Better git this in your soul
Jul 07, 2020
3 minutes
BY JIM AUSTIN
I consider Charles Mingus one of the great American composers, at least on par with the most celebrated American classical dudes. With apologies to fans of that music, I’d much rather listen to this record, or any of several other Mingus recordings, than, say, Billy the Kid or Rhapsody in Blue. What makes Mingus great is precisely that, in contrast to Copland and Gershwin, when he explored the vernacular, it wasn’t some pale imitation.
Some jazz records can seem generic, their
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