Rebellion / Reconciliation
Thinking about the Newport Jazz Festival in 1962, and North Sea Jazz in 2022
Here is Charles Mingus on this day 60 years ago, onstage at the Newport Jazz Festival. I’ve been thinking about this moment lately, not only because I have Mingus on the brain (a lingering aftereffect of centennial fever) but also because our ongoing societal breakdown, and all its attendant trauma, got me wond…
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