Ended Wednesday and welcomed Thursday after a swim with Mingus Plays Piano a 1964 solo jazz album by Charles Mingus... - Wikipedia

Review by Rovi Staff

This album is unique in Mingus' enormous catalog. As the title indicates, the famous bassist takes to the ivories solo to give life to his dazzling improvisational art. At first it seems odd to hear Mingus without one of his trademark interactive and exploratory ensembles. But the sensibility that he brings to this collection of piano pieces bears all the signs of the composer's genius.

In the first piece, "Myself When I Am Real," turbulence and aching beauty merge in Mingus' spontaneous unfolding of phrases. ...

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