Charles Mingus - More Than a Fake Book

by Charles Mingus

Overview

(Transcribed Score). Charles Mingus was a pioneer figure in modern jazz. Besides being a virtuoso bass player who played with the top jazz musicians for four decades, he was also an accomplished pianist, bandleader and composer who recorded more than 100 albums and wrote more than 300 original and innovative scores. This incredible collection explores Mingus' background and prestigious career as well as 55 of his pieces. The stories behind each song are given and accompanied by notes on how Mingus played the piece. Mingus photos, anecdotes, quotes and an extensive discography fill this volume that collectors will treasure. A truly personal work that celebrates the genius within this jazz legend. Songs include: Fables of Faubus * Sue's Changes * Better Get Hit in Your Soul * Weird Nightmare * and more.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780793509003
Publisher:	Hal Leonard
Publication date:	11/01/1991
Series:	Bound Musical Notation Series
Edition description:	Bound Musical Notation
Pages:	162
Product dimensions:	9.00(w) x 12.00(h) x 0.36(d)

Table of Contents

Better Get Hit In Your Soul

Blue Cee

Boogie Stop Shuffle

Canon (Pachelbel J)

Celia

Devil Woman (Mingus)

Diane (Alice's Wonderland)

Dizzy Moods

Duke Ellington's Sound Of Love

Duke's Choice

E's Flat, Ah's Flat Too

East Coasting

Ecclusiastics

Eclipse

Fables Of Faubus

Farewell Farwell

Free Cell Block F, 'tis Nazi Usa

Goodbye Pork Pie Hat

Haitian Fight Song

Hora Decubitus

I Of Hurricane Sue, The

Jelly Roll

Jump Monk

Man Who Never Sleeps

Moanin'

Monk, Bunk And Vice Versa

My Jelly Roll Soul

Nobody Knows(The Bradley I Know)

Noddin' Ya Head Blues

Nostalgia In Times Square

Nouroog

O.P. (Oscar Pettiford)

Oh Lord, Don't-Atomic Bomb On Me

Open Letter To Duke

Open Letter To The Avant Garde

Opus Four

Opus Three

Orange Was Color Dress,Blue Silk

Peggy's Blue Skylight

Pithecanthropus Erectus

Portrait

Pussy Cat Dues

Reincarnation Of A Lovebird

Remember Rockefeller At Attica

Scenes In The City

Self Portrait In Three Colors

Slippers

Slop

So Long Eric

Sue's Changes

Tonight At Noon

Us Is Two

Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting

Weird Nightmare

What Love

Work Song