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"Are you ready, girls?"LISTEN TO MASTER CHICAGO MUSICIANSACROSS THE OCEAN OF TIMERecorded at Andy's Jazz Club in Chicago, IL, U.S.A. this historic document f...
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Mar 18, 2024 · The pork pie hat was championed by various public figures, but no one thrust it into the spotlight as much as iconic saxophonist Lester Young.
Jun 1, 2014 · I was reminded of this recently when I finally bought a CD of Jeff’s Beck’s Wired, which includes a remarkable version of Charles Mingus’s “Goodbye Pork Pie Hat.” Mingus wrote this as an elegy to saxophonist Lester Young, who died two months prior to the release of the seminal Mingus album, Mingus Ah Um .
A pork pie hat is one of several different styles of hat that have been worn since the mid-19th century. The pork pie hat gained further popularity in the 20th century, being worn by famous actors and musicians.
Composed in E-flat minor, Mingus wrote it as an elegy for saxophonist Lester Young, who had died two months prior to the recording session [1] and who was known for wearing unusually broad-brimmed pork pie hats.
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Recorded at Andy's Jazz Club in Chicago, IL, U.S.A. this historic document features musical performances by The Von Freeman Quintet and the Fred Anderson Qua...
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