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A Modern Jazz Symposium of Music and Poetry
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by: Charles Mingus
Release Date October 17, 1995
1957 was a prolific year for Charles Mingus: He recorded "The Clown," New Tijuana Moods," "East Coasting" and this, "A Modern Symposium of Music and Poetry" (all following his breakthrough album Pithecanthropus Erectus the year before.) This album features such great Mingus players as Jimmy Knepper (trombone), Shafi Hadi on sax, Bill Hardman and Clarence Shaw on trumpet (with Bill Hardman on "Nouroog"), Horace Parlan on piano (alternating with Bob Hammer), and the indispensable Dannie Richmond banging the drums. "Scenes in the City" (11 minutes, 49 seconds) is probably Mingus' most successful integration of words and music. Much credit goes to Melvin Stewart's compelling narration: His beautifully spoken words capture the anger, ... Read More:
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