Álbum de homenaje al genio del contrabajo Charles Mingus, publicado en 1992 y producido por el prestigioso Hal Willner quien, además de forjar una carrera como productor musical para algunos músicos de renombre y proyectos cinematográficos o televisivos (Saturday Night Live por ejemplo), siempre ha mostrado querencia por aceptar trabajos de tributo (Nino Rota, Thelonious Monk...) y temáticos (Rogue's Gallery) en los que suele embaucar a personajes respetados de la música y la cultura popular o underground. En este proyecto contó con Elvis Costello, Charlie Watts & Keith Richards, Dr. John, Leonard Cohen, Robbie Robertson, Chuck D, Henry Rollins, Marc Ribot o Diamanda Galas entre otros y en cuya elaboración cabe destacar que se usaron instrumentos creados para la ocasión por Harry Patch, un innovador luthier experimental de los años 60s, quien además participó en las composiciones y arreglos, ayudando a dar forma a este rompecabezas que tardó en completarse cerca de una década.
Tribute album to bass genius Charles Mingus, released in 1992 and produced by prestigious Hal Willner who has forge a career as music producer for some renowned musicians and TV shows (Saturday Night Live for example) and has always shown some fondness for accepting tribute (Nino Rota, Thelonious Monk ...) and thematic (Rogue's Gallery) works with help of respected music and popular or underground culture characters. For this one he recruited people like Elvis Costello, Charlie Watts & Keith Richards, Dr. John, Leonard Cohen, Robbie Robertson, Chuck D, Henry Rollins, Marc Ribot or Diamanda Galas among others and also uses music instruments created for the occasion by Harry Patch, an innovative experimental luthier in the '60s, who also contributed with compositions and arrangements, helping to give shape to this ambitious project that took nearly a decade to get finished.
Charles Mingus
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▶Keith Richards·'Oh Lord Don't Let Them Drop...'
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▶Weird Nightmare (directed by Ray Davies)
Tribute album to bass genius Charles Mingus, released in 1992 and produced by prestigious Hal Willner who has forge a career as music producer for some renowned musicians and TV shows (Saturday Night Live for example) and has always shown some fondness for accepting tribute (Nino Rota, Thelonious Monk ...) and thematic (Rogue's Gallery) works with help of respected music and popular or underground culture characters. For this one he recruited people like Elvis Costello, Charlie Watts & Keith Richards, Dr. John, Leonard Cohen, Robbie Robertson, Chuck D, Henry Rollins, Marc Ribot or Diamanda Galas among others and also uses music instruments created for the occasion by Harry Patch, an innovative experimental luthier in the '60s, who also contributed with compositions and arrangements, helping to give shape to this ambitious project that took nearly a decade to get finished.
Charles Mingus
EscuchaListen
▶Keith Richards·'Oh Lord Don't Let Them Drop...'
MiraWatch
▶Weird Nightmare (directed by Ray Davies)
