Artist:Charles Mingus
Album:Better Get Hit In Yo' Soul
Album:The Impulse Story:Charles Mingus
Jazz bassist Charles Mingus is as renowned for his genius as he is reviled for his volatile temper. Who knows what his music would have been like without the bad behaviour? It says something about his status that Universal decided to release an Impulse Story CD despite the fact that Mingus only made three records for Impulse. And one of them was a solo piano recording. Better Get Hit In Yo' Soul is a rousing reworking of his classic Better Git It In Yo' Soul from the 1963 album Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus. Musicians include Mingus regulars like Eric Dolphy on alto sax, Jaki Byard on piano and Dannie Richmond on drums with some additional horns added. It's a great recording but there's more to Mingus than his Impulse recordings. Here's a half hour film made for French TV in 1964 featuring Charles Mingus, Eric Dolphy, Clifford Jordan, Jaki Byard & Dannie Richmond.
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