|
|
Showing 1 - 17 of
17 matches in All Departments
Bass player extraordinaire Charles Mingus, who died in 1979, is one
of the essential composers in the history of jazz, and Beneath the
Underdog, his celebrated, wild, funny, demonic, anguished, shocking
and profoundly moving memoir, is the greatest autobiography ever
written by a jazz musician. It tells of his God-haunted childhood
in Watts during the 1920s and 1930s; his outcast adolescent years;
his apprenticeship, not only with jazzmen but also with pimps,
hookers, junkies, and hoodlums; and his golden years in New York
City with such legendary figures as Duke Ellington, Lionel Hampton,
Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, and Dizzy Gillespie. Here is Mingus in
his own words, from shabby roadhouses to fabulous estates, from the
psychiatric wards of Bellevue to worlds of mysticism and solitude,
but for all his travels never straying too far, always returning to
music.
|
Shadows (DVD)
Lelia Goldoni, Hugh Hurd, Rupert Crosse, Anthony Ray, Ben Carruthers, …
1
|
R498
Discovery Miles 4 980
|
Ships in 10 - 17 working days
|
Set in the jazzy, beatnik underground of 50s New York, John
Cassavetes' first film features a score by Charles Mingus,
improvised performances, a gritty naturalism and is widely
considered to be a landmark in independent filmmaking. A black
woman (Lelia Goldoni) begins an affair with a white man, creating
family and racial tension.
|
You may like...
Soekenjin
Bibi Slippers
Paperback
R310
R277
Discovery Miles 2 770
Legendborn
Tracy Deonn
Paperback
 (1)
R296
R271
Discovery Miles 2 710
|
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
![Charles Mingus - Thrice Upon a Theme [australian Import] (CD): Charles Mingus](http://media.loot.co.za/images/x80/4473267627126179215.jpg)
