Watch Charles Mingus try to scare the crap out of the gentle people of Central Italy while chewing gum. Also, take note of Don Pullen’s heroic efforts to make his fingers bleed and please be advised that doing what Hamiet Bluiett does with the baritone saxophone may pose serious health risks, so use caution if you decide to try it at home.
The quintet featured Charles Mingus (bass), George Adams (tenor saxophone), Hamiet Bluiett (baritone saxophone), Don Pullen (piano) and Dannie Richmond (drums).
Great Music, and Musicians, Always Wake Me Up, Better Than Java, Gets The Blood Flowing!!!!
And the ‘Blues’ mellows me out where my mind Actually Stops Spinning the many thoughts and helps me think clearer!!!
Hey good morning! That was so good I listened to it twice! You trying to convert me into a jazz lover, or what? Especially liked the tandem horns and harmony at the beginning and the end. Sweet.
Wanna talk heterarchy?
There ’tis…
AG
Just my own taste but this style of jazz is not one that works for me. It is impressive as hell from a “music as athletic event” stand point but from a musical stand point it ends up sounding like noise to me. The Hancock/Hubbard piece down below is much more my style. I love jazz (and as a sometime erstwhile bass player I love Mingus) but often it seems to me many jazz musicians get into seeing just how far into the outer reaches they could go (music as athletic achievement) and they left the actual music behind.
I sure wish I had the hardware to check this one out
amazing musicians, each & every one . . .
Found this cat over at YouTube:
Interplanetary Music. So far has four video clips up, including a clip of an Ornette Coleman gig (from the mid 70s, with a very young James “Blood” Ulmer on guitar), a Coltrane performance of “Alabama” and a Cecil Taylor clip.
Check it out.
A quick btw…this clip, being vintage mid-1970s brings back some fond memories for me – our PBS station in San Antonio, I think, did a pretty good job back then of televising footage from jazz fests and such – I seriously doubt I would have seen that specific clip, but I sure saw enough just hanging with my dad as he tried (at the time in vain) to get me to ditch the rock & r&b music that were more attractive to me at the time. Anyhoo, quite nice to get to view something that triggers some very good father-son memories. Thanks. 🙂