Better git it in your soul
Subtitle: an interpretive biography of Charles Mingus
By: Krin Gabbard
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 323
ISBN-13: 9780520260375
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Biography; Jazz musicians
Other titles: Interpretive biography of Charles Mingus; Biography of Charles Mingus
Description: This biography traces the output of jazz master Charles Mingus--his recordings, his compositions, and his writings--highlighting key moments in his life and the musicians who influenced him and were influenced by him. 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, is unlike any other book by a major jazz artist. After exploring the most important events in Mingus's life, Krin Gabbard takes a careful look at Mingus as a writer as well as a composer and musician.
Notes: "Roth Family Foundation music in America imprint"--Preliminary page.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-295), discography (pages 251-254), filmography (pages 295-296), and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction. Charles Mingus changed my life; title: A circus in a bathtub; title: Poet, lyricist, autobiographer; title: Third stream music and the rest of jazz history; title: On and off the bandstand with Richmond, Dolphy, and Knepper; title: Epilogue. Mingus in the movies.