CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Mingus's "Pithecanthropus Erectus" Now Available

Pithecanthropus Erectus was Charles Mingus's breakthrough as a leader and composer. The year was 1956. The defining moment was framed in no less than the historic Atlantic Studios in New York City, with the legendary producer Nesuhi Ertegn at the ready. From the start of the title cut, Mingus electrified with a 4-bar motif that would later be compared to John Coltrane's A Love Supreme...

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