Jazz Classics: Charles Mingus - Boogie Stop Shuffle

[stewstokesays]

CANT STOP BOOGIE'n!

[rakrois]

Mingus: The One And Only! talking about jazz. period.

[hellogoodbyeholly00]

Playing tomorrow night so nervous. Love to hear the song, but memorizing it is another ordeal.

[KimberlyBuckholts]

playing this in jazz band! It's so fun!

[AGPosell]

@JebusTheHippie Howdy. Charles Mingus was from L.A. Just FYI.

[justplayfm]

This video was just added to a music playlist at JustPlay.fm

[mscarolannstaples]

Not only is the music amazing... but also enjoying the fabulous photos.... thanks for posting.... Good stuff :)

[14Greekboy14]

new la noire theme

[maartjekoekjes]

The version of Quincy Jones is much better!

[javiikiller]

Who's the other personel?

[01a92z]

postman pat on speed ;)

[IAMLISZT]

spider man?



[jediknightrider]

Hey Eric. Thx for the Mingus Boogie Stop Shuffle post. Fits nicely in my Mingus Amongst Us playlist. :D

[Rasmanen7]

Very very good. Reminds me somewhat of the 'Postman Pat' theme :)

[elzashan]

Howard Moon! Spoony Spoon! BATMANNN!

[jacobtworks]

anyone know where i can find this alto solo transcribed?



[simsdogg92]

@jacobtworks ears? lol

[mprimecoleman]

Wow. I'd like to hear ANY drummer keep this shuffle pace up like Dannie Richmond does here.

[blondienirvana]

This is def a 12 bar blues

[simsdogg92]

Spider-man!

[Metadragonfire]

Spider-Man, Spider-Man, does whatever a spider can

Spins a web, any size, catches thieves, just like mice

[nottoberemembered]

@Metadragonfire

Yes thank you now all I can think about is spiderman swinging around in a black and white mob film fighting bad guys Adam West batman style!

[jovesheerwater]

Great track, great image compilation. Thanks.

[Cardiff67235]

Thanks to the universe/Charles Mingus for REAL MUSIC....cheers

[ProtoCosmos]

2nd section , bar 9 --wah wah wah wah wah wah wah wah

[priest1331]

I'm so excited to play this song for my jazz band. such a classic by a classic.

[xxDISEMBOWLMENTxx]

Thanks howard moon! WOuldn't have found this if it wheren't for him!

[islespatrick]

This guy is fuckin hip

[zbalder14]

If you look up Charles Mingus in the dictionary it will read "Definition: BADASS"

[maomaotittymcmao]

nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah, nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah....mingus!

[sigbangschmidt]

one of the best from Nost. of TS.

thanks for posting.

i miss Hobo Yo! If somebody do post?

[Zurilili]

THank God there's JAzz

AND pot

[KurtVids]

One of the most badass jazz heads in history!

[neilembo55]

This is legend!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[harebellish]

to breathe clean air is a basic human right that we should all respect

[noirtriptyline]

You can tell Mingus was a huge influence on the work of composer Yoko Kanno. This could easily fit right into the Cowboy Bebop Soundtrack. Thanks for posting this...great song.

[Helldeskr]

I play the electric bass and have recently started the upright.

Upright is soo much harder but also soo much richer to play.

It is not something you can really learn from tabs and youtube.

It really takes an effort and dedication to learn

[vectortemple]

I have played electric for many years and I couldn't agree with you more. Aside from the size and the necessity of mastering intonation without frets, no matter what you do you can NEVER reproduce the sound of Charles Mingus on an electric bass. Some acoustic players yes, you can get a similar sound from an electric if you work on your fingering and have the right bass and set your equipment correctly. But Mingus's sound comes ONLY from Mingus's hands on Mingus's bass. His sound is amazing.

[SIRONEDRAGON]

smokin'

[cabecunas]

awesome!!!! question.. i heard charles got kicked out of the duke ellington band cuz he stabbed someone? is this true

[Zombiewulf1]

The bass guitar speak of today has unfortunately, for the most part, become a novelty much like that of a talking horse or auto tune vocals on a FM radio station. The price of obscurity has become too high and some of this planets most gifted craftsmen of tone will succumb to the "dummied down for marketing's sake", status quo. It takes real "stones" to surrender time and sacrifice for a skill that will serve as a timeless gift for all people who love music. No tears, no regrets.

Choose.

[4444marxon4444]

the thrash of jazz!!!

AWESOME

[themightycelestial]

"Spider-Man, Spider-Man, does whatever a spider can...."

[team322]

mingus the greatest

[jimpianored]

An excellent track.

You're right about Mingus being a great bass player.

However, I believe he is playing piano on this number.

At one time, Mingus used to play boogie piano in Lionel Hampton's band.

