Humpday Blues
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Humpday Blues


One of my favorite tunes of all. Written by Mingus as an elegy for saxophone great Lester Young.


For me, anyway, it always brings to mind a film noir detective flick. Man in a trenchcoat and hat, rainslick streets, music drifting from a club as he passes by.

Charles Mingus


Goodbye, Pork Pie Hat








- Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
When Charlie speaks of Lester You know someone great has gone The sweetest swinging music man Had a Porkie Pig hat on A bright star in the dark age When the bandstands had a thousand ways Of refusing a black man admission, black musician In those days...

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Goodbye Pork Pie Hat/Theme For Lester Young John McLaughlin and Jonas Hellborg Jeff Beck  Joni Thana Alexa Rahsaan Roland Kirk Mingus ...

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Charles MingusAh Um  "Better Git It in Your Soul" "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" "Boogie Stop Shuffle" "Self-Portrait in Three Colors""Open Letter to Duke" "Bird Calls" "Fables of Faubus""Pussy Cat Dues""Jelly Roll""Pedal Point Blues""GG Train" "Girl of...

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Charles MingusAh Umfull album "Better Git It in Your Soul" -- "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" -- "Boogie Stop Shuffle" -- "Self-Portrait in Three Colors" -- "Open Letter to Duke" -- "Bird Calls" -- "Fables of Faubus" -- "Pussy Cat Dues" -- "Jelly Roll" -- Bonus...

- The Charlie Parker Sessions
Charlie Parker - Alto Saxophone - Coleman Hawkins - Tenor saxophone - Hank Jones - Piano - Ray Brown - Double bass - Buddy Rich - Drums - Bill Harris - Trombone - Lester Young - Tenor saxophone - Ella Fitzgerald - Vocals Jazz Jam session at Ortlieb's...



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