MINGUS/MINGUS: Two Memoirs (Limelight). [Signed Copy]

Coleman, Janet, and Al Young

ISBN 10: 0879101490 / ISBN 13: 9780879101497

Published by Limelight Editions, New York, NY, 1991

About this Item

This works offers two biographical renderings of the life and person of Charles Mingus. He was a greatly gifted bass player in the jazz world who worked as a sideman with Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, Max Roach, and others. His work spanned three decades. These two written accounts are first-hand testimony to his greatness. It is SIGNED by author Al Young, inscribed on the title page. This copy is clean and solid.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: MINGUS/MINGUS: Two Memoirs (Limelight). [Signed Copy]
• Publisher: Limelight Editions, New York, NY
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0879101490
• ISBN 13: 9780879101497
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

Janet Coleman and Al Young first met Charles Mingus in the 1950s at the University of Michigan. From there they followed him to New York, sitting in on Mingus’s workshops and meeting leading jazz artists. Throughout, their friendship gave them a rare view into Mingus and the social and creative forces that informed his art. This joint memoir provides a candid, unforgettable portrait of Mingus suffused with warmth, affection, and humor.

About the Author

Janet Coleman is a writer, actor, and radio personality. She is also the author of The Compass, a history of improvisational theatre in America.

Al Young was a poet, novelist, screenwriter, and educator. A former poet laureate of California, he died in 2021.