MUS 127 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Ornette Coleman, Dave Brubeck, John Coltrane
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Dave brubeck blue rondo a la turk . Charles mingus better get it in your soul . One of the most contentious personalities combines with one of the most expensive musical minds. Militant and universalist, assertive and open, sensitive and sexit. Filled with racial pride and with dreams for a color-blind society. Mingus understood that jazz was an important site of black accomplishment, but he also sought to erode genre distinctions between jazz and classical music. Then he wanted to play in 4/4 since no on else was. All the things you c# (mashup of rachmaninoff and jerome kern) Realized early the importance of self-promotion (and the corruption of the music industry) Founded debut records in 1952 (w/ roach) Taught tunes by ear (reclaiming how african americans learned) A classic negro put-down in which satire becomes a deadly rapier-thrust. Faubus emerges in a glare of ridicule as a mock villain whom no-one really takes seriously.
