398:"The Clown" tells the story of a clown "who tried to please people like most jazz musicians do, but whom nobody liked until he was dead. My version of the story ended with his blowing his brains out with the people laughing and finally being pleased because they thought it was part of the act. I liked the way Jean changed the ending; leaves it more up to the listener." According to a later biography, Mingus was a fan of Shepherd's radio show on
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On "Haitian Fight Song", Mingus said "I'd say this song has a contemporary folk feeling. My solo in it is a deeply concentrated one. I can't play it right unless I'm thinking about prejudice and hate and persecution, and how unfair it is. There's sadness and cries in it, but also determination. And
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352:'s liner notes, Mingus explained why he chose those four tracks for the album: "I selected these four over two others that were more intricate because some of those guys had been saying that I didn't
676:""Friends of the Negro! Fly with me, The path is open to the sea": Remembering the Haitian Revolution in the History, Music, and Culture of the African American People"
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409:was issued in 2000 on
364:Notes about the tracks
360:I've made on record."
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329:bassist and composer
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571:Huey, Steve (2011).
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1135:My Favorite Quintet
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785:Discography
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1239:Sue Mingus
660:2016-09-27
497:References
478:Wade Legge
474:- trombone
466:Shafi Hadi
339:improvised
146:chronology
942:Blue Bird
823:The Clown
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