Charles Mingus The Clown
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liledman
February 19th 2012


3828 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

good album, good review.

jefflebowski
February 19th 2012


8573 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

good album, good review [2]



this is probably about my 4th or 5th favorite mingus. Haitian Fight Song is one of his very best though

TheFonz123
February 19th 2012


2793 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

yes I would reccomend you look into this. that album cover still scares me to this day

jefflebowski
February 19th 2012


8573 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

check out mingus ah um first though if you haven't heard any mingus

TheFonz123
February 19th 2012


2793 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

yeah bro that's his most accesible i would say. The Black SAint and the sinner lady is his defining statement or whatever. His early albums were more aggressive, but then he started exploring melodys and spoken word etc. He really has an amazing discography, I think youll like him

TheFonz123
February 19th 2012


2793 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

blasting haitian fight song as we speak. such an amazing song

jefflebowski
February 19th 2012


8573 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

bass playing on that track slays hard

TheFonz123
February 19th 2012


2793 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

one of my favorite basslines real talk. its one of my favorite tracks by him but "the chill of death" is also the shit.

mingus spoken word sections=godspeed you! Black emperor spoken word sections

jefflebowski
February 19th 2012


8573 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

good call on The Chill of Death, it's an awesome track and Let My Children Hear Music is his most underrated album. i like it as much as black saint some days

TheFonz123
February 19th 2012


2793 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

yeah i agree to a certain extent.

ZedO
August 2nd 2012


1096 Comments


Once my friend ever said to me that Mingus is a great jazz player, well, this album is a good start, right? And btw, who is your favorite jazz guitar player?

Yazz_Flute
August 2nd 2012


19174 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

John McLaughlin probably.

ZedO
August 2nd 2012


1096 Comments


Ha, John McLaughlin. He is a guitar "guru"...

TheFonz123
August 2nd 2012


2793 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

"

Once my friend ever said to me that Mingus is a great jazz player, well, this album is a good start, right? And btw, who is your favorite jazz guitar player?"





mingus has a great discog which you should dive into but this album is probably not a good place to start becuase of it's use of metaphorical songwriting and quirkiness. I would start with "the black saint and the sinner lady" it is generally regarded as one of the best albums ever.







about jazz guitar... well mclaughlin has made the best music, but in terms of sheer technicality, JOE PASS is more skilled. check out his album "Virtuoso" if you want lovely and mindblowing guitar. it's just him going ham with no other instruments

TheFonz123
August 2nd 2012


2793 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

this album is heavily based iff symbolism

TheFonz123
August 2nd 2012


2793 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

joe pass is a monster player but mclaughlin makes better music so it depends upon preference







also this was the first review i've ever written so i'm a little unconfident in the structuring....any critique that will make my writing better?

ZedO
August 2nd 2012


1096 Comments


Thanks, surely I will check it out. About Joe Pass' Virtuso, it's my jamz, I even wrote a sound-off for it, that guy was a legend!

TheFonz123
August 2nd 2012


2793 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

that album is stunning, I'm glad you liked....how do you feel about the review any critique

ZedO
August 2nd 2012


1096 Comments


"how do you feel about the review any critique"

Your review is great I guess, at least it successfully made me interested to hear this album. I have
no critique upon your writing style or such, perhaps I'm not a credible person for that. I myself
actually don't write high-quality reviews (you can say it below-average) because whenever I write a
review I will always deal with wording, grammar rules, etc., (English isn't my 1st language, btw). My
only concern is to share a good music to fellow Sputnik users... I hope you will share and review
many good jazz stuffs in future :D

Yazz_Flute
August 2nd 2012


19174 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

What the fuck do you mean by "metaphorical song-writing"



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