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Essay / Research Paper Abstract
His
World As Composed by Mingus: This 5 page report discusses the
autobiography of jazz musician Charles Mingus. Mingus takes many
unexpected turns and strange detours in telling his life story,
just as he did in “telling” his musical interpretations. His
telling bends and molds facts to his own purposes as if they too
were musical notes. The book makes the reader feel like a
voyeur peering into a great mind that had the capacity to blend
impulsiveness, fantasy, fact, and craziness into one package in
almost equal amounts. The end result blurs the lines of what is
real or not but the book makes it clear that for Mingus, at the
moment of his telling it, it was real enough. No secondary
sources.
Page Count:
5 pages (~225 words per page)
File: D0_BWmingus.doc
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by Mingus," and learn, to some degree, how the majestic, bluesy music of Charles Mingus came into being. In fact, a reader should probably have some Mingus playing in the
background as he or she reads "Beneath the Underdog." While reading the wild but anguished, lyrical but often vulgar book, it is possible to see just a bit of
the depths and darkness of Mingus psyche while also realizing the grace and musical genius that more or less made up for the murkiness that often was the overriding feature
of his spirit. If one can read this book as if he or she was actually listening to another Mingus composition, it becomes apparent that, like the music, it bends
and sways, reaches and retreats . . . just like the music of Mingus. Mingus takes many unexpected turns and strange detours in telling his life story, just as he
did in "telling" his musical interpretations. His telling bends and molds facts to his own purposes as if they too were musical notes. The book makes the reader
feel like a voyeur peering into a great mind that had the capacity to blend impulsiveness, fantasy, fact, and craziness into one package in almost equal amounts. The end
result blurs the lines of what is real or not but the book makes it clear that for Mingus, at the moment of his telling it, it was real enough.
It is very important to understand that this book, unlike his music, is not a great creation. Its value is not in the writing style or the final book but
in the status of the author. "Beneath the Underdog" is more of an explanation and exploration of an artists soul rather that a narrative of a life story. Throughout
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