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Joni Mitchell - Mingus

Primary Artist
Joni Mitchell
Album Title
Mingus
Release Date
June, 1979 
Time
37:20 
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Review by Lindsay Planer
In the months prior to the passing of legendary jazz bassist Charles Mingus, Joni Mitchell had been personally summoned by the bop pioneer to collaborate on a musical version of T.s. Eliot's Four Quartets. The project would entail Mitchell to condense the text for Mingus to score instrumentally. He planned on utilizing a full orchestra, as well as the more traditional guitar and bass. They would accompany Mitchell's vocals and the narration of selected portions of the text. Read More
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