Bass Charles Mingus

[1022rebelreddog]

and a helluva cool dude,,,,................

[caponsacchi]

Mingus was much more than a bass player. Like Rollins, Monk, Coltrane and a few others he was a timeless giant, a colossus, a mythic force who transcends ordinary music criteria. Yes, the song is "All the Things You Are" (in its standard key of Ab).

[caponsacchi]

I'm glad I was there to see and hear them all, from Pops to Coltrane, and receive kisses on the cheek from Duke a year before his passing. The one musician who was ubiquitous, showing up wherever I went, was Sonny Stitt. (Listen to Roberta Gambarini transcribe both his and Rollins' solos on "Sunny Side of the Street.")

Too bad about all the distortion on this clip. Sax player? "Singer"?

[silviozaleski]

jazz é underground.

[mingusthecat1976]

Wonderful!

[fassman316]

MINGUS KILLS

[reedhead1]

I think my wife used to work for Mingus, as his housekeeper!

[joshua92931]

0:34-0:41 he quotes all the things you are, wow so awesome...

[saxismyaxe]

7 jackballs raised on pop pablum voted down the video huh?

Now I know why there is nothing but crap playing when I turn on the radio these days.

[dementedjazz]

por eso es el mejor...........

[TonyCook2012]

mingus powered.....pwned

love 1:43 nod to the clapping

[TonyCook2012]

mingus powered.....pwned

[Iamadictedtomusic]

no way. from 1:14 to 1:17 I think I heard master of puppets

[joshua92931]

@Iamadictedtomusic LOL!

[TROLLINGCENTRAL]

im a big fan of slipknot, metallica and generally quite agressive music, but i have to admitt, this is brilliant, and i am inspired and strangely curious by the jazz culture

[Liberaljamoke]

I agree, fuafua55. It is spendid and expresses great power and a hunger for life.

The concentration in his face makes me wish I could read his mind.

[fatadam16]

is it just me or does his bass sound really weard?

[atgskater14]

damn good stand up bass

[4mingus]

@TOMY1234321 - So you claim to know more than Charles Mingus, or any jazz musician, about what jazz knows about itself? I try to avoid making ad hominem arguments, however, your knowledge of jazz obviously verges on idiocy.

[TheFrenchCharlie]

The Maestro..Iconoclast ..A true Genius-the world will not see his likes again.French Charlie-thankyou for this most exellent posting!!

[JazzmanJibilla]

All the Things You Could Be by Now if Sigmund Freud's Wife WasYour Mother

[joshua92931]

@JazzmanJibilla well that could happen to you

[Tabla461]

is this the five spot?

[fuafua55]

素晴らしい。このベースの迫力、存在感。

[InfinityOE]

@fuafua55 It's incredible isn't it?

[StyleViewOrg]

Short ,but incredibly good! Tommy - your opinion matters as a personal preference. However- as a general rule, to criticize ANY genre- be it vusual or musical - you must first know it and undetstand it well. Otherwise- the risk of sounding uninformedt is very high. If you don't like jazz- it is OK. Not everybody likes Mozart either...just, try not to amalyze it with such 'flair'...this is an honest remark, made with best of intentions....there is no offence intended:):):)

[4mingus]

@TOMY1234321 because your mind has been indoctrinated to flee that which is free, beautiful, full of passion & imagination for fear of reaching our potential.

[cymbalspecialist]

That's him singing the meloody he wants. He did that all the time. Nice clip! Thanks!

[Vascopim]

Is that John Gilmore on Tenor sax? Sure sounds like him and no one sounds LIKE John Gilmore!

[theodoreandrews]

I think its Eric Dolphy. It looks like him anyway.

[tungbgs]

just superb!

[jfreijser]

Amazing Mingusss ! What tune is this? All the things you are, yea. Who's singing there?

That band is cooking! When was this? late 50s? I saw Mingus live in 1977, at North Sea Jazz, a great experience.

[iimitgotg]

no one is better than Mingus

[baldlawnmower]

Agreed. He's my favorite artist of any kind. Even though he's so well known and respected in the jazz world I still feel like he's underrated.

[Whatisthescore]

i agree...especially at swinging

[raleiti]

@iimitgotg He doesn't even hold a candle toNHOP. Check him out.

[tbrenholts]

@raleiti I think NHOP would disagree with you.

[mahoose6]

Surreal...

[bajista79]

extraordinario musico

[josemariomega]

great musician, also plays the piano...

[bastonal]

I love Mingus....pure and undoubted genius, great Jazz musician/composer/leader....We­st coast Jazz.....Listen to "Ah Um" to get you going and moving on to other Mingus...you'll be swingin in heaven.

[lvanhalen]

I can hear jaco p where he got his stuff from

[Jlivingston8]

Possibly the most inspiring musician I know of

[rackaregual]

My brother have sampled this piece. It's beautiful.

