Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um Violin 'I nearly did

'I nearly did

he restarted the once dismissed TOPY and re-activated the dormant Temple Records for a batch of new and old releases

incredible depth and warmth

D4: Carnival

Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um Violin 'I nearly didAmerican jazz musician, composer, bandleader and civil rights activist, born April 22, 1922 in Nogales, Arizona, USA and died January 5, 1979 in Cuernavaca, Mexico of Lou Gehrig's disease. A forerunner in double bass technique, he also pioneered in overdubbing and in cutting up and reassembling tapes of different takes in the studio to achieve the best possible version to put on record. He also authored an autobiographical novel called "Beneath The