album · February 20, 2013

Something Like a Bird

Charles Mingus

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The 2013 compilation "Something Like a Bird" collects previously unissued material from Mingus's 1960-61 Atlantic sessions.

• The album draws from the same sessions as the acclaimed Mingus Ah Um and Mingus Dynasty.
• The release features liner notes by jazz critic and historian Nat Hentoff.
• The title track is a previously unheard composition.

Charles Mingus was an American jazz double bassist, composer, and bandleader. He was a central figure in the jazz avant-garde, a pioneer of hard bop, and a composer whose work blended influences from various musical traditions.