One of the most inspiring and turbulent
personalities in jazz, Charles Mingus – as player and composer –
has exerted an enormous influence on the post-war era. In the first
of a two-part survey of Mingus on record, Jack Cooke ah ums his way
through the great bassman's early masterpieces on Candid, Atlantic
and Impulse. This article was originally published in The
Wire 75, May 1990.
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