Jazz Articles about Minneapolis Allstars

Phil Minton: No Doughnuts in Hand

by John Eyles
July 3, 2008

This album is the third part of an astonishing trilogy, following A Doughnut In Both Hands (1975-1982) (Emanem, 1998) and A Doughnut In One Hand (FMP, 1998). With its title, Minton seems to have heeded the advice he gave as a track title on In Both Hands--Too Many Doughnuts Make You Ill.

Minton himself notes that, “I would prefer to sing with other people and most of the time that's what I do, but it seems every ten ...