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Mingus speaks /

Charles Mingus is among jazz's greatest composers and perhaps its most talented bass player. He was blunt and outspoken about the place of jazz in music history and American culture, about which performers were the real thing (or not), and much more. These in-depth interviews, conducted several...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Mingus, Charles, 1922-1979
Other Authors: Goodman, John F, 1934-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2013.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Introduction; 1 Avant-Garde and Tradition; 2 Studying, Teaching, and Earning a Living; 3 Recordings: Children and Friends; 4 Authenticity: Whose Tribe Are You In?; 5 Musicians: Reminiscing in Tempo; 6 Debut Records, George Wein, and the Music Business; 7 The Clubs and the Mafia; 8 The Critics; 9 Survival: The Reason for the Blues; 10 Eviction and Laying Out; 11 Mingus Women; 12 Mingus on Sue; 13 The Real and the Fictional Mingus; Chronology; Acknowledgments; Index.