The loping, descending lick that serves as the centerpiece of this cut is like an enormous, gap toothed grin that spreads over the junk-addled schizophrenic street person’s face when, one glorious sunrise, for a few moments the voices in his head start talking about what a wonderful, temperate, crystal clear morning it is, rather than the need to kill, kill, kill. Well, that's what it sounds like to me, anyway. Mingus and crew, including a soon to be dead Eric Dolphy, take this pretty standard Fats Waller... er, standard, and inject it with the secret, patented blend of genius and off-kilter crazy that infused Mingus's best stuff.Wednesday, September 23, 2009
999,991: Charles Mingus Sextet with Eric Dolphy – Jitterbug Waltz
The loping, descending lick that serves as the centerpiece of this cut is like an enormous, gap toothed grin that spreads over the junk-addled schizophrenic street person’s face when, one glorious sunrise, for a few moments the voices in his head start talking about what a wonderful, temperate, crystal clear morning it is, rather than the need to kill, kill, kill. Well, that's what it sounds like to me, anyway. Mingus and crew, including a soon to be dead Eric Dolphy, take this pretty standard Fats Waller... er, standard, and inject it with the secret, patented blend of genius and off-kilter crazy that infused Mingus's best stuff.
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