My son asked me to take him to visit the Charles Mingus memorial in Nogales, Az… so we did that today.

I saw Mingus live twice, in the early and mid-Seventies. He had an aura about him, like he was 50 feet tall, a force of nature. On one of the gigs his long-time drummer, Danny Richmond, was sick and absent. Mingus held the band together with the rhythm and beat from that bass like it was an unstoppable steam locomotive. Breathtaking.

I was at this festival and saw this set. I met Mingus the next day at an sidewalk cafe across from the train station. He asked me where I was from and when I told him Vermont, he said wryly, "I think I know where that is." He was smoking a cigar. His hands were massive.

Gerry Mulligan digging his bandmate's solo..Love this version.

Charles Mingus RIP!! You and Ray Brown and Paul Chambers are the reason i play bass!! This song is beautiful and Incredibly sad 😢, heartbreaking💔.

Mingus EVER has the best texture sounds in jazz.

Gerry Mulligan all blissed out

Bailey's out of this world, incredible everything here

best version of goodbye pork pie hat, no competition

Should be a million views. CM wasa GIANT of a man among many others of those days. Mulligan's one too! Fucking giants man. Giants!

This is great. I really love Benny Bailey, and his work on the trumpet.

The pianist is Don Pullen, a frequent collaborator with tenor saxophonist George Adams. The sound mixer seems to have been asleep, missing Walrath in the opening ensemble. Benny Bailey, Mulligan, Pullen, and, of course, Mingus are that standouts. Great to see video of Mingus stalwart Danny Richmond.

Tune written as a Tribute to Lester.. allstar group plays this so well.. in particular Benny B. underrated very much.

Heureux ceux qui étaient présents 😮

I Love ❤️ this Version! Don Pullen kills it On Piano

Lengendary! - if mystical, even. A truly sublime bandstand of masterclass improvisational artistry. And, Milligan's kaleidoscopic range of facial expressions easily conjure a precious utopic one moment in time. We're extremely obligatory to technology that allows constant visual-audio playback! Undoubtedly, Mingus would be proud of this lineup special; and with Mitchell's socially captivating lyric their collaboration is almost etched in Jazz Folklore.

This is the first tune I learned to read music with, circa 1981. I first learned it on piano from a Fake Book. Decades later, I have learned to play it on harmonicas, on both diatonic and chromatic harps. My unrequited love number one, Joni Mitchell, wrote lovely lyrics for this tune. This is the ultimate "moody ballad". I practice it every day, always making new solos. I'm amused that some think this a difficult tune to play.

Love to see Gerry Mulligan in a good mood !

Someone is killing it on the piano.

No comment! Reserved for masters of the trade only.

Fico aqui pensando no que o Mulligan deve ter pensado ao ouvir o solo do Benny: "faz isso comigo não véi, assim você me faz chorar". Solo maravilhoso de lindo.

Jaw droppin'- the most inspired porkpie and then some: with the unique opportunity to see its creator playing it with true masters at hand

The best.

Charles Minus died in Mexico I love his music

Mingus forever!!🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

Mingus, el Genio!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

what a beautiful melody

God I Heaven, hollowed be Thy Name: I give thanks for such a tribute to the Holiness. Such a tribute to love and connection.

esse é o melhor solo de trompete da história da música em todos os tempos e locais, incluindo hipotéticos outros planetas com seres mais evoluídos também fazendo música.

still love his music!!

To the 17👎’s! Don’t like this greatness go watch your Partridge Family stuff!

Muito Foda... E o Cara que Postou: Julio Cortázar, um grande fã de Mingus... Uma Valise de Cronópios... Parabéns!

I was there!

Mingus 4 Ever!

Mingus Dynasty

Mingus genius. Tnaks for sharing this.

Awesome ......................

I’m on love again 🥰

"back in the days, it was all flats" (Alice Coltrane)

Lovely in 2023 . Humanistic

Oh my GAWD!

E CooL!!!

starts at 1:38

awesome

Prez was in the room...

how dare you put a advertisement in this masterpiece.

Too cool for school

Jaco studied Mingus!

una muy buen tributo to Lester Young

Eu queria ser o Gerry Mulligan.

Maria Muldaur played the set just before his. Her band was supposed to play the first weekend of the festival but their equipment got lost in transit. So they fit the band in on the last night, Sunday, July 20. The crowd was hardcore jazz enthusiasts. The entire audience starting loudly booing. They turned up the house lights. It was like a bathroom break. I was embarrassed for her and her band. She was crying. Her guitar player was cursing the crowd.

An ad in the middle? That is blasphemy!!! And it is for worship piano! WTH?

6:01 OMG

super

Why can't we get to hear the end

Dem Porkin' de Pie.. Oh Me Oh My! Me try to ask dem why? But dem all too high .. dem reachin' out to de sky.. dem wanna fly.. de mood make one sigh.. time to say Goodbye...

AWESOME! I haven't heard it before! Just Joni, Jaco, Pat, Michael & Lyle version. What to do now? Haeven is endless: both versions are the best.

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@rowanhudsonmusic Time/travel has been "invented". It's called reverie.

me ttoo

did they really play it in the key of e? or did smth go wrong with the tape speed?

Gerry Mulligan cut off in his prime. Find him here. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/otWli6Ve156Ypps.html

and who is the black man that plays the first solo?

Great tune, great performance, but does anyone know what key it was originally in? The "Ah Um" version is in Eb, this one is in E, and I've got a lead sheet that says it's in F.

Are you fucking kidding me?!? Where's the rest of it???

da fck? cut off at gerry mulligans solo

I love jazz, I like the 70s, but these two aesthetics do not work together lmao