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Title: piano technical skill of mingus
Review: I myself am a jazz pianist and this repeated commenting on charles mingus's technical skill tells me just how shallow and no artistic the jazz community has become in this day and age. I guess leadbelly isnt worth a damn either because he cant play guitar like Django Rhinehardt. Jazz always has been,and always will be about what you have to say as a human being. The technical skill is a tool that is refined over a lifetime. If technical demonstrations are all that matters the one can go simply watch a carpenter build a house or listen to good classical music composer(although a large portion was improvised originally by the masters such as listz and chopin). Thats all ill say on that so as not to sound too inflammatory which mingus was often accused of; now i understand why at age 40. peace jg
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