One of my favorite Charles Mingus albums is Changes One, recorded for Atlantic Records at the tail end of December 1974. There something about the recording that exceeds even Mingus's routinely high composing standards and sensitivity. The album is moody, brooding and reminds me of New York in the mid-1970s more than any other. Yesterday, when I re-list…
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