Talk:Mingus (Joni Mitchell album)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 22:50, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
 * fair use added Cdl obelix (talk) 18:23, 18 July 2009 (UTC)

The article on the album states: "In 'Funeral', Mingus and others discuss how long he'll live and what his funeral will be like. He refers to the Vedanta Society and asserts that 'I'm going to cut Duke [Ellington]!'. As it turned out, Ellington lived twenty years longer than Mingus." This makes no sense, as Duke Ellington died in 1974. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.181.184.130 (talk) 08:07, 27 May 2009 (UTC) Mingus meant he hoped he would he older than Ellington when Mingus himself passed.98.14.181.12 (talk) 01:20, 17 September 2010 (UTC)Joni/Mingus fan

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I'm not so familiar with how to edit, cite sources, be within the bounds of wiki policy, etc. Some things I recall about this particular album, from interviews and articles I haven't researched (hoping someone will!):

1. Joni's label warned her (paraphrasing) "Do not do this album! It will be ruinous for your career." Joni apparently had the artistic control to call the shots and proceed with "Mingus." 2. Mingus himself hated electric instruments: elec. bass, elec. guitar, synthesizers.) Joni struggled with a desire to do what Mingus would have preferred, yet stick to her own intuition and what was right for her. Despite recording some studio tracks with another bassist (on upright bass), Joni went with the Jaco sound, and group chemistry which he was a big part of. 3. On "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat," after the melody is sung, Joni wrote lyrics to the existing improvised John Handy tenor sax solo, heard on a classic 1959 Mingus album "Mingus Ah Um." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.236.192.210 (talk) 01:40, 11 November 2017 (UTC)