Charles Mingus was one of the most innovative jazz musicians of the 20th century; and ranks with Charles Ives and Duke Ellington as one of Americas greatest composers. By temperament; he was a high-strung and sensitive romantic; a towering figure whose tempestuous personal life found powerfully coherent expression in the ever-shifting textures of his music. Now; acclaimed music critic Gene Santoro strips away the myths shrouding "Jazzs Angry Man;" revealing Mingus as more complex than even his close friends knew. Written in a lively; novelistic style; Myself When I Am Real draws on dozens of new interviews and previously untapped letters and archival materials to explore the intricate connections between this extraordinary man and the extraordinary music he made.
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