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Thirteen Pictures: Charles Mingus Anthology Unbound – October 1, 1993
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherRhino Entertainment
- Publication dateOctober 1, 1993
- ISBN-101568261284
- ISBN-13978-1568261287
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- Publisher : Rhino Entertainment (October 1, 1993)
- Language : English
- ISBN-10 : 1568261284
- ISBN-13 : 978-1568261287
- Item Weight : 1.11 pounds
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The subtext of the collection seems to be to establish that Mingus was a jazz composer comparable to a giant like Ellington. And it is true, the sweep of this music from solo piano to big band, from chorus-bridge-chorus songs to multi-sectional suites is impressive. In this regard, this anthology succeeds as an introduction to Mingus' music. However, the inclusion of some of this material is done at the cost of omitting many of Mingus' better known (and more typical) works. If one just wants to hear Mingus and his band at their peak, get the late 1950s classics like "Ah um."
The CD includes good liner notes. All musicians and recording details documented.
Now, one 3 second phrase does not an album make. I know this. This is one of my favourite jazz collections because the rest of it manages to live up to that one magnificent moment. Its consistency is what amazes me. Mingus manages to write music the way Tom Robbins writes books: with a focus on the narrative whole, while adding enough raw nuggets of buoyancy to make the whole thing go down easy.
Highlights for me include "Cumbia & Jazz Fusion" (like listening to the history of man), "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" (melancholic without being melodramatic -- an impossible feat in my books), and "Better Git it in Your Soul" (spunky energy). And of course, "Myself When I Am Real", a haunting seven-and-a-half minute piano improv.
Sometimes jazz baffles me for its insistence on staying within the basic and cliched forms. Mingus never falls into that deep hole.