Myself When I Am Real: The Life And Music Of Charles Mingus

Myself When I Am Real: The Life And Music Of Charles Mingus

PublisherOxford University Press
First Published byOxford University Press, Inc.
Copyright HolderGene Santoro
Cover/Jacket Design byKathleen M. Lynch
Book Design byMark McGarry
CompositionMark McGarry
About/SubjectCharles Mingus, Jazz
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
LocationNew York
First Paperback Printing2001
Pages / Fontx, 452 pages / Scala
Barcode9780195147117
ISBN0-19-514711-1
ChaptersPreface vii Introduction 3 Prologue: Better get it in your soul 9 1 Growing up absurd 13 2 Black like me 25 3 Making the scene 33 4 Life during wartime 47 5 Portrait of the artist 65 6 The Big Apple, or on the road 87 7 Pithecanthropus Erectus 121 8 Mingus dynasty 149 9 Camelot 177 10 The black saint and the sinner lady 209 11 One flew over the cuckoo's nest 243 12 Beneath the underdog 277 13 Let my children hear music 297 14 Changes 325 15 Don't be afraid, the clown's afraid, too 353 Notes 385 Bibliography 391 Discography 401 Acknowledgements 425 Index 429
NotesPrinted in the United States of America
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