[royski9]

no he's on bass

[0ct0parr0t]

TO THE BATMOBILE!!!

[Lamikawet]

@0ct0parr0t

No !!! spiderman...

[melodicdeath1212]

Fucking Brilliant !

[pablito1104]

grandeeeeeeeeeeee

[Sssmoothy]

i wonder where theyll take me next time!!!

[Sssmoothy]

woooooooooooooooop!!

[PurpleHazeNr10]

I don't hear anything "off" in this tune. It's just a crazy tempo jazzy boogie.

[leoncoda]

¡Cómo suena a blues,a gospel,en una palabra : a funk. Formidable música negra!

[xenotoxette]

What's the time on the first couple of minutes? 4/4? the drums and bass are in 4/4 but everything else sounds really off...

[hateaters]

That's just how it sounds =)

Check out the trumpet (bone?) counter melody int he into for the Mingus tune "moanin" (not the other bop song, the mingus original). When I first heard it, I thought the same thing... "that guy is totally effing it up!"

is what i thought when i first heard it. I was DEAD wrong. They play that way on purpose, and it takes a TON of skill!

I also thought that the miles quintet got lost on autumn leaves on a recording i have. Also dead wrong.

[xenotoxette]

Miles Davis? Lost? Lawl. Thanks for the info though, on a second listen, it's making a little more sense.

[hateaters]

I thought the rhythm section got lost, not miles.

The point I was trying to make is that sometimes artists have such a unique sound, and way of playing, that it can throw you off the first couple of times you hear it.

[vaineminaru]

this one's in 4/4.

chris potter does a version in 13/4, its unbelievable. check that out too

[xcurly89]

charles mingus always sounds "off".. thats the beauty of all of his music.

[gonzalofvazquez]

the snare change a bit at the beggining... its great!... challenge the sax/ trumpet line... but everything goes on like that... (4:32 he do it again... :)

[drummerdoc]

Get your facts straight, guys. Dannie was a Sax player who wanted to switch to drums. Mingus was looking for a drummer who could play his tempos and complexities. Lou Donaldson introduced Dannie to Mingus. And except for a short break in the early 70s when Roy brooks played with Mingus, Dannie was with Mingus to the end.

[eboyd32]

i would suppose it to be highly likely. i am not going to take the time to count bars and such though haha! being that jazz finds its roots in blues and a lot of jazz shares the structure (but much more complex) of blues music i'd say it's likely.

[crumble888]

@eboyd32

I looked up in a realbook, it's a Bb minor blues.

[MajMin7]

Yes. 12 bar form is:

I I I I

IV IV I I

V IV I I

This is most clear in the beginning of the song.

[HolbyCityHospital]

Indeed . in Bb.

[vectortemple]

The main theme is an 8 bar - but I think at some points it goes to 10 bars. The name of the LP is "Blues and Roots". 'nuff said.

[SUPERasianNINJAsquad]

@Walkingcompilation same here

[axeman721]

@Walkingcompilation 4 bars Cmi7////2 bars Fmi7////2 bars Cmi7//// 1 bar Dmi7//// 1 bar G7/////2 bars Cmi7. it adds up to 12 bars if that answers ur question

-guitar player who has played this song

[superchuds]

basically yeah

[12jo0]

@Walkingcompilation it is i figured out how to play it on my bass and it basicly just goes up the blue scale in the most simply awesome way ever that only someoen like Charles mingus could even think could sound totally epicly awesome. my hands melted off from playing it.

[fergaloleary]

@12jo0 you must be awful sore since your hands melted off ? do you miss playing the bass ?



[musicmaniactc]

@Walkingcompilation it is a twelve bar blues

[nimrodisnifty]

@Walkingcompilation yes it is. it is a B Minor blues

[skunkin53]

@Walkingcompilation 12 bar minor blues in Bb

[valvetrom]

@Walkingcompilation 12 Bar yes, minor and mayor, boogie style, the arrangement was probably worked out between the musician. See also GOODBYE Porkpie hat

[paintballer2630]

@Walkingcompilation yes it is. Good ear.

[blondienirvana]

@Walkingcompilation Thanks man =)

[brikzmaster]

@Walkingcompilation Yes

[BaronBosworth]

@Walkingcompilation It's a minor blues (jazz blues of course) in Bb.

[bonjourjacquesbrel]

@Walkingcompilation yeah it's a 12 bars Bb blues. not that complex in fact the most difficult thing in this song is you got to play fast as hell for it to sound better.

[MrBDP90]

@Walkingcompilation yes, the head is in 12 bar structure, it's just played so fast that it's hard to tell.

[rothjus]

@Walkingcompilation You're right! It's a 12bar minor blues in Bbmin. The whole song is over blues form but all the different horn parts make it hard to recognize at first.

