MINGUS HC (02/14/2024) NBM

MINGUS HC
(W) Massaruto, Flavio (A) Squaz,
NBM
StockID: 106179 SKU: JAN241810

Bass player and pianist- composer and band leader- Charles Mingus is universally recognized as one of the greatest musicians in the history of jazz. An overflowing talent- who experienced the last fires of the swing age- the Be Bop revolution- the experimental seasons of Third Stream and Jazz Poetry up to Free Jazz. But he was also a tormented and angry soul- a man who- due to his mestizo origins- always had to deal with the hostility of American society. Journalist Flavio Massarutto and artist Squaz (Pasquale Todisco) retrace the stages of Mingus's journey- giving life to a non-canonical biography- which proceeds in paginated episodes like a succession of passages that form a musical suite: fragments of existence told by fishing from interviews- writings- testimonies and historical facts. The portrait of a musician who is the mirror of an era comes out- of a brilliant composer who was also one of the most clearly committed artists in denouncing racism- with real manifesto pieces such as the famous Fable of Faubus denouncing the segregationist governor of Arkansas. In the words of Massarutto and in the evocative art of Squaz- which also reinterpret some of the famous covers of Mingus records- we relive the burning parable of a restless man- always in search of perfection- in constant struggle with himself and with the world: a master capable of leaving an indelible mark on the musical and cultural panorama of the twentieth century.

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