| Description |
x, 452 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 391-399), discography (p. 401-424), and index. |
| Contents |
Growing up absurd -- Black like me -- Making the scene -- Life during wartime -- Portrait of the artist -- The Big Apple, or on the road -- Pithecanthropus erectus -- Mingus dynasty -- Camelot -- The black saint and the sinner lady -- One flew over the cuckoo's nest -- Beneath the underdog -- Let my children hear music -- Changes -- Don't be afraid, the clown's afraid, too. |
| Subject |
Mingus, Charles, 1922-1979.
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Jazz musicians -- United States -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
0195147111 (pbk.) |
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0195097335 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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