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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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