Charles McPherson just said he took some time off (presumably in the 60s) to work for the IRS to “chill out for a minute”
“the Internal Revenue was more complicated than Mingus”
“remember processing one of John Coltrane’s 1040s. One year he made over $100,000”
says they were on salary with Mingus, rather than paid by the gig as so many of us are
http://charlesmingus.com  or .org if you wanna tune in. Going on now
Charles Mingus

DEVOTED TO THE WORK OF JAZZ COMPOSER AND BASSIST CHARLES MINGUS. This site exists to maintain the historical record and archival materials of one of America’s greatest composers, and to promote...

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“[Mingus] had some PT Barnum in him...”
went to high school with James Jamerson, said he was a GREAT upright bass player, would have been one of the best jazz upright bassists - incredible ears
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