Charles Mingus Two Part Series
Show Description:
Charles Mingus Part 1
Charles Mingus was a big man and he played an instrument made for him, the bass, playing hundreds of his own tunes--music that expanded jazz and the musicians who played it.
May 5th: Charles Mingus Part 2
After Charles Mingus' groundbreaking 1956 composition "Pithecanthropus Erectus" came out, Charles Mingus moved from California to New York and established his legacy as one of jazz's finest writers and bandleaders.
Air Date and Time:
Tuesday the 29th at 6pm
Tuesday the 6th at 6pm
They're melodies you hear again and again; songs that have inspired a thousand albums --but do you know their stories?
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