Beneath the underdog

Description:

Introduction by Richard Williams. Mingus by Mingus. From the shabby roadhouses to fabulous estates, from the psychiatric ward of Bellevue to worlds of mysticism and solitude, these are the celebrated, demonic, anguished and, above all, profoundly moving memoirs of the great jazz bassist and composer Charles Mingus.

subjects: Biography,  Biography & Autobiography,  Correspondence, reminiscences,  Jazz musicians,  Musicians,  Nonfiction,  Double bassists

People: Charles Mingus (1922-)

Places: United States