Charles Mingus - Shortnin' Bread

[seanyboi234]

YEAH AFRICAN GOLD MINE

[human453]

guy is a complete bad ass

[harryterrell]

shut up nigga red guard

[woboin]

I'm assuming he means the foldback isn't on for him

[MishterAnderson]

youtube /watch?v=2E7Xs8gD3io

Link to the full documentary that this is from.

[handicappedhoods]

He punched the sound guy later that evening.

[nosferato06]

@handicappedhoods Really?? How did you find that out?

[FattyMcFatpantss]

I LOVE Charles Mingus. I took a Jazz History class and discovered him and fell in loveee.

[olflatop]

It's fucking on dude!

[badassmofomc]

Hell yeah . All the Crackers just got up and left the club . Snuck out the back door where they smuggled the diamonds out .

[89mega89able]

That's exactly what you should expect from mingus.

[westcoastdoldrums]

i love it when that piano comes in right before he says "thats some lie some american white man said" damn i wish i could play da piano like dat

[Heisenberg85]

U guys are dumb.

I am cool

[1towerofpower]

that's one bad motherfucker!I wouldn't fuck with him !

[misterjaybird1]

@KrautRockJock "Mammy's Little Baby Loves Shortening Bread" was a tune popular on t.v. when Mingus was young. The song popularizes a notion that black kids love to eat shortbread, an oatmeal biscuit which, tasty or not, is not a high-class delicacy.

Mingus parodies the old tune with a new sensibility. "Who says mama's little baby loves shortnin bread?" he wants to know. Mama's little baby likes truffles, caviar and -- in case the politics of the song aren't clear enough -- African gold mines.

[SoWhat6161]

I like how the saxophonist actually humours him, knowing quite well that the mic is on.... XD

[ioaqw]

@SoWhat6161 uh, mingus wouldn't have known if they microphone was hooked up to be recording them, he would have been talking about the amplification

[petopalaj]

Hahah he was the realest.

[warsd4]

this is the best thing I've ever seen. Long live Mingus...

[reversEngiener]

TURN THE FUCKING MIC ON

[cigarcough]

<3 Mingus!

[boogster123321]

man its so ahead of his time to bring up blood diamonds in '77. wait about 30 years later the subject would be brought up in the mainstream.

[underyourskindvd]

excellent..

[KatweaselJones]

Thats Hysterical! I love Mingus. I gaurantee the audience was predominantley white people too. (was that Montreal? I know it wasn't Castle Hill!))As notoriuosly bad tempered as Mingus was he was equally resourceful and always hired the most qualified musicans regardless of race(same way a classical composer would.) I don't care what you listen to you have to respect that. If Charles mingus were a gunslinger.....

[Baripres]

aha mingus was such a nut, but genius

[krautrockjock]

OK they don't like SB,.....but they DO like African Diamond mines......wtf....get your priorities straight......Why do most African Americans Dislike the song" Shortnin Bread"?

[miltonsuggs]

@krautrockjock how do you know what "most" African Americans like or dislike?

[krautrockjock]

@miltonsuggs Thanx for being "Typical" and not helping me understand why most A,Americans do not like this song........i figured it was for a good reason.....but i want find out from your,temper"mental" outlook

[ObjectiveApproach]

@krautrockjock

You must not know, he's talking about white people.

[krautrockjock]

@ObjectiveApproach Thanx for enlightening me.Never heard Whites or Crackers called "shortnin bread".But i will take your word for it.I thought maybe the original performers wore black face or something like that.

[ObjectiveApproach]

@krautrockjock

Well I don't know about the original performers but I'm talking about Mingus. Forget the shortening bread listen to the rest of the song.

[krautrockjock]

@ObjectiveApproach Oh! well i knew that part.It's fairly obvious he's full of hate(for the white man,course I'm sure he remembers the past all to clearly).I thought the song it's self was an insult,to African Americans.......Then he has to turn around and contract white musicians.....Thanx Bud

[ObjectiveApproach]

@krautrockjock

The fact that theres a white guy in the band doesn't change the nature of the song whatsoever, It's not a contradiction he's in the band because he wanted to play with Mingus spoken from his own mouth.

[pedcurrm]

@krautrockjock i don't believe he's referring to white people as shortening bread, it's the little baby that is the white person, with the expensive/exploitive taste.

[krautrockjock]

@pedcurrm well i guess that makes sense,I can see clearly now.........

[herminestover]

Charlie... once he and his axe were gettin out of a cab, I, a small woman was gettin IN, and the whole thing turned into that scene in the Marx brothers movie where everyone piles into one cabin. maybe you had to be there. I was terrified for the instrument, Mingus was a polite giant, there were 349 people tryin to steal MY CAB! and he was late for his gig. I recognized him but was being too embarrased and cool to really acknowledge it, he knew I did, and well, we finally hadda laff!

[funnythings10000]

he doesnt look like he's enjoying himself

[MarcBrewer]

Sorry Charlie - Most children actually DO prefer cake to caviar.

[SaturnStarShip]

Turn the fucking mic on

[arashtony]

OH MY GOD!!!! I've known for decades that Mingus was one of the greatest musical geniuses ever, but a killer comedian too?!?!

[56mikeo]

Quite the chipper fellow, eh?

[hitnmisssideshaft]

Miles and mingus should have a group of the angry mother fuckers of jazz both angry,never understood why they need to let everyone know they arent happy within.Other people went through worse then them they arent angry at the world.I hate negative people in the spot light,mingus turn your hearing aid on.

