Author: Charles Mingus
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520275233
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
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--including Mingus's wife Sue, Teo Macero, George Wein, and Sy Johnson.