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- From: stewarte@sco.COM (nothing a bullet in the belly couldn't cure)
- Subject: Re: Mingus Mingus Mingus (was Re: Johnny-boy wants to play too!)
- Organization: Captain Napalm's Thermonuclear League of Liberty
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 23:42:52 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.234252.23492@sco.com>
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- Joan of Arc was burned for claiming that ajw@cbnews.cb.att.com (andrew.j.whitman) said:
- >In article <1992Dec17.212221.4796@sco.com> stewarte@sco.COM (nothing a bullet in the belly couldn't cure) writes:
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- >>Nope, none of us do. But if you (on anyone else) hasn't heard 'em,
- >>I strongly recommend either "Mingus Ah Um" or "Charles Mingus presents
- >>Charles Mingus" as an introduction. Much better than Animal Logic. :)
- >
- >And "Tijuana Moods" and "The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady" and
- >"Town Hall Concert" and "Let My Children Hear Music" and "The Greatest
- >Jazz Concert Ever" (which is undoubtedly hyperbole, but it's still hard
- >to argue with the likes of Bird, Diz, Bud Powell, Max Roach, and Sir
- >Charles) and any of the Candid recordings.
-
- Well, yeah, all good recommendations, although "Let My Children" has
- yet to emerge as one of my favorites (but then it's a fairly recent
- purchase). I was trying to narrow things down a little bit, though,
- and I'm not sure I'd recommend "Black Saint..." as someone's introduction
- to Mingus.
-
- >What I *don't* recommend is the recent Hal Willner tribute to Mingus
- >entitled "Weird Nightmare." I didn't think it was possible to castrate
- >Mingus' music, but Willner has found a way to do it. Mingus' music
- >was ballsy, in-your-face stuff, and Willner has concocted an hour
- >of atmospheric noodling. Open letter to Hal: give it up, Bud.
- >You blew it with Monk, and now you've blow it with Mingus. Stick
- >to pop artists, where you do fine.
-
- Seconded. Actually, I like the Monk tribute (well, most of it anyway),
- but I have to agree that "Weird Nightmare" just doesn't cut it.
- (In fact, you can probably find my review of it in rec.music.reviews
- right now, if you didn't read it already. End of shameless self-promotion.)
-
- -- Stewart
- --
- "A cold noodle is like a dog without fur...recognizable,
- but very unpleasant."
- -- Gever Tully (gever@xaos.com)
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