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David Perlmutter's avatar

Charles Mingus once wrote and recorded an instrumental piece called "Cumbia and Jazz Fusion", which combined those two genres. It starts out as a normal jazz piece with a Latin tinge and then moves into Mingus doing a sort of Black Power retort to the lyrics of "Shortinin' Bread"!

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Reid HT's avatar

I didn't know that! I need to get into Mingus, his music sounds endlessly interesting.

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David Perlmutter's avatar

It is. He was a fascinating man and his music is a reflection of that.

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