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70
Sadly, Charles Mingus passed before he was able to listen to this timeless and ageless paean to his remarkable contributions to bop and free jazz.
11y
60
Mingus represents a brave attempted collaboration with the noted jazz bassist and composer; unfortunately, the results are sketchy at best.
6y
55
Mingus, her 1979 collaboration with Charles Mingus before his death makes her seem like the jazz dilettante that people accused her of being. The ultimate result doesn't serve either of their legacies particularly well.
11y
Did you know the final project Charles Mingus ever worked on was Joni Mitchell's album dedicated to the late great Jazz composer? Neither did I until not too long ago, and I feel like checking it out and giving it a listen as I love both of the main artists involved. While I very much respect the vision these two had for this project, I hate to say it but this is not on the level one would normally expect from Joni and is arguably the start of the decline in quality of her music. With ... read more
I'm not sure what to make of this one. It's even more daring than Joni's previous album, Don Juan's Reckless Daughter, and I'd say it's the closest to experimental I've heard a Joni Mitchell album become. With that boldness comes the same flaws than its predecessor, though, which on many parts of this album become more glaring. Despite those, though, this album tends to be a much more coherent listen.
it’s good cause it’s joni but it doesn’t live up to the legendary run that she had till don juan. I really want to complete her discography but i fear we are entering a dark age in joni’s journey
If Mingus had passed away a little later, giving them plenty of time to finish the album, I can't imagine how amazing it would have been😭😭😭
If you’re wondering where the source material comes from for the “crazy jazz lady” trope, it’s this.
![佐井好子 [Yoshiko Sai] - 蝶のすむ部屋 [The Room with Butterfly]](https://cdn2.albumoftheyear.org/200x0/album/77356-.jpg)
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Track List
| 1 | Happy Birthday 1975 (Rap) 0:57 | 67 |
| 2 | God Must Be a Boogie Man 4:33 | 76 |
| 3 | Funeral (Rap) 1:07 | 62 |
| 4 | A Chair in the Sky 6:40 | 75 |
| 5 | The Wolf That Lives in Lindsey 6:33 | 74 |
| 6 | I's a Muggin' (Rap) 0:07 | 64 |
| 7 | Sweet Sucker Dance 8:06 | 75 |
| 8 | Coin in the Pocket (Rap) 0:11 | 61 |
| 9 | The Dry Cleaner from Des Moines 3:22 | 84 |
| 10 | Lucky (Rap) 0:03 | 59 |
| 11 | Goodbye Pork Pie Hat 5:41 | 77 |
Total Length: 37 minutes
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1y
a joni mitchell album with Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Jaco Pastorius, Don Alias, Peter Erskine, and Emil Richards that has multiple songs composed by, and is in tribute to, Charles Mingus?
Sounds amazing on paper, although I am slightly worried how it will actually sound in execution.
Sounds amazing on paper, although I am slightly worried how it will actually sound in execution.