The Charles Mingus CAT-alog (1972)

Re:The Charles Mingus CAT-alog (1972) by iainctduncan on Sunday January 09, 2022 @11:55AM (#29865005)

For folks who are like "who is that guy again?".... Mingus was one of the most important jazz bass players in 20th century and a key figure in both bebop and free jazz. And quite a character. This is but one of his legendary achievements!

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Re:The Charles Mingus CAT-alog (1972) by jbigelow76 on Sunday January 09, 2022 @12:51PM (#29865621)

I saw the title and thought "you mean the Jazz musician, Charles Mingus?" And sure enough, it is, which kind of makes sense. A random person named Charles Mingus explaining cat toilet training isn't interesting; it's the esoteric intersection of a genius who helped shape an entire genre of music and the mundane things people do in everyday life.

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Re:The Charles Mingus CAT-alog (1972) by noman-land on Sunday January 09, 2022 @12:30PM (#29865371)

Not just a bass player but a legendary composer.

Here's one of my absolute faves, Pithecanthropus Erectus.

https://youtu.be/p0H2G_W-O0I

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Re:The Charles Mingus CAT-alog (1972) by jbigelow76 on Sunday January 09, 2022 @01:00PM (#29865700)

I got into Charles Mingus through "Mingus Plays Piano", I particularly like piano jazz when working, but any bop oriented jazz is good. Newcomers should give "Myself When I Am Real" a listen, it's a lovely composition.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk71dhCz7wM

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Re:The Charles Mingus CAT-alog (1972) by noman-land on Sunday January 09, 2022 @01:25PM (#29865934)

Absolutely beautiful album, and Myself When I Am Real is one of the best tracks.

The whole record has little bits of studio talk before and after some of the recordings and you can hear Mingus feeling really shy and vulnerable playing alone. You can even hear it in his playing, I think. Pretty remarkable. Love that guy.

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Re:The Charles Mingus CAT-alog (1972) by amongwhales on Sunday January 09, 2022 @02:15PM (#29866396)

Love Myself When I Am Real and Black Saint. But I had trouble finding other songs as enjoyable. Is there anything else similar in his catalog?

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Re:The Charles Mingus CAT-alog (1972) by drumttocs8 on Sunday January 09, 2022 @02:47PM (#29866701)

Black Saint and the Sinner Lady is one of my top albums of all time.

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Re:The Charles Mingus CAT-alog (1972) by psd1 on Monday January 10, 2022 @04:52AM (#29872496)

Boogie Stop Shuffle

(I can hum this juuuust about well enough for my own purposes. It took a lot of practice.)

https://youtu.be/uYFachqAup4

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Re:The Charles Mingus CAT-alog (1972) by noman-land on Monday January 10, 2022 @10:52PM (#29887305)

Another incredible one!

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Re:The Charles Mingus CAT-alog (1972) by tclancy on Sunday January 09, 2022 @02:30PM (#29866539)

The poop of the jazzman’s cat is some jive-ass shit.

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Re:The Charles Mingus CAT-alog (1972) by iainctduncan on Sunday January 09, 2022 @05:46PM (#29868167)

Winner. That's some inside baseball shit, lol.

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Re:The Charles Mingus CAT-alog (1972) by chrisweekly on Sunday January 09, 2022 @11:00PM (#29870457)

haha, yes it is

("The shoes of the fisherman's wife are some jive-ass slippers" being the title of a Mingus composition)

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Re:The Charles Mingus CAT-alog (1972) by kevinmchugh on Sunday January 09, 2022 @01:44PM (#29866123)

I also like how he wrote his eggnog recipe, it's very much in his voice https://www.charlesmingus.com/blog/news/minguss-5-star-raptu...

I've never actually made it

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Re:The Charles Mingus CAT-alog (1972) by cushychicken on Sunday January 09, 2022 @01:57PM (#29866232)

Black Saint and The Sinner Lady

!!!!!!!

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Re:The Charles Mingus CAT-alog (1972) by AlbertCory on Sunday January 09, 2022 @12:18PM (#29865251)

Indeed, and how could I resist reading an article with that title?

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Re:The Charles Mingus CAT-alog (1972) by 4WIW on Sunday January 09, 2022 @08:14PM (#29869375)

Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus ...

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