Charles Mingus Mingus plays Piano MFSL Silver CD Neu OVP Sealed MFCD 783

Erscheinungsdatum: 1990
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab
Import aus: USA
Format: Audio CD

     Tracks



1. Myself When I Am Real  
2. I Can't Get Started  
3. Body and Soul  
4. Roland Kirk's Message  
5. Memories of You  
6. She's Just Miss Popular Hybird  
7. Orange Was the Color of Her Dress, Then Silk Blues  
8. Meditations for Moses  
9. Old Portrait  
10. I'm Getting Sentimental over You  
11. Compositional Theme Story: Medleys, Anthems and Folklore  


Produktbeschreibungen
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Er war kein professioneller Pianist, sondern ein exzellenter Bassist und Bandleader. Genau dies macht Charles Mingus' Klaviersoli so spannend. Blockig klingt sein Spiel, streng den Akkordstrukturen verpflichtet; wer brillante Läufe erwartet, wird enttäuscht. Trotzdem fließen die Töne gefühlvoll aus Mingus' Fingern, fügen sich zu eigenwilligen Varianten von Standards und Eigenkompositionen. Wer den Pianisten Thelonious Monk schätzt, hat an diesen 27 Jahre alten Einspielungen von Charles Mingus ebenfalls seine Freunde.
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Review by Scott Yanow
Bassist Charles Mingus would never qualify as a virtuoso on the piano but his technique was reasonably impressive and his imagination quite brilliant. This unique solo piano CD (which was reissued in 1997) has a few standards ("Body and Soul," "Memories of You" and "I'm Getting Sentimental over You") along with some freely improvised originals, most of which are quite fascinating to hear, as if one were listening to Mingus think aloud.