The Charles Mingus Story - read by Rufus Beck 

Article number: HOER 9002 
Artist: Beck, Rufus 
Title: The Charles Mingus Story - read by Rufus Beck 
Label: fan 
Type: 2CDs
Release date: 04/25/2005 

RUFUS BECK reads: LEGENDS OF JAZZ (audio book + music CD)

Rufus Beck
The Charles Mingus Story + Bonus Music CD


The breathtaking biographies of the greatest jazz stars of their time, read by Rufus Beck (including the voice of the Harry Potter audio books)! In order to put your own stamp on an idiosyncratic genre, you need special qualities. Chet Baker, Thelonious Monk, and Charles Mingus owned these — and in abundance. In addition to their unique CVs, the audio books describe the musical developments of the artists - using representative music recordings. Each audio book comes with a "Best Of" CD with selected tracks by the artists.

The Charles Mingus Story
"Just because I play jazz doesn't mean I forget myself. I play or write how I feel, through jazz or whatever. Music is, or was, a language of emotions. When a man escapes from reality I don't expect him to like my music, in fact I would be really worried about my writing if such a person started to like it. My music is alive and it's about the living and the dead, about good and bad. She's angry, but she's real because she knows she's angry." (Charles Mingus)

Track Listing:

1/1 Charles Mingus
  Charles Mingus Story (1) 0.25

1/2 Charles Mingus
  So Long Eric (excerpt) 1.08

1/3 Charles Mingus
  Charles Mingus Story (2) 3.45

1/4 Charles Mingus
  Charles Mingus Story (3) 3.15

1/5 Charles Mingus
  A Foggy Day (excerpt) 1.24

1/6 Charles Mingus
  Charles Mingus Story (4) 5.43

1/7 Charles Mingus
  Charles Mingus Story (5) 5.17

1/8 Charles Mingus
  Charles Mingus Story (6) 4.35

1/9 Charles Mingus
  Eclipse 2.54

1/10 Charles Mingus
  Charles Mingus Story (7) 3.30

1/11 Charles Mingus
  Body&Soul 3.34

1/12 Charles Mingus
  Charles Mingus Story (8) 3.11

1/13 Charles Mingus
  Smooch (excerpt) 0.47

1/14 Charles Mingus
  Charles Mingus Story (9) 3.09

1/15 Charles Mingus
  All The Things You Are (excerpt) 1.52

1/16 Charles Mingus
  Charles Mingus Story (10) 2.57

1/17 Charles Mingus
  Machajo 4.03

1/18 Charles Mingus
  Charles Mingus Story (11) 3.18

1/19 Charles Mingus
  Haitian Fight Song 5.18

1/20 Charles Mingus
  Charles Mingus Story (12) 5.18

1/21 Charles Mingus
  Charles Mingus Story (13) 5.17

1/22 Charles Mingus
  Work Song (excerpt) 2.08

2/1 Charles Mingus
  Jump Monk (alternate take) 11.53

2/2 Charles Mingus
  Get Out Of Town (alternate take) 7.31

2/3 Charles Mingus
  Drums 5.35

2/4 Charles Mingus
  Praying With Eric 27.31

2 / 5 Charles Mingus
  New Fables 23.17

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