul," and the cover of Ellington's "Mood Indigo" reveal a musical portrait that is strikingly broad and beautiful. More varied in his influences than many jazzmen, Mingus incorporated such disparate influences as Ellington, gospel, Mexican music, Dixieland, European masters, and even politics. Probably the most challenging of bop greats, Charles Mingus is an iconoclastic icon whose music never severed its tie with its roots, even as he continually broke new ground. --Tad Hendrickson Similar CDs
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CD ReviewsGuys, shut up. Gray | North Carolina, USA | 12/17/2001 (5 out of 5 stars) "Listen kids. A lot of people wrote reviews who say they have never really been into jazz, but thanks to Mr. Burns, now they love it. Then they continue to either bash this cd and say Mr. Burns is an overrated incompetent moron, or they'll say that they love it but they can't explain why. I play jazz bass myself. Mingus is The Bass Player. Anyone that will ever play jazz bass will learn that Mingus was a founder of great music. He prefected the art of the rythmic bass. No one comes close to him. He is The Virtuoso. If you are into jazz, don't ever tell anyone that you don't own a Mingus cd. You must own a Mingus cd. If not this one, another but you must get one; steal, lie, cheat and kill for a Mingus cd, because nobody who was ever a jazz listener didn't already own a Mingus cd. This is a good example of a good Mingus cd. It takes all of his classic songs and puts them all on one nicely done compilation. I would definetely recommend this album. The quality isn't great, but then again only something heard live can really satisfy you; too bad he's dead. GET THIS CD!" Brilliant G. Sawaged | Canada | 06/29/2001 (5 out of 5 stars) "Before buying this album I really wasn't that familiar with Mingus. And that is the great thing about the Ken Burn's Jazz Series. It introduces artists to people who may not have known that much about them before. I have a few of the Ken Burns cds, and find them an excellent way to discover an artists work over many years and record labels. It annoys me when I see people criticizing the work Ken Burns did on his documentary series and these albums. Of course nothing is perfect, but it did bring a whole new flock of fans to jazz, and that can only be a good thing. This album by Mingus happens to be my favourite so far out of the KB's collection that I have. And I will most definately be buying more albums by Mingus in the near future. And it's all thanks to this cd. The 12 page booklet contains photos and an essay on Mingus. Highly recommended." Close to Definitive Blues Bro | Lakewood, Colorado USA | 09/21/2002 (4 out of 5 stars) "Falls a little short for a one CD definitive overview of Mingus. A big omission is 'Pithecantropus Erectus', an essential track in Mingus discography and probably my favourite of his compositions. Why including 'Mood Indigo'? He was very much influenced by the Duke and he would be the first to tell you that, but is an insult not to include another Mingus original instead of this one. STill, is a very good introduction to his music."
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