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245 10 a| Mingus, a critical biography /c| Brian Priestley.;

300 a| xii, 308 pages, 16 pages of plates :b| illustrations ;c| 21 cm.;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

490 1 a| A Da Capo paperback;

504 a| Discography: pages 247-282.;

504 a| Includes bibliography (pages 285-297) and indexes.;

505 0 a| Bass-ically speaking -- West Coast ghost -- Bird calls -- Fifty-first street blues -- All the things you could be by now -- Money jungle -- Black saint -- Put me in that dungeon -- Myself when I am real -- Epitaph.;

520 a| It would be no exaggeration to call Charles Mingus the greatest bass player in the history of jazz; indeed, some might even regard it as understatement, for the hurricane power of his work as a composer, teacher, band leader, and iconoclast reached far beyond jazz while remaining true to its heritage in the music of Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, and Thelonious Monk. In this new biography the author has written a masterly study of Mingus's dynamic career from the early years in Swing, to the escapades of the Bebop era, through his musical maturity in the '50s when he directed a band that redefined collective improvisation in jazz. Woven in with exacting assessments of Mingus's artistic legacy is the story of his volatile, unpredictable, sometimes dangerous personality. The book views Mingus as a black artist increasingly politicized by his situation, but also unreliable as a witness to his own persecution. Capturing him in all his furious contradictions--passionate, cool, revolutionary but with a keen sense of tradition--the author has produced what can be called, again without exaggeration, the best biography of a jazz musician we have ever seen.;

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Mingus, a critical biography / Brian Priestley.

Author/creator	Priestley, Brian, 1946-
Format	Book
Publication Info	New York : Da Capo Press, [1984], ©1982.
Description	xii, 308 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Subjects	Mingus, Charles, 1922-1979. Jazz musicians--United States. --Biography. Double bassists--United States. --Biography.

Series	A Da Capo paperback Da Capo paperback. ^A910346
Contents	Bass-ically speaking -- West Coast ghost -- Bird calls -- Fifty-first street blues -- All the things you could be by now -- Money jungle -- Black saint -- Put me in that dungeon -- Myself when I am real -- Epitaph.
Abstract	It would be no exaggeration to call Charles Mingus the greatest bass player in the history of jazz; indeed, some might even regard it as understatement, for the hurricane power of his work as a composer, teacher, band leader, and iconoclast reached far beyond jazz while remaining true to its heritage in the music of Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, and Thelonious Monk. In this new biography the author has written a masterly study of Mingus's dynamic career from the early years in Swing, to the escapades of the Bebop era, through his musical maturity in the '50s when he directed a band that redefined collective improvisation in jazz. Woven in with exacting assessments of Mingus's artistic legacy is the story of his volatile, unpredictable, sometimes dangerous personality. The book views Mingus as a black artist increasingly politicized by his situation, but also unreliable as a witness to his own persecution. Capturing him in all his furious contradictions--passionate, cool, revolutionary but with a keen sense of tradition--the author has produced what can be called, again without exaggeration, the best biography of a jazz musician we have ever seen.
Bibliography note	Discography: pages 247-282.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliography (pages 285-297) and indexes.
LCCN	83026155
ISBN	0306802171 (pbk.) :

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