Vinyl Album - Charles Mingus - The Clown - Atlantic

Vinyl Album

Artist:	Charles Mingus
Title:	The Clown
Label:	Atlantic
Country:	USA
Catalogue:	1260
Date:	Sep 1957
Format:	LP
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	1 Wants
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Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A1	Charles Mingus	Haitian Fight Song	Charles Mingus	Rate
A2	Charles Mingus	Blue Cee	Charles Mingus	Rate
B1	Charles Mingus	Reincarnation Of A Lovebird	Charles Mingus	Rate
B2	Charles Mingus	The Clown	Charles Mingus	Rate

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Charles Mingus was an accomplished double bassist, pianist and bandleader who was a proponent of the creative activity of immediate music pieces, which combines performance with the communication of emotions and the spontaneous response to other musicians.

Though Mr. Mingus could not read music well, he excelled playing the piano, the cello and the double bass. Later, Mr. Mingus had studied the bass under Herman Reinshagen and composition techniques with Lloyd Reese. Consequently, Mr. Mingus had started to play professionally in bands that were conducted by renowned conductors, such as Lionel Hampton and Charlie Parker.

When Mr. Mingus had relocated to New York City, he had co-established a small record label so that he may conduct his recording career to best suit his needs. However, Mr. Mingus had felt that he had not gained any commercial success until he had released Pithecanthropus Erectus by means of Atlantic records. Less than a year later, Mr. Mingus had recorded this Atlantic disc, "The Clown" which was narrated by Jean Shepherd, who was a well-known New York City radio and television personality. Additionally, by means of the side 1 label, Hudson "Lead Belly" Ledbetter was erroneously credited a co-writer of the "Haitian Fight Song."

Though this ultra-creative music style disc was an innovative concept of Mr. Mingus, this disc did not sell well, but Mr. Mingus had continued to excel in the entertainment industry despite some reading challenges that he needs to overcome.

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