[finnbone14]

@Walkingcompilation twelve bar blues in b flat minor

[intothevoid762]

Jazz is cool

[Tezman82]

This is the business!

[mageratos]

Mingu Ah Um album right? i have it...and i love it so much!!! think from columbia records my favourite is the "goodbye pork pie hat"

[mitb0r]

I think that Mingus was first a composer and then a bass player. i remember he stated somewhere that on the bass he got to where he was after many years of practice. but he felt that he was composing from a greater place.. anyway, i think he was a master arranger aswell ;]

[ProverbialMindSpread]

I beleive that the drumer was the only musician that stayed with mingus through the years. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

[OscarPetersonFan]

I think so. Dannie Richmnond. He was not a drummer. He played tenor sax in a r&b and rock'n roll band.

[d2theutchgold2]

Yeah mingus was the one who told hin to change to drums.

[SharpieJazz]

You must be thinking of another Dannie RIchmond. Because the Danny Richmond that played with Mingus was most definitely his drummer.

[OscarPetersonFan]

This is the same Dannie Richmond. He played tenor sax before joining Mingus' band. When Mingus hired him he convinced Richmond to play the drums, and that's how Richmond started his career as a jazz musician.

[SUPERPLYTNT]

mingus is god that plays bass

[GassyMaskz]

I like to imagine that if I go to heaven God will have a bass, and compose one hell of a song.

[Retr0StatioN]

man...the drums are fast

[Kitschead]

Can someone please tell me what album this is on?

[IgorSavtchenko]

"Mingus Ah Um" Columbia, 1959.

[Kitschead]

Thanks a lot man.

[kurto789]

plz answer this i will subscribe to you i need this for a assignment at school um i was wondering was there any other people playing besides Mingus,booker and richmond? and were was it performed

[AlligatorAlex47]

how coukd anybody not get off on this?

[sdgakatbk]

Where is this downloaded from? It sounds a bit different than from Mingus Ah Um, (unless I'm remembering wrong). Excellent song!!!

[jaccentappen]

If I recall correctly, this version is one of the bonus tracks off of a later version of Ah Um

[examinfo]

Who are the other musicians?

[stevefromPA]

Mingus! what rules....

[00halka00]

I like the rhythm.

[Yamaichi21]

this is a bad A55 song

[jlcrec1]

I feel like the spider-man theme song takes a few notions from this song....genius.

[oranji]

dude I was thinking the same thing

[sutphoe]

A little bit, but this is far better.

[Mavarla]

Great sound upload---thanks for posting!

[adamkirk1234]

i cant find a clip of IIBS?anyoneseen one

[stogies3]

While calling him the greatest bass olayer might be a bit of a stretch he was certainly one of the greatest along with P.chambers,Rbrown,Rcarter.

But that's just my 2cents.

[OscarJPoiesz]

On pure skill he might not be the best bass player, I would be included to put someone like NHOP in the mix. But as a composer, he was certainly one of the best composers of jazz. If not music.

[stogies3]

I wished you'd left NHOP out of this,he always sounded to thin for my taste and I would prefer mingus a 100 times and yes

Mingus was a great JAZZ composer.

C'mon you don't mean to put him in the same league w/bach,liszt/mozart???

[neothomist1275]

"There is no need to compare composers. If you like Beethoven, Bach or Brahms, that's okay. They were all pencil composers. I always wanted to be a spontaneous composer." -- Mingus

[nburkemdx]

The Classical composers couldn't do what Mingus did and vice versa. Different styles, different zeitgeists, different emotions. So rather than compare, we should just enjoy what are ears desire.

[vectortemple]

@nburkemdx - amen to that. Well spoken.

[MrJsmoov123]

@nburkemdx but the fact that we say their names in the same breath bears mention. It speaks to all of their respective greatness.

[xNameless]

@nburkemdx

I'm gunna have to disagree with you. Jazz didn't do anything "new" compared to classical composers; listen to Stravinsky, Ravel, all them late composers who set the standard for what Jazz took to a new level.

While I agree that it's frivolous to compare (in a sense of "better/worse"), but the history of Jazz is far more rich and intricate than some "classical vs. Jazz" illusion you cats try to make up. Study this shit, don't pan to blanket statements like that.

[nburkemdx]

@xNameless and Hey, that's your perogative brotha. I'm not going to say that jazz didn't need classical. I mean check out Tin Pan Alley and Jazz Sebastian Bach. I study Jazz History.. I'm a Jazz student, I was just saying, it's about the diversity in the music, not trying to compare two different levels of beauty and understanding.

They are all great, and that can be agreed upon :-)

[Bapuji42]

@nburkemdx Word.

[reaperofgenocide]

So i take it the man was quite fond of improvisation?

