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Charles Mingus: A Musical Misfit In Black And White

James Maycock, The Independent, 28 November 1997

A traumatic childhood and a dramatic life characterised the career of the bassist Charles Mingus. James Maycock looks at a documentary on a 'phenomenal musician and generous bandleader'.

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