Mingus Played Piano Because You Can’t
I don’t have a single favorite record of my father’s, but there are a few I return to more than others. Mingus Plays Piano is one of them. My love for it is layered. It carries deep memories of my sister and me playing at our father’s feet as he composed or just played—small, surrounded…
The Day My Father, Charles Mingus, Met Joni Mitchell
I was visiting my father when Joni Mitchell and my dad first met. I was sitting at the table across from them. That apartment at Manhattan Plaza could be overflowing with people, or there might be a knock at the door and Dexter Gordon, or another legend who lived in the building, would drop by.…
Mingus at Monterey: A Family Story
9/21/2025 This week’s reissue of Mingus at Monterey feels deeply personal to me. It’s not just another record from my father’s incredible body of work — it’s a piece of my family’s history, one that carries the fingerprints of my mother, my brother, and the household we shared at that time. The Original 1966 Release…
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