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Charles Mingus: Thrice Upon A Theme

Read "Thrice Upon A Theme" reviewed by Matthew Miller

by Matthew Miller
February 24, 2007

The reissue/compilation has always held a tenuous position in the music world. At best, it can save a work from obscurity; at worst, it can take it out of historical context and unnecessarily clutter the market with music that has been safely anthologized. A reissue of a reissue, Thrice Upon a Theme, is nonetheless a welcome ...

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Thrice Upon a Theme

By Charles Mingus

Label: AIM Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: CD1: What is This Thing Called Love; Minor Intrusions; Spur of the Moment; Thrice Upon a Theme; Four Hands; Stormy Weather. CD2: Laura; Hamp's New Blues; Summertime; Dizzy Moods; Yesterdays; Back Home Blues; I Can't Get Started.

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Charles Mingus: Thrice Upon a Theme

Read "Thrice Upon a Theme" reviewed by Kurt Gottschalk

by Kurt Gottschalk
August 28, 2006

In 1956, bassist, bandleader and composer Charles Mingus began an ascent that would carry him at least until the Town Hall debacle of 1962. The explosion of energy, passion and fury that he would exhibit over those six years could barely be predicted from the dozen or so records he'd already released--good records, but tame compared ...