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The standup bass genius and jazz force of nature Charles Mingus made his first album for Atlantic Records, Pithecanthropus Erectus, in 1956. Several of his most memorable musical masterpieces, including The Clown (1957), Blues and Roots (1960), and Oh Yeah (1962), followed as he intermittently returned to the label throughout the 1960s and early '70s.

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Amazonas Green Jazz Festival, July 21-July 30, 2023, Manaus, Brazil. In this first of three reports, we welcome New York-based journalist Ted Panken to LJN. Ted reports for us from the Amazonas Green Jazz Festival, which ran from July 21 to July 30 in Manaus, the capital of the Amazonas State in Brazil. As this…

In 1973, composer and bass virtuoso Charles Mingus signed his last recording contract with Atlantic; he'd stay with the label till his death in 1979. A new box set collects his music from that era.

In 1973, composer and bass virtuoso Charles Mingus signed his last recording contract with Atlantic; he'd stay with the label till his death in 1979. A new box set collects his music from that era.

Love jazz all over again with boxed sets: Sonny Rollins, Charles Mingus

A new box set compiles the jazz legend's late-life works. Plus: the best jazz releases of the month.

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Matt Mitchell: Oblong Aplomb   (Out Of Your Head Records OOYH 019. Album review by Tony Dudley-Evans) Oblong Aplomb is a double album on the innovative, Brooklyn and Richmond, Virginia-based Out Of Your Head Records; it has 24 relatively short tracks featuring pianist Matt Mitchell playing on 12 tracks each with drummer Kate Gentile and drummer/percussionist Ches Smith.  Mitchell seems to be…

Thelonious Monk had a gift for reconciling musical experiment with the immediacy of pop.