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Title: Tonight At Noon: A Love Story by Sue Graham Mingus ISBN: 0-306-81220-7 Publisher: Da Capo Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.83 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Truly Wonderful Read
Comment: I just finished this gem of a book and wonder why it is buried under Music
Biographies in bookstores rather than acknowledging it for what it claims
to be, a love story. Although rich with unique insights into the
incomparable Charles Mingus, this is not essentially biography but rather a story of opposites who turn out to be not so opposite, who share the profound and conflicting challenges of what it means to be human, which includes every one of us.
Rating: 5
Summary: Leaves you wanting to know more...
Comment: This book is a must-read for fans of Charles Mingus. Here you get first-hand accounts of what it was like living with and dealing with Mingus's temperament, exaggerated lifestyle, and unique musical talents.
A majority of the book deals with Charles's last few years of life struggling to deal with ALS and going through a serious of desperate third-world medical practices to achieve a "miracle cure" which sadly never came.
All the while Sue Mingus's surprisingly fresh and concise prose will carry you through each chapter, salivating for more of Charles's sudden bouts of rage and humor, and then equally strong showings of compassion toward his family as he faces the "chill of death" head-on.
All in all a unique insight into one of Jazz's greatest composers.
Rating: 5
Summary: This is a great book !
Comment: I am glad Sue Mingus wrote and published this book. After personally meeting her briefly in Australia in January 2002, a chance encounter on a tennis tournament during Mingus Big Band tour, I can relate the book to the author. And thanks to the book, I can relate better to Mingus himself and to his music. I saw him only once in a European concert in 1972. I was a young man then and could not understand much of what was performed. My appreciation of his music has being growing ever since.
This is a great book ! But it is too short. I deliberately read it slowly, several pages every night, in order to enjoy it more and to give some time perspective to Sue's and Charles's life together. It is not only about Charles, it is about Sue as well.
Also, Sue Mingus provides in the book the best description of Mingus music that I ever encountered:
"Any musician will tell you that Mingus music requires multiple skills. ... You need to read like a classical player, improvise like a jazz musician, play well in the ensemble, and, on top of everything else, have a personality."
That, in simple terms explains why the music of Charles Mingus will still be played, or at least listened to, in 100 years from now.
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Title: Myself When I Am Real: The Life and Music of Charles Mingus by Gene Santoro ISBN: 0195097335 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 2000 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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Title: More Than a Fake Book by Charles Mingus ISBN: 0793509009 Publisher: Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation Pub. Date: 01 September, 1991 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Beneath the Underdog: His World As Composed by Mingus by Charles Mingus, Nel King ISBN: 0679737618 Publisher: Vintage Books USA Pub. Date: 01 September, 1991 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Mingus: A Critical Biography by Brian Priestley ISBN: 0306802171 Publisher: Da Capo Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 1984 List Price(USD): $17.50 |
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Title:Charles Mingus: Triumph of the Underdog ASIN: B00000IBMI Publisher: Koch Vision/Shanachie Video Pub. Date: 23 March, 1999 List Price(USD): $19.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $17.98 |
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