Jazz Megathread: "I'll play it first and tell you what it is later."

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MolluskGoneBad: Feb 25, 2002

BeigeJacket posted:

Hey Pas2, where's good place to start with Charlie Mingus? Really dug that tune you posted earlier.

The only thing I have at the moment is some Mingus Big Band live records, which are really great.

Go with Blues and Roots and Live at Antibes. For larger group, larger form you can't beat "The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady."

Also, even though a few records were issued calling him Charlie, he preferred "Charles."

Mingus Ah Um is good music and well polished, but lacks the rawness and excitement his bands could bring. Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus covers a bunch of the same material (renamed) but in a style more typical of his live performances.

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MolluskGoneBad: Feb 25, 2002

Ras Het posted:

I would note that Morton & Cook both are/were big fans of free jazz and the European free improv tradition, so everything that it recommends won't suit a bebop fans tastes.

They also give short shrift (and a lot of demeaning adjectives) to AACM and NYC Loft Scene musicians, probably as a byproduct of the overstated rivalry between them and the Euro Free Improv tradition.

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