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12:19:56 -0000 From: "Jacques Debierue" <
matrxtech@yahoo.com> To:
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: David
Goodis and jazz influence
> --- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "Brian Thornton"
<tieresias@...>
> wrote:
> >
> > Richard Moore wrote:
> >
> > "I always thought Charles Mingus could have
done a great noir
> soundtrack."
> >
> > I saw the Mingus Big Band at UNLV when I was
teaching in Vegas a few
> years back. When I heard "II BS," I immediately
thought: "50s,
> soundtrack for some sort of drama." I can definitely
imagine it as
> the title theme for a period piece from back
then.
> >
>
> The Mingus sound was very visceral, very contrasted,
with always a
> hint of turmoil. I don't know that he ever did a
soundtrack, but the
> idea is interesting. Maybe one of the younger
directors, or perhaps
> Scorsese, will use Mingus in a future movie. It
would be nice.
> Mingus's studio recordings don't totally capture
what you can hear in
> his concert performances (Town Hall, for
example).
>
Mingus did a number of soundtracks, my favorite album of is 2
of his: Cumbia (spelling?) and Jazz Fusion...
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