[pecorino69]

MIngus baby...Mingus...

[jmcw627]

So awesome, just wish the audio wasn't completely blown out. Is this available on any DVD anywhere BESIDES the Ken Burns Jazz?

[jmcw627]

Just found the answer to my own question, if anyone is interested.

"1968, Thomas Reichman directed the documentary Mingus: Charlie Mingus 1968."

[homemdubaixo]

Charles mingus forever!

[formaldehyde28]

what kind of strings does he use? gut? steel? also, did they have pickups for double basses back then or they just throw a mic up by it? if so, where about?

[iplaybaritone]

i don't think he's using a mic...he's just a beast

[UKNintendoManiac]

Charles is almost certainly using gut strings here. I don't think he ever switched to steel.

[deanrocks1]

I STILL THING VICTOR IS A BETTER BASS BUT THIS IS A CLASSICAL BASS SO ITS A BITDIFFERTENT BUT ANYWAYS iM OPEN MINDED COULD SOMEBODY TELL ME A VIDEO THTS MORE IMPRESSIVE FOR A METAL HEAD YOU KNOW I MEAN FASTER OR YOU THING CHARLES GOOD FOR THE MELOD(NOT AN INSULT AT ALL)

[fiddlercrab3]

Whoa, you don't have to yell! Turn off caps lock! ;-)

If you're a metal-head that's into jazz, cool. Try getting into the slow stuff too- there's some really beautiful stuff out there. However, there's some sweet burnin' tracks out there too.

For some blistering good fun, try:

-John Coltrane

-any video of the tune "Cherokee"

-Bireli Lagrene

-Hiromi Uehara. Check out "XYZ."

Really, you need both fast and slow to say it all, and the best players can do both. Good you're listening to jazz!

[barisaxFREEJAZZ]

woooah...soo cool. wish the sound quality was better.

[BlockChordsRed]

"Go ahead!"

[xAnesthesiAx]

can someone buy me a double bass

[jcfunkgroove]

Look at them strings move!Charlie is diggin' in

[othajr23]

coltrain on bass...nothing was safe,,its like he practiced in his sleep..playing unconsciencly he would have been at least good...

[bbbiggs]

I've heard stories on Coltrane, one is that during one of his bandmates improv solos (used to be in the area of 10-20 mins) he'd walk off stage, go downstairs and practice..and come up right before they ended thier improv. Amazing, but how about Mingus on tenor? Hell he mastered bass, and piano (Mingus Plays Piano 1963)

[solord]

Portrait of The Master As A Jazz Bassist . . .

[trabo71]

its some of the most virtuistic music in the world in my opinion

the complex chord progressions that are so spontaneously and perfectly improvised ontop of is insane.

[GodIsNotFuckingReal]

Great serialism there, must've been very difficult to play.

[staircase8]

Jazz is definitely one great legacy I missed by birth

[ijustsigneduptobagu]

@staircase8 don't miss out on electro too!

[ignarukih]

@ijustsigneduptobagu fair call. Jazz is nearly as important as electro.

[asthmatyk]

is that sax palayer is john gilmore? mingus is so great

[sandorkem]

It is All the things you are ...

Awesome bass sound ... i wish to have so nice distorsion on my bass ...

[psychedelichobo]

what year was this released?

[izolag]

MESTRE!

[izumialexisikedathor]

is this like a song or just impro? if its a song i would like to kno the name.

[cmelakcb]

I think this is a part of a song All The Things You Are

[izumialexisikedathor]

Aight thak u!

[Milestonzz]

The drummer was Dannie Richmond, a former SAXOPHONIST. Legend has it that Mingus himself trained Richmond to play the drums in a style similar to that of Elvin Jones, with whom Mingus had played in the mid 1950s on his and Max Roach's short-lived Candid label. Richmond, however, recounted that he learned to play drums shortly before meeting Mingus in 1956 because the R&B jam sessions he attended during that time often lacked a drummer. Mingus liked that Richmond could play well at fast tempos.

[jsilence418]

Such an awesome composer Mingus was as well ! thank you for the post !!

[jlzxc09]

does anyone know who the drummer in this piece is? thanks

[JZB420]

The man, The myth, The mingus!

[shredsledhardcore]

SOOO good! i can't get enough of this.

[goldlessbassist]

charles mingus is the man

appreciate you posting this

i love it

[cescocarpena]

Please have a look at my REMIX of Charles Mingus " MOANIN " and give me some feedback.

thank You.

ciao ciao.

francesco carpena

[soisare]

perfect

[Acephale00]

I saw a Playboy joke once.

Whitey follows locals into jungle.

Further they go, they hear louder drum beats.

Closer they get, the faster the locals run.

Whitey grabs last local and asks why; he says:

After drums, base solo.

Mingus is diff of course, but that's my fave jazz joke!

[shredsledhardcore]

im just gonna come right out and say this, that drummer with the mustache looks like an alien.

great bass though.

