Dolphy grew up not too far from DTLA in Los Angeles and Mingus grew up in the Watts section of Los Angeles in what taxi cab dispatchers would call the Deep South. I grew up in was is geographically South Central Los Angeles. Both Mingus and Dolphy were true originals. I love this album
0:00 A.T.F.W. [Art Tatum-Fats Waller] + 4:52 Parkeriana + 26:16 So Long Eric + 48:37 Orange Was The Color Of Her Dress + 1:02:31 Sophisticated Lady + 1:08:31 Meditations On Integration + 1:31:39 Fables Of Faubus
this whole concert is one of his (and Dolphy's) best... this group and this tournée were probably the peak of MIngus' carreer and a strong part of that success was due to Dolphy's presence (and obviously to Mingus direction/conduction and ability in picking up such a differentiated but organic line-up)
My Guru! As a bassist, composer, but mainly as director of small ensembles! When he came to Portugal to Cascais Jazz, the then director of the festival Luís Vilas Boas and seeing that Mingus was full of hunger, sent him in a taxi to a friend's restaurant. After an hour, he received an hour, called from the restaurant - O Vilas, this four dishes for him to choose, ate alone the four doses and is asking what is dessert ...
Mingus' political and social contextual isms were comprehensive and variegated. His mastery of racist antebellum musical directives are parodied, and ridiculously deconstructed so as to reinforce his politics as oculi into the universal madness that we Earthlings are dealing with to this very day Salut Sir!
he also had a lot of volume - remember that musicians of that era were used to play unplugged so they developed a different balance between instruments and different volume. I am used to play unplugged and there are double bass player (not necessarily very good ones) that can be heard in a rhythm section all the same (unless the drummer is really loud...)
it must also be said that they played in a complete different way - I bet that Danny Richmond didn't play as loud as a modern player used to play in amplified contextes...
As for "treatment" Mingus spoke about how criminally insulted and mistreated Eric Dolphy was by some hoteliers on tours. Not realizing who they were dealing with was a reflection on them, and not the magnanimous Mr. Dolphy.
mmm if you listen to 1959 1960 you can see a great difference in what Ornette was doing compared to the other you mentioned. anyway the "new Thing" was a movement that had several and different origins (never forget Cecil Taylor)
@@emilianoturazzi Believe me i'm never forget Cecil Taylor (you must know but in a Tony Williams album they made a duo : Morgan notion - is thé title (i just answer that : in thé Naked City "Radio" LP John Zorn writting inside the cover alls his influences and Charles Mingus is the first name ; now may-be you're right anyway you have a good taste
Мне очень нравится коллектив этого ансамбля. Главная изюминка- Eric dolfi. Как раз за месяц до смерти этот великий музыкант достиг пика. Впрочем, надо отдать должное и остальным. Все играют прекрасно!
I always thought Dolphy played best when he was with Mingus, on his own, I always felt like his pieces lacked formal flow, but with Mingus there's control to his improvisations, sometimes when you go too avant garde you lose the audience.
you come here and say that they play the same thing over and over and you expect people to take your reaction/opinion in consideration? this aint how it works chief
I appears from your comments below that you are either neuro divergent, or possibly just think you are smarter than everyone else. Either way , at this point in your life you shouldn't be surprised when you rub people the wrong way with off hand dismissive remarks. How about some links to your sax flute basclar recordings for starters. Also as someone well versed in jazz from the 1920s-1970s I can assure you there is a lot more going on here than " playing the same thing over and over"
Music is repetitve and it becomes very apparent when you listen to something you don't enjoy. I can say the same thing about blues or country or rap. Sounds all the same to me.
I bet you repeat words every day of your life. Jazz music is exactly like a conversation. You don't invent new words every time. You use them in a different context.
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