Myself When I Am Real: The Life And Music Of Charles Mingus
| Format | Paperback |
| Language | English |
| First Paperback Printing | 2001 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| First Published by | Oxford University Press, Inc. |
| Copyright Holder | Gene Santoro |
| Cover/Jacket Design by | Kathleen M. Lynch |
| Book Design by | Mark McGarry |
| Composition | Mark McGarry |
| About/Subject | Charles Mingus, Jazz |
| Format | Paperback |
| Language | English |
| Location | New York |
| First Paperback Printing | 2001 |
| Pages / Font | x, 452 pages / Scala |
| Barcode | 9780195147117 |
| ISBN | 0-19-514711-1 |
| Chapters | Preface 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 Preface 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 Show all ▾ |
| Notes | Printed in the United States of America |
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