Something For Sunday Dept. - Charles Mingus, And Also His Jazz Groups

Charles "Chuck U." Mingus is one of the many, many musicians whose work would be unavailable if the Supreme Court Of Character had its way. He was an asshole, apparently. Behavior deemed inappropriate to these woke times. And that's enough to lock him up. Along with Miles, Sinatra, Buddy Rich ... the list of great musicians who had human failings is a long one. It's so much nicer to listen to music made by nice people, isn't it? Even if their music is a bit shit. Knowing an artist is a nice person - what could be more important than that?

As the great Fran Lebowitz said to a friend who didn't "like" Hillary Clinton - "you don't have to like her - she's not going to call you."

Mingus Dynasty is, above all else, a massive overload of f-u-n. There's nothing remotely elitist or difficult about it. You don't need to wear black and knit your brows to get at its essence, to understand what the artist is saying. Fuck that. This is rambunctious, bodacious, and copacetic all at once. If you have a rug, now's the time to cut it. If you have any stuff left, here's where you strut it. Parrrrtayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!