Myself when I am real : the life and music of Charles Mingus /

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A pioneering bassist and composer, Mingus redefined jazz's terrain. He penned over 300 works spanning gutbucket gospel, Colombian cumbias, orchestral tone poems and chamber jazz, but got attention less for his art than his volatile behaviour. This biography offers a portrait of the musician.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Santoro, Gene
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2001.
Series:OUP E-Books.
Subjects:
Mingus, Charles, > 1922-1979.
Mingus, Charles, > 1922-1979
Jazz musicians > United States > Biography.
Musiciens de jazz > États-Unis > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Composers & Musicians.
MUSIC > Genres & Styles > Jazz.
Jazz musicians
United States
Biographies
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary:A pioneering bassist and composer, Mingus redefined jazz's terrain. He penned over 300 works spanning gutbucket gospel, Colombian cumbias, orchestral tone poems and chamber jazz, but got attention less for his art than his volatile behaviour. This biography offers a portrait of the musician.
Item Description:Originally published: 2000.
Physical Description:1 online resource (478 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, portraits
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:1423746430
9781423746430
1602566925
9781602566927
9780198025788
0198025785
1280532122
9781280532122
9780195147117
0195147111
6610532125
9786610532124

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