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  • Beneath The Underdog

  • By: Charles Mingus
  • Narrated by: Mark Ebulue
  • Length: 10 hrs and 51 mins
  • 3.8 out of 5 stars (8 ratings)

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Summary

Charles Mingus is a musician, a mongrel musician who plays beautiful, who plays ugly, who plays lovely, who plays masculine, who plays feminine, who plays all sounds, loud, soft, unheard sounds, sounds, sounds, sounds....

Beneath the Underdog is the memoir of the Angry Man of jazz, Charles Mingus - the genius whose adventures began at the feet of Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and Charlie Parker, and led him on a tour of every bottle, bar and bed in the world.

An unparalleled self-portrait of an artist, Beneath the Underdog is a tour as dizzying, otherworldly, raging and sexy as the man and his music.
©1998 Charles Mingus (P)2019 Canongate Books Ltd
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Important context for Mingus fans, though difficult and of another age

This is an important piece of work by Mingus himself, despite something like 2/3rds of it bordering on pulpy erotic fantasy and misogynistic tales of love and pimping(?!) Nevertheless, it’s quite poetic, touching, and truly creative in style, and definitely an interesting read. And it does provide a window into the mind of the struggling genius, however distorted: there are enough sprinklings of stories of his work as a composer, bassist, and working jazz musician in the golden era, to appeal to ardent fans. I had avoided it for a long time, given other critiques I had read, but having completed i ardently recommend it.

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