[tapsarautanen]

Agree on everything except the fact that Bach was a "pencil composer", he played what he composed and sure rocked!

[fiddlercrab3]

"Best" is so subjective anyway. There's a reason he's in the jazz hall of fame though. I'd also give a nod to Ray Brown, Oscar Pettiford, Paul Chambers, Ron Carter, Scott LaFaro, and several others; not to mention electric bassists like Jaco Pastorius or Victor Wooten, to name a couple.

As a composer I can't help but agree—Mingus really gets some bang out of the bottom end. I love what he does with bari saxes, bass clarinets, trombones... anything low, Mingus is in the know. :-)

[paulman6356]

amazing in so many ways

[moveonupcb]

now thats the boogie man!

[submoronicbomb]

The best the 20th century had to offer in music - period!

[jazzbummer]

Sounds like Philly Joe Jones?

[richardsull119]

The drummer is Dannie Richmond.

[jazzbummer]

Whos the drummer?

[richardsull119]

Mingus is a genre unto himself. Yes, he was influenced by Ellington and Parker, but he is totally sui generis.

[whizbang47]

that's a 5 star favorite in this house. my son digs it too. many thanks.

[gerbschmitt]

horace Parlan.certainly not Jaki.

[antdes60]

bellissima sequenza di foto,indubbiamente Mingus è stato uno dei più grandi musicisti di tutti i tempi-

[accionmigrania]

The best compositor in the XX

[Resplendence6]

haha, you can never listen to these artists without the sound of a vinyl record mixed in with the music

[sofiaclassic91]

It's great!

[TresOuiBass]

He was one of the best bass players. Not undisputed. You can't just throw away Paul Chambers, Ron Carter, Jimmy Garrison, etc. Also, Jimmy Blanton was the first to use the bass as more than just a metronome.

[eboyd32]

umm... no mention of Jaco Pastorius?

[sc2man13]

He is talking about some of the greats on upright, hence no mention of Jaco.

[MagicalBassist]

we are forgetting ray brown

[liadon666]

and michael manring too...

[MrPogle]

I saw his musicians and his wife at the Fez in NYC about eight years ago. My date, in a show of NYC hospitality, introduced me to 'The Widow Mingus'. It was a great evening.

[roxas1098]

reminds me of batman on the intro

[YuhBoiAD]

0:23-0:31 would be a hot loop, can you send me this song?

[eboyd32]

hell yeah it would! good ear! i got you. send me your email address in a PM at the site.

[gwamayan]

Job well done eboyd32. One other nice picture would be the one where Mingus is completly disguised as a Bedouin with a smiling Sue next to him( on the Revenge label). By the way do you have a picture of the Mingus stamp released some years ago?

[eboyd32]

i just google searched to get the pics. i had no clue. maybe next time i put up some Mingus. glad you liked it.

[tommizzzle]

i love the creeping feeling this song has. its great!

[aaaaannddy]

aaah i gotta know who the sax soloist on this one! who knows??

[drpeppaluva]

Im guessing it would be Eric Dolphy cause he's the main sax in the sextet. even if its not eric dolphy on this track, he's still and amazing player.

[gwamayan]

Either Shafi Hadi or Booker Ervin. I think it's Booker. Don't blame me for hesitating some motherf**** stole my CD

[karlhelge2005]

No, no, it is not Eric Dolphy. Fist solo on tenor is by Booker Ervin, alto solo by John Handy. Recording took place in may 1959 in NYC.

[laszlosirsom]

love the music. laszlo

[chinita41]

wow so smooth, this is my favorite

[vorhangleiste]

a very nice video thanks a lot

[MontgomerylandFunk]

one of my favrorite bassists and / or composers. He may not be the greatest, but he was a pioneer. Contrapuntal in jazz is all because of him. Dave Holland is like a modern version of him.

[fiddlercrab3]

YES! Dave Holland is, in my opinion, the greatest living bassist/composer. I saw him with his Big Band, live at the Chicago Jazz Festival this past labor day weekend. Absolutely incredible.

[theonionofdeth]

@fiddlercrab3 Oooohh I saw Dave and his big band at the Chicago Jazz fest as well! They were phenomenal! I saw him again at the CSO with his Overtone Quartet. Also truly outstanding, although really, that big band is something else.

[TheMightyNirate]

When is said Jazz fest?

[mcfctid2]

check out his autobiography "Neath the Underdog"

the ultimate Cool Bible

[arosales80]

this song is great.. so alive so wonderful...jazz at its best! go Mingus!

[n2cora]

i used to hear this all the time when i lived in new york city and never knew who it was.

Cool!

[eboyd32]

yeah, you'll probably hear a lot of Mingus out there.

[adw3345]

omg, i love this song!

[n2cora]

*:)-slick, isn't it?

[SmilingMoonBreeze]

Wonderful.