Mingus speaks / [interviews by] John F Goodman.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Charles Mingus is among jazz's greatest composers and perhaps its most talented bass player. He was blunt and outspoken about the place of jazz in music history and American culture, about which performers were the real thing (or not), and much more. These in-depth interviews, conducted several years before Mingus died, capture the composer's spirit and voice, revealing how he saw himself as composer and performer, how he viewed his peers and predecessors, how he created his extraordinary music, and how he looked at race. Augmented with interviews and commentary by ten close associates-includi.

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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Introduction; 1 Avant-Garde and Tradition; 2 Studying, Teaching, and Earning a Living; 3 Recordings: Children and Friends; 4 Authenticity: Whose Tribe Are You In?; 5 Musicians: Reminiscing in Tempo; 6 Debut Records, George Wein, and the Music Business; 7 The Clubs and the Mafia; 8 The Critics; 9 Survival: The Reason for the Blues; 10 Eviction and Laying Out; 11 Mingus Women; 12 Mingus on Sue; 13 The Real and the Fictional Mingus; Chronology; Acknowledgments; Index.

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