{"product_id":"charles-mingus-epitaph-dvd","title":"Mingus, Charles | Pal 0 - Epitaph Live | DVD","description":"\u003cp\u003eCharles Mingus was an American jazz double bass player, pianist, composer, bandleader and civil rights activist, born in Nogales, Arizona, on 22 April 1922. His profile credits him as a pioneer of double bass technique, of overdubbing, and of cutting up and reassembling tapes of different takes in the studio. He died in Cuernavaca, Mexico, in 1979, and wrote the autobiographical novel 'Beneath the Underdog'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEpitaph is a 1 DVD recording of the world premiere performance of Charles Mingus's Epitaph, conducted by Gunther Schuller with 30 jazz musicians at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Centre, New York, in June 1989. The work was discovered after Mingus's death and is described as the largest and longest piece ever written for a jazz orchestra. This is a PAL region 2 DVD released by Eagle Vision in 2008, with English language and Danish subtitles, running about 131 minutes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eTrack List\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMain Scene: Part One\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePercussion Discussion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMain Scene: Part Two\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStarted Melody\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Soul\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBallad (In Other Words I Am There)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMoods In Mambo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSelf Portrait: The Chill Of Death\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eO. P. (Oscar Pettiford)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlease Don't Come Back From The Moon\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMonk, Bunk \u0026amp; Vice Versa (Osmotin)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePeggy's Blue Skylight\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWolverine Blues\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Children's Hour Of Dream\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFreedom\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterlude (The Underdog Rising)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBetter Get It In Your Soul\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNoon Night\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMain Score Reprise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"The Music Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59057102684534,"sku":"5034504963078PMI","price":8.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/9733\/1318\/files\/5034504963078.jpg?v=1792454572","url":"https:\/\/themusicpress.co.uk\/products\/charles-mingus-epitaph-dvd","provider":"The Music Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}