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Better Git It in Your Soul: An Interpretive Biography of Charles Mingus

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A book that has been read but is in excellent condition. No obvious damage to the cover, with the dust jacket included for hard covers. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, and no underlining/highlighting of text or writing in the margins. May be very minimal identifying marks on the inside cover. Very minimal wear and tear. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
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Binding
Hardcover
Weight
1 lbs
Product Group
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ISBN
0520260376

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
University of California Press
ISBN-10
0520260376
ISBN-13
9780520260375
eBay Product ID (ePID)
217076366

Product Key Features

Book Title
Better Git It in Your Soul : an Interpretive Biography of Charles Mingus
Number of Pages
336 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2016
Topic
History & Criticism, Musical Instruments / Strings, Composers & Musicians, Entertainment & Performing Arts, Genres & Styles / Jazz
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Music, Biography & Autobiography
Author
Krin Gabbard
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
23.6 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in

Additional Product Features

LCCN
2015-031907
Reviews
Gabbard's careful attention to new and underutilized resources and dedication to placing the many dimensions of Mingus's existence in their larger contexts should indeed enhance readers' appreciation of Mingus as a musician, composer, arranger, writer, poet, and bandleader., "An important contribution to not only the study of Charles Mingus but also of the evolution of postwar jazz."--STARRED REVIEW, 'Better Git It In Your Soul draws the reader to listening to its subject's productions. If already familiar with Mingus' music, a reader may return to favorites with fresh ears and deeper insights. . . . Gabbard's greatest personal contribution to understanding Mingus is his contextualization of events through his own broad, well-informed perspective., Will likely long stand as the definitive account of the genius, and enigma, that was this great bassist, bandleader, and composer. Certainly no one has heretofore delved as deeply and thoroughly into what made him tick., "This is a wonderful book! This book completely absorbed me. . . . You really took me in with your own emotional palette."  , Offers several lenses through which to view Mingus and his music--the milieu in which he lived, wrote and played; literary life; closest musical associations; and as a coda his experience in film. . . . There is much in Better Git It In Your Soul to limn one's understanding of and approach to Mingus' tremendous body of work as well as the challenges he faced and orchestrated as a black artist in America., Gabbard examines the musical career of one of the giants of Jazz, Charles Mingus, offering a look at the man beyond his sensationalized musical career and personal mythology., "An important contribution to not only the study of Charles Mingus but also of the evolution of postwar jazz."- STARRED REVIEW, 14 of the Best Gifts for a Music Snob Who's Heard Everything: Krin Gabbard's bio is as idiosyncratic as the great jazz bassist and composer that is its subject. There aren't many places you can go to read comparisons between Mingus and Philip Roth as well as detailed musical analysis of his epochal and hard-swinging compositions., "This is a wonderful book! This book completely absorbed me. . . . You really took me in with your own emotional palate."  , This is a wonderful book! This book completely absorbed me. . . . You really took me in with your own emotional palette., ' Better Git It In Your Soul draws the reader to listening to its subject's productions. If already familiar with Mingus' music, a reader may return to favorites with fresh ears and deeper insights. . . . Gabbard's greatest personal contribution to understanding Mingus is his contextualization of events through his own broad, well-informed perspective.
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
781.65092 B
Table Of Content
INTRODUCTION. Charles Mingus Changed My Life PART I. A Circus in a Bathtub PART II. Autobiography, Autofiction, and Some Poetry PART III. Third Stream Music and the Rest of Jazz History PART IV. On and Off the Bandstand with Richmond, Dolphy, and Knepper EPILOGUE. Mingus in the Movies Acknowledgments Discography Notes Bibliography Index
Synopsis
Charles Mingus is one of the most important--and most mythologized--composers and performers in jazz history. Classically trained and of mixed race, he was an outspoken innovator as well as a bandleader, composer, producer, and record-label owner. His vivid autobiography, Beneath the Underdog , has done much to shape the image of Mingus as something of a wild man: idiosyncratic musical genius with a penchant for skirt-chasing and violent outbursts. But, as the autobiography reveals, he was also a hopeless romantic. After exploring the most important events in Mingus's life, Krin Gabbard takes a careful look at Mingus as a writer as well as a composer and musician. He digs into how and why Mingus chose to do so much self-analysis, how he worked to craft his racial identity in a world that saw him simply as "black," and how his mental and physical health problems shaped his career. Gabbard sets aside the myth-making and convincingly argues that Charles Mingus created a unique language of emotions--and not just in music. Capturing many essential moments in jazz history anew, Better Git It in Your Soul will fascinate anyone who cares about jazz, African American history, and the artist's life.
LC Classification Number
ML418.M45G33 2016

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