Charles Mingus: Triumph of the Underdog (1997)

Özet

Don McGlynn's uncompromising and soulful documentary look at the tumultuous life of musician and rebel Charles Mingus is fascinating stuff. Mingus said of himself "I am half black man, half yellow man, but I claim to be a Negro. I am Charles Mingus, the famed jazz musician--but not famed enough to make a living in America." His statement summed up the conflict that plagued this musical genius his entire life: volatility, pain, prescience, and raw rage roiled inside a complex man, composer, bass player, and trombonist who transcended labels and refused to be pigeonholed into a single musical style--and who did not achieve real fame until late in his career.

Oyuncular

• 

  Charles Mingus

  Self (archive footage)

• 

  Gunther Schuller

  Self

• 

  Wynton Marsalis

  Self

• Sue Mingus

  Self

• Celia Zaentz

  Self

• John Handy

  Self

• Britt Woodman

  Self

• Jack Walrath

  Self

• 

  Randy Brecker

  Self

Ekip

Yönetmen

Don McGlynn

Yapımcı

Sue Mingus