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Charles Mingus
Donald Macleod and biographer Brian Priestley explore the life and music of the great jazz double bass player Charles Mingus
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Composer of the Week
Donald Macleod looks at how Mingus progressed from double bassist to being a composer.
Sept 2008
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Composer of the Week
Donald Macleod explores music Mingus wrote in the early 1960s, including a tribute to Bird
Oct 2008
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Composer of the Week
Donald Macleod explores Mingus's 1960 album Black Saint and the Sinner Lady.
Oct 2008
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Composer of the Week
Donald Macleod charts Mingus's final years, by when he had achieved a resurgence.
Oct 2008
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Composer of the Week
Donald Macleod explores Mingus's music of the late 1950s, looking at gospel influences.
Sept 2008