For folks who are like "who is that guy again?".... Mingus was one of the most important jazz bass players in 20th century and a key figure in both bebop and free jazz. And quite a character. This is but one of his legendary achievements!
Here's one of my absolute faves, Pithecanthropus Erectus.
The whole record has little bits of studio talk before and after some of the recordings and you can hear Mingus feeling really shy and vulnerable playing alone. You can even hear it in his playing, I think. Pretty remarkable. Love that guy.
(I can hum this juuuust about well enough for my own purposes. It took a lot of practice.)
("The shoes of the fisherman's wife are some jive-ass slippers" being the title of a Mingus composition)
I've never actually made it
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