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• Title:Better git it in your soul : an interpretive biography of Charles Mingus / Krin Gabbard.
  
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• Author/Creator:Gabbard, Krin, author.
  
• Published/Created:Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2016]
  ©2016
  

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  • Location:MAA LIBRARY (IKB) stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: ML418.M45 G33 2016
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Mingus, Charles, 1922-1979.
  Jazz musicians--United States--Biography.
  Double bassists--United States--Biography.
  
• Description:323 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  
• Summary:"This biography traces the output of jazz master Charles Mingus--his recordings, his compositions, and his writings--highlighting key moments in his life and musicians who influenced him and were influenced by him. As a young man, Mingus played with Louis Armstrong as well as with Kid Ory. Mingus also played in bands led by Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Lionel Hampton, Red Norvo, Art Tatum, and many others. He began leading his own bands in New York City in 1955. Eric Dolphy, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Jimmy Knepper, Jackie McLean, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Cat Anderson, and Jaki Byard are among the many distinguished jazz artists who made music with Mingus during the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. In addition to leaving behind a large collection of compelling recordings by large and small units, Mingus was also a talented writer. His autobiography, Beneath the Underdog: His World Composed by Mingus, is unlike any other book by a major jazz artist. Mingus creates vivid portraits of the many people who passed through his life and tells his story with compelling prose. Mingus also wrote a good deal of poetry and prose, all of it reflecting his unique vision. In 1977 he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. After several months of steady deterioration, he died in 1979 in Mexico"--Provided by publisher.
  
• Notes:"Roth Family Foundation music in America imprint".
  Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-296) and index.
  
• ISBN:9780520260375 (cloth ; alk. paper)
  0520260376 (cloth : alk. paper)
  
• Contents:Introduction: Charles Mingus changed my life
  A circus in a bathtub
  Autobiography, autofiction, and some poetry
  Third stream music and the rest of jazz history
  On and off the bandstand with Richmond, Dolphy, and Knepper
  Epilogue: Mingus in the movies.