Tag Archives: Charles Mingus

Remembering Mickey Roker

Posted on February 12, 2016 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: Modern jazz first clicked for me at the 1970 Newport Jazz Festival in Rhode Island while I was listening to Charles Mingus‘s group. Included in that group was a skinny, long-haired saxophonist named Bobby Jones. It was impossible at … Continue reading →

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Frankie Dunlop: All The Geniuses are Like That

Posted on June 1, 2015 by Scott K Fish

SKF NOTE: The background on this Frankie Dunlop interview is posted here. Most of Frankie’s published comments, rightly so, are about his work with Thelonious Monk. Here Frankie is sharing words of wisdom about Charles Mingus. Frankie Dunlop: I said … Continue reading →

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