"I am Charles Mingus — a famed jazz musician — but not famed enough to make a living in the society that is America." - #charlesmingus #mingus #blackmusicmonth Music & film: November 1966, Lennie's-On-The-Turnpike, Peabody, Mass., from "Mingus: Charlie Mingus 1968" dir. Thomas Reichman | Charles Mingus

Charles Mingus discusses his song titles, highlighting “Meditations on Integration,” also known as “Meditations for a Pair of Wire-Cutters,” which he was inspired to write in 1964 after conversations with Eric Dolphy about the U.S. government’s treatment of protesters during the Civil Rights movement. The spoken audio and transcript come from a Smithsonian oral history project interview with Charles Mingus, Sue Mingus, and Sy Johnson, conducted February 19-22, 1978. Music is a mix of two perform

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