The story of how Charles Mingus divided Cream: “He took it upon himself to fire me”
A dividing factor…
Charles Mingus
The song Joni Mitchell always claimed was too out of tune: “I had a lot of balls!”
Nowhere near perfection.
The jazz musicians who shaped Walter Becker and infused Steely Dan
The jazz artists that moulded ‘The Dan’.
The jazz album that inspired a pre-teen Tom Verlaine: “Before that I played the piano”
The key to his spirit.
Charles Mingus’ Town Hall Concert: one of the most disastrous live recordings ever
A mess from start to finish.
“That was a thrill”: Joni Mitchell on the best way to listen to Charles Mingus
“I came to be very fond of him.”
The band Charlie Watts thought defined American music: “That to me is America”
The definition of taste.