[Ahndeigh105]

@hitnmisssideshaft i agree but i love his music so much

[SaturnStarShip]

@hitnmisssideshaft

Anger produces some of the best music through frustration

Jazz and Blues would never exist if African Americans weren't angry, frustrated, disappointed, and upset about their social conditions in this country.

How can you play and feel the blues without an aching heart?

-I’m just saying…

[hitnmisssideshaft]

@hitnmisssideshaft Ya you are right, you do make a good piont i totally agree with you on that one.

[funkk]

A genius and a jerk...

[matthewhenson1]

What song/album is this from?

[willwelsh816]

I love how the sax player is kinda scared to tell mingus that the mic is on, so he timidly tells the sound guy through his mic.

[gbtayc]

1st rapper?@#$#$

[loveshackartandphoto]

Tell it like it is Charles!!! Oh yeah turn the fucking Mic on.

[KristaOrangutan]

Caviar on short'nin bread might be good..and turn on that mic!!

[Kuzya3k]

Who da fuck wont turn his mic on??

[mcym4]

so much talent and so little class....

[d2theutchgold2]

@mcym4 He was never treated with the class or respect that he deserved so why would he show any class.

[mackyouaccount]

@mcym4 makes for a badass

[antidoto7]

genial

[willwelsh816]

why does every double bass player seem to have a deep voice to match theyre playing.

[MeezCrew2010]

haha this is funny. some of the song was in the movie death at a funeral. with chris rock and martin lawrence. chris was saying my father was an acceptional man born in 1938. an acceptional yr xDD. all he said was acceptional. and he said the song at the time was Short"n"bread. he said mamas lil baby love short"n" short"n" mamas lil baby love short. and evry body looked at him all crazy xDD must c movie!!!!

[jeaniebthe1]

OW! I wanna hear the rest of that....

[TheFrenchCharlie]

THE Maestro!!Merci for this most exellent Posting,love to all Mingus's family..yes Sir.French Charlie.

[jinalanguniafrika]

this is my part!!! haha!

[liquidmoxi77]

Turn his fuckin mic on!

[georgepickett]

asswipe!

[FlogCheney]

Ricky Ford and Jack Walrath dressed for the gig. Wonder where Jack got that outfit?

[TEODOROPLACERES]

HISTORICAL



[funnystuff1284]

how could anyone not like shortin bread? that shit is the best

[trevonic]

damn i love this song...used to listen to it over and over. It is from his composition 'cumbia and jazz fusion' on the album of the same name. this part appears around minute 18. it is superb. dig it.

[meinLiebsterFeind]

thanks for that info, gonna check that out

[nataliasandaliab]

@trevonic me TOOOOOO!!! It's my favorite song in the world! I love the bass solo, the piano solo, the drums, percussion, ALL! The absolute best.

[trevonic]

damn i love this song...used to listen to it so much! It is from his composition 'Cumbia and Jazz Fusion' on the album of the same name. I think this part appears around minute 18. it is superb. dig it.

[rory09]

Anyone know where I could find this song in full?

[peacexisxfree]

turn the fuckin' mic on!

[TheDoublebassist]

I never said that on stage, maybe if I was as great as him I could :)

[WeCamefortheDead]

Alright...At 0:39 ...

He's going between D and A (I could be wrong...D# or Db?)

At 0:39, his finger is going from D to A, but the audio says that's he's staying on D instead...Just something I noticed. Probably overdubbed like everything else back then.

[fiddlercrab3]

Not overdubbed... that's an audio illusion. I believe you're hearing the toms, tuned to a similar pitch. (It's a Db, btw.)

After all, if they were overdubbing, wouldn't somebody do something about "Turn the fucking mic on!" ? :-)

[WeCamefortheDead]

True enough. I forgot about the tom...

What I want to know now, is how my comment got -3....

[MesserSchmerzen]

because your comment sucked!

[WeCamefortheDead]

Piss off.

All I did was make a comment on how it didn't seem like the audio and visuals matched.

You're a little bitch.

[dycamm]

"Turn the fucking mic on"

[jazzciggarette]

great social commentary.

[powofgroove]

ufff esto es buenissimo , pero que que poco dura no?

[azfryguy]

god a would be scared shit less to work with him he kicked his trombne players ass

[d2theutchgold2]

yeah jimmy knepper, he knocked out one of his crowned teeth

[GassyMaskz]

Fucked up his embouchure

[skortis20]

this video is excellent

[japa1990]

I just find mingus so great that he doesnt give a shit.

[Obelisk2290]

madness is the passenger to genius

[billheartyface]

oh thats profound.....

[ksenos69]

@japa1990 Only when it has to do with music.

[MyFace43]

@japa1990 Sounds like he cares a shit load.

[juliabunny12]

@japa1990 I find him so great because he does give a shit. His passion pushes him so far, he cares for his dream.

[Nerced]

@japa1990 a bassist with NUTS! (as we say in greece) i really like him

[FliegendeHollaender]

@Nerced

αρχιδάτος ο Mingus, λες?

[Nerced]

@FliegendeHollaender χαχαχα περι μουσικης εννοοω... βεβαια απο οσα εχω ακουσει και για την ζωη του θα ελεγα οτι και σε αλλους τομεις ηταν αρχιδατος.

[mackyouaccount]

Amazing

[japa1990]

is this version recorded anywer? I just find this version so great.

[ravemedissme]

it's towards the end of the titel track of "Cumbia & Jazz Fusion". Really hot album.

[tklaue]

lol great

[tripp05]

Yes.