A brilliant, fully-realized composition improvised on the piano by an obstreperous bassist. Then it was orchestrated.
How wondrous are the works of Man.
104: Charles Mingus, ‘Myself When I Am Real’/’Adagio Ma Non Troppo’
010: Charles Mingus, ‘Remember Rockefeller at Attica’
Opening cuts–those songs that look the room’s silence right in the eye and say, ‘Stand back man, watch this!’ Beethoven’s Fifth. George’s ‘Hard Day’s Night’. This Mingus gem.
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