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It would be no exaggeration to call Charles Mingus the greatest bass player in the history of jazz; indeed, some might even regard it as understatement, for the hurricane power of his work as a composer, teacher, band leader, and iconoclast reached far beyond jazz while remaining true to its... read more
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Perhaps the baby was born under a bad sign: unlike the self-styled Black Bull, Stevie Wonder (13 May), and unlike the Suave Bull, Duke Ellington (29 April), Charles Mingus Jr was born under Taurus with Taurus rising - otherwise known as the Bull in a China Shop.
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- Brian Priestley (Author)
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