Beneath the Underdog
His World as Composed by Mingus
$33.12
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
21 July 1992
Summary
Bass player extraordinaire Charles Mingus, who died in 1979, is one of the essential composers in the history of jazz, and Beneath the Underdog, his celebrated, wild, funny, demonic, anguished, shocking, and profoundly moving memoir, is the greatest autobiography ever written by a jazz musician.
It tells of his God-haunted childhood in Watts during the 1920s and 1930s; his outcast adolescent years; his apprenticeship, not only with jazzmen but also with pimps, hookers, junkie…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780679737612 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0679737618 |
| Author: | Charles Mingus |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Vintage Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 21 July 1992 |
| Weight: | 312g |
| Dimensions: | 201mm x 132mm x 20mm |
| Series: | Vintage |
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Charles Mingus
Charles Mingus, an essential composer in the history of jazz and a bass player extraordinaire, was born on April 22, 1922 in Nogales, Arizona, and grew up in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Watts. He made his recording debut with Lionel Hampton in 1947, and performed on numerous recordings with Louis Armstrong, Charlie Parker, Stan Getz, Duke Ellington, Bud Powell, Art Tatum, and many others. His several honors included a Guggenheim Fellowship, an honorary degree from Brandeis University, and the Slee Chair in Music at the State University of New York in Buffalo. Charles Mingus died in 1979 at the age of 56.
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