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These memoirs are of the great bassist and jazz composer Charles Mingus. Completed years before his death in 1979, this is the story of: growing up in the Watts, Los Angeles of the 1920s and 30s, ruled by a strap-wielding father and Bible-quoting stepmother; Mingus's outcast adolescent years ( a yella kid, running with the mongrels ); 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 Billie Holiday. 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, he never strayed too far, always returning to the music.Product Identifiers
PublisherCanongate Books LTD
ISBN-139780862415457
eBay Product ID (ePID)87095597
Product Key Features
Book TitleBeneath the Underdog
Number of Pages288 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1998
TopicMusic
GenreBiographies & True Stories
AuthorCharles Mingus
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height208 mm
Item Weight289 g
Item Width135 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorCharles Mingus
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