[gbear4]

Looks like Ike Turner. It's actually Dannie Richmond, I believe. Awesome clip.

[LetTheRainCome]

you mean one of the greatest jazz drummers to ever grace a drum set = Dannie Richmond

[crosbystillsnash68]

this is so fuckin cool does anyone know about what year its from?? pre-'64?

[boomergoboom]

Man...Charles Mingus was sick wid it.

[yogione]

This is not Count Basie's Orchestra. I think I recognize the melody in the saxophone line once or twice if it is All the Things You Are, but that's not what the audience came there to do. I used to like Dead concerts for Mickey Hart's solos in the later years. Solos and getting in tune are often the best parts. This is a bit more lively than the Phil Zone.

[yogione]

I especially like the vocal scat singing of the melody."You are the promised kiss of springtime

That makes the lonely winter seem long."

You can hear Mockingbird in the solo which I take as a statement, This was progressive jazz before the term had been coined. How wonderfully abstract.

[Amityrockstarx]

Wow. He's up there with John Entwistle definitely. Playing something like that on a Double Bass, never heard something like that. Just awesome

[Pewpshmear]

JOHN ENTWISTLE? ur comparing MINGUS to ENTWISTLE??? one was a genius and one was a good bass player. Mingus is maybe not technically better, but he is probably the greatest bassist to ever live.

[GolumTR]

I would compare Mingus to Mr. Entwhistle as a bassist but not as a musician, if you understand me.

[jhk1987]

what about victor wooten?

[GolumTR]

I haven't heard enough of his (Mr. Wooten's) stuff (music) to have a real opinion.

[jhk1987]

ok, well look him up hes awesome. i personally compare musicians too much, and feel its subjective, but victor wooten is worth checking out. also, in regards to your other comment, i dont see the difference between "musician" and bassist". unless you were trying to say that mingus played better music, or composed better music

[GolumTR]

By "great bassist" I meant powerful performer on the bass.

And by "great musician" I meant powers of composition, arraignment, orchestration, et cetera.

Thank you for the recommendation, I will definitely look into Mr. Wooten's work.

[jhk1987]

i understand now. your welcome.

[dantbass]

wooten is a excellent interpreter, and his timing is incredible, but mingus as a hole musician is greater. Wooten playing the bass is awesome incredible in my opinion but mingus is great as a compositor.

[jyronimo10]

I think its more like both Wooten and Entwistle are up there near mingus. Playing an electric bass is nothing compared to an upright

[kirknasty]

i think mingus is a great singer. check out his record "Oh Yeah." It features him on piano and he sings mostly. he does not touch the bass once. goes to show you how talented he really was.

[lweiz]

all the things you are?

[robbanzana]

That's some really nice jazz. The bass, the sax, the scat. Makes me dance ^^

[bassist101maty]

wow,i relli like dat, my bass guitar teacher gave me a copied CD of Charles Mingus, nd as soon as i listened to it i loved it, i dnt no y but do, now im more into jazz then ive eva been, thnks to him! i jus love it! thnks for postin:)

[Superrenovo1977]

Incredible... Without words... Thanks!!! from Barcelona

[zenderwahit]

Holy crap! Excellent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[onepresence]

Yes! Peace.

[liamjazz]

Couldn't he have just shut up while the sax player was soloing???

[fholes]

Mingus is guiding the melody, not stepping on it.

[liamjazz]

'guiding the melody, not stepping on it'... are you kidding. I've never heard somebody so blatently try to ruin somebody elses solo. And what mingus is singing is a load of rubbish and not quality bop that John Gilmore is playing. Dont get me wrong, I love some of the mingus bands but this confirms all the storys I've read about him being obnoxious person.

[fholes]

If you let what you "know" about a person cloud what you experience, you end up with a different perspective. Mingus was a deep and troubled artist to be sure, but it is obvious to me at least that Charlie is, in the moment, as all jazz is meant to be, attempting to put the improv somewhere else. To my ear Gilmore sounds a bit stock in this solo. Granted, WHAT he is singing is not tonally perfect, but (again to my ear) it is an emotion and it made sense to me what he was going for.

[theJugganawt]

The stories you're reading are old and few. Next time, dont read and article and call it "all the stories".

[spiderbass65]

Mingus use to beat the crap out of his band (and I mean physically) when they screwed up in rehearsal, so he's going gentle on the "quality bop" that the sax is playing.....hahaha!

[danweyand88]

Mingus never fails to blow my mind. If you haven't already heard it, go find Haitian Fight Song. It is nothing short of a masterpiece.

[doc470]

unrealllllllllll

[dundotta28]

All while he's filling for a missing horn. damn

[lanchongzi]

I can

[guitargoalie27]

Oh my goodness...Mingus is a god. If only I could play like that...

[mkaminski1]

...and 2, 3, 4, (sweat rolls down forehead), Mingus is cool!