TEgnoto89 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I think you need to have listened to some jazz to begin to appreciate it though.It's like an acquired taste - somebody coming straight from punk rock isn't going to be able to enjoy jazz at first, simply because it's so different. Then with time you notice the intricacies of it and become used to it - and you can grow to like it.Just as punk would probably sound like garbage to someone who hasn't given it some time.

free2bpoppie (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

A long "yeah mannnnnn", with finger snaps on this video.A supremely heartfelt thanks for the post.Mingus was the man. Ther are many excellent players, but you always have an affinity toward your first love, and I've always loved his style.

TSchwarzendorfer (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I love those little bass fills that charlie plays after every modulation. Goodbye Pork Pie Hat is, in my opinion, one of the most meaningful blues and jazz standards, because it was jammed after mingus' band heard, that Lester Young died.Also think the line up is just amazing...

japa1990 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Mingus is my religion

eggman6 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Not at all, when i hear music i dont think hmm i need to know who that music is by before i can enjoy it. Its music you dont need think, you feel it. If i hear a bad song, i dont care who its by, thats not going to make me want to listen to it.It gets silly when you start judging how good something is based on who its by, thats where it starts getting pretentious becasue people start rubbishing music regardless of content or quality and vice versa.

sixate1 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

if that was true, everybody would like everything. If you don`t know anything about a culture is harder, not impossible, but harder to aprecciate it.

eggman6 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Why would you need any knowledge to appreciate it, all you need are ears.

valvetrom (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

This must be like early Duke Ellington, only a minimum is jottet down, the rest left to each musos interpretation, marvellous.

Benfatbackbeat (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

thanks for this mingus was one of my first jazz heroes, always loved pork pie hat; just been looking thru some of the comments, the guy with the geddy lee fascination,wind-up or what?

angelodaBarbarian (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

whoever gave you the thumbs down is a retard