21 April 2009

charles mingus


Charles Mingus // Triumph of the Underdog (Documentary 1997) from umutcaglar on Vimeo.

have a look at this doc about Charles Mingus! Takes around 70 minutes, so get a coffee and sit down to watch the whole through, because the end is actually the best part, when the orchestra play his last long and complex song, his great masterpiece! 2 hours of a song that was found when cataloguing his work and played for the first time ten years after he died.

coincidently, tomorrow is his day of birth, so this video came just on time!
congrats, giant mingus!! :0

1 comment:

Priscilla Zanini said...

Oi, td bem?
Talvez lá pelas tantas tu não se lembre de mim só pelo blog, quem sabe pelo nome ou por eu falar da camilinha, ia, atelier e cia.
buenas, te descobri na rede de blogs faz pouco, andei gostanto do que vi.
e é isso for now.
um bj.