Tag: Charles Mingus

45 sides +/- obscure tracks

“I’ve Got Something To Say” — Open Letters in Popular Music

Nothing like an open letter (as Ben Folds discovered in 2014) for venting one’s spleen — especially if that communiqué has the potential to rack up international sales. Click on song titles below for streaming audio (where available) “Open Letter To Duke” Charles Mingus Released 1959 on Columbia “An Open

July 31, 2024 No Comments

Bethlehem Records

King’s Jazz Legacy: Maxi-Tweets

I am liberating a special series of “maxi-tweets” tied to King Records‘ lesser known jazz legacy that were otherwise buried in a PDF file attachment — part of 2018’s King 75th Birthday Celebration so wonderfully organized by Brian Powers of Cincinnati Public Libraries. The following research was conducted primarily by

August 29, 2019 No Comments