Mingus and Coltrane: Protest Music
1957 Charles Mingus: “Haitian Fight Song” From the album The Clown (Atlantic) Charles Mingus had many things to say, and he used his mouth, his pen, his fists, and mostly…
1957 Charles Mingus: “Haitian Fight Song” From the album The Clown (Atlantic) Charles Mingus had many things to say, and he used his mouth, his pen, his fists, and mostly…
Spring ‘06(from the liner notes of the 2003 reissue of A Love Supreme): “Boosted by a crescendo of piano chords, Coltrane steps in at full throttle. In a relatively small…