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Mingus In Wonderland
The name Mingus may refer to: * Charles Mingus (1922–1979), jazz composer and double bass player ** Sue Mingus, wife of the jazz composer ** ''Mingus'' (Charles Mingus album), 1961 album by Charles Mingus ** ''Mingus'' (Joni Mitchell album), 1979 jazz album by Joni Mitchell with Charles Mingus ** ''Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus'', 1963 album by Charles Mingus * Mingus Reedus, son of American actor Norman Reedus * Mingus, Texas, a city * Mingus Mountain, in the Black Hills of Arizona * Mingus Lookout Complex Mingus Lookout Complex is a fire tower lookout complex atop Mingus Mountain in Prescott National Forest, in Arizona. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United Sta ..., a fire tower lookout complex in Prescott National Forest, Arizona * Max Mingus, a character in a series of books by British thriller writer Nick Stone {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Mingus
Charles Mingus Jr. (April 22, 1922 – January 5, 1979) was an American jazz upright bassist, pianist, composer, bandleader, and author. A major proponent of collective improvisation, he is considered to be one of the greatest jazz musicians and composers in history,See the 1998 documentary ''Triumph of the Underdog'' with a career spanning three decades and collaborations with other jazz musicians such as Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, and Herbie Hancock. Mingus' compositions continue to be played by contemporary musicians ranging from the repertory bands Mingus Big Band, Mingus Dynasty, and Mingus Orchestra, to the high school students who play the charts and compete in the Charles Mingus High School Competition. In 1993, the Library of Congress acquired Mingus' collected papers—including scores, sound recordings, correspondence and photos—in what they described as "the most important acquisition of a manuscript collection relating to jaz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sue Mingus
Susan Mingus (née Graham, April 2, 1930 – September 24, 2022) was an American record producer and band manager. She was married to jazz composer and bassist Charles Mingus, and formed tribute groups to perform his music after his death. She won a Grammy Award in 2011, having earlier received four nominations. Early life Susan Graham was born in Chicago on April 2, 1930. Her father, Louis, was a mathematician and engineer who had aspired to be an opera singer; her mother was a housewife who played the harp and piano. Susan grew up in Milwaukee and attended an all-girls schools. She studied at Smith College, graduating in 1952. She then worked as an editor of the ''International Herald Tribune'' in Paris for two years, before being employed by ''Clipper'', Pan Am's in-flight magazine, in Rome. Career Sue was acting in ''O.K. End Here'' (1963), an experimental film directed by Robert Frank, when she first met Charles Mingus. They had an unofficial marriage ceremony conduc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mingus (Charles Mingus Album)
''Mingus'' is an album by the jazz bassist and composer Charles Mingus. The album was recorded in October and November 1960 in New York and released in late 1961 on Nat Hentoff's Candid label. Background At this time Mingus was working regularly with a piano-less quartet featuring Eric Dolphy, Ted Curson and Dannie Richmond, as heard on the ''Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus'' album also recorded in October 1960. The ''Mingus'' album features one track, "Stormy Weather", recorded by the same quartet, plus two tracks recorded by a larger group featuring piano and additional horns. The track "M.D.M." weaves together the themes from three compositions: Duke Ellington's "Main Stem", Thelonious Monk's "Straight, No Chaser" and Mingus's own "Fifty-First Street Blues". The track "Lock 'Em Up" was inspired by a period of treatment that Mingus describes undergoing in his autobiography ''Beneath the Underdog'', at New York's Bellevue Hospital Center, Bellevue psychiatric facility. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mingus (Joni Mitchell Album)
''Mingus'' is the tenth studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell, and a collaboration with composer and jazz musician Charles Mingus. Recorded in the months before his death, it would be Mingus's final musical project; the album is wholly dedicated to him. ''Mingus'' was released on June 13, 1979. The album is quite experimental, featuring minimalist jazz, over-plucked, buzzing acoustic guitars, and even wolves howling through "The Wolf That Lives in Lindsey". All of the lyrics are by Mitchell, while the music for four of the songs was composed by Mingus, three being new tunes, a fourth being his tribute to saxophonist Lester Young from his 1959 classic ''Mingus Ah Um'', "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat", for which Mitchell wrote a set of lyrics. As with the release preceding, ''Don Juan's Reckless Daughter'', Mitchell hired personnel from jazz fusion group Weather Report, notably bassist Jaco Pastorius to play on the sessions. ''Mingus'' would also mark the first reunion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus
''Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus'' is a studio album by the American jazz composer and bassist Charles Mingus which was released on January 9, 1964. Background Mingus collaborated with arranger/orchestrator Bob Hammer to score the music for a large ensemble of brass and saxophones. Most of the compositions on this album had been previously recorded or have since been rerecorded, some under different titles, on other albums: * "II B.S." as "Haitian Fight Song" on '' Plus Max Roach'' and '' The Clown'' * "I X Love" as "Duke's Choice" on '' A Modern Jazz Symposium of Music and Poetry''.Conversely, Nat Hentoff identifies "Nouroog" as the precursor to "I X Love". * "Mood Indigo" (Barney Bigard, Duke Ellington) on ''Mingus Dynasty'' * "Celia" on ''East Coasting'' * "Better Get Hit in Yo' Soul" as "Better Git It in Your Soul" on ''Mingus Ah Um'' (also "Better Git Hit in Your Soul" on '' Mingus at Antibes'') * "Theme for Lester Young" as "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" on ''Mingus Ah Um'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Reedus
Norman Mark Reedus (born January 6, 1969) is an American actor best known for starring as Daryl Dixon in the AMC (TV channel), AMC horror drama series ''The Walking Dead (TV series), The Walking Dead'' (2010–2022). He also starred as Murphy MacManus in the film ''The Boondock Saints'' (1999) and its sequel ''The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day'' (2009), Scud in Marvel Enterprises, Marvel's ''Blade II'' (2002), Marco in ''Deuces Wild'' (2002), and himself in his AMC TV show ''Ride with Norman Reedus'' (2016–2021). He has acted in numerous films and television series, and modeled for various fashion designers (including Prada in the 1990s). Reedus also provided Motion-capture acting, motion capture and voice acting for the lead character Sam Porter in the video game ''Death Stranding'' (2019). Early life Reedus was born in Hollywood, Florida, the son of Marianne (née Yarber), a teacher, and Ira Norman Reedus. Reedus's paternal grandmother was of Italian descent, while his gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mingus, Texas
Mingus is a city in Palo Pinto County, Texas, United States. The population was 235 at the 2010 census. History In the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, Mingus, known as a "wet" town, had a thriving set of liquor stores and bars patronized by those in "dry" areas in Palo Pinto County and other area counties. This era in Mingus history was memorialized in a comedic country song by John Clay and the Lost Austin Band called "Road to Mingus." The lyrics tell of the deaths of three young men from Strawn, Texas, who travel to Mingus for beer, and, coming home in their '39 Ford, try to beat the Katy at a crossing and die when they are struck by the "reckless railroad train." Area residents blamed aggressive law enforcement for the demise of the stores and bars. By the 2000s, the Cossacks Motorcycle Club patronized the remaining commercial establishments in the town. Geography Mingus is located at (32.539489, –98.423449). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mingus Mountain
Mingus Mountain ( yuf-x-yav, Hwa:lkyañaña) is a mountain located in the U.S. state of Arizona in the Black Hills mountain range. It is located within the Prescott National Forest traversed by State Route 89A approximately midway between Cottonwood and Prescott. The summit can be reached via Forest Service roads that branch off from State Route 89A. From the mountain, there are views of the Verde Valley, Sycamore Canyon Wilderness and the towns of Cottonwood, Jerome, and Clarkdale. The Woodchute Wilderness, north of the summit of 89A, also offers views and hiking trails. There are several National Forest campgrounds in the area and it is the transmitter location for Prescott full-service television station KAZT-TV and several low-power television stations serving Cottonwood, Clarkdale, Camp Verde and Prescott Valley. Mingus Mountain is also the premier flying site of the Arizona Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association. According to the book, ''Roadside History of Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mingus Lookout Complex
Mingus Lookout Complex is a fire tower lookout complex atop Mingus Mountain in Prescott National Forest, in Arizona. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ... in 1988. with The fire tower is a Pacific Coast Steel tower built in 1935. It replaced a wooden tower. The tower has a by wooden cab with an overhanging front porch and a gable roof. It was listed on the National Register along with 41 other fire lookout towers in a batch in 1988. References {{Registered Historic Places Towers completed in 1935 Fire lookout towers on the National Register of Historic Places in Arizona National Register of Historic Places in Yavapai County, Arizona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
