Charles Mingus - Reincarnation Of A Lovebird 1960

A virtuoso bassist, composer, pianist, arranger, and bandleader, Charles Mingus cut an indelible path through 20th century jazz, creating a legacy that continues to influence, instruct, and enrich. His powerful tone and unshakeable rhythmic facility drove an original music, ambitious yet earthy. Influenced musically and culturally by Black gospel, Mingus drew inspiration from each sound that grabbed him -- blues, New Orleans jazz, swing, bop, Latin traditions, classical, and avant-garde -- and adapted them for his ensembles. Influenced by Duke Ellington, Mingus grafted the maestro's harmonic innovations and swing onto gutbucket blues, dissonance, and abrupt rhythmic and meter changes. His important '50s albums -- Pithecanthropus Erectus, The Clown, Mingus Ah Um, Blues and Roots -- offered traditional notation, oral dictation, and space for his sidemen to improvise. Further, Mingus introduced many future jazz luminaries and leaders through his bands including Jackie McLean, Eric Dolphy, Dannie Richmond, Don Pullen, George Adams, Jimmy Knepper, and Jack Walrath. AMG.

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