Chrissie Hynde offers an interpretation of Charles Mingus’s “Meditation on a Pair of Wire Cutters” (aka “Meditations on Integration” and “Meditations”). Hynde nicely reimagines one of the piece’s themes, highlighting the element of exotica. But there’s an awful lot missing.
Here’s a 1964 recording from Mingus at Cornell, with Johnny Coles (trumpet), Eric Dolphy (bass clarinet, flute), Clifford Jordan (tenor sax), Jaki Byard (piano), Charles Mingus (bass), and Dannie Richmond (drums).
Monday, June 10, 2019
Chrissie Hynde plays Mingus
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Hi. I look forward to reading some of your blog (I like, but know far less about, music).
ReplyDeleteQuick question: On the Rex Parker blog, you wrote: "One reason I solve in syndication is that the puzzle's sense of what's cute or funny too often leaves me cold." But why does solving 6 weeks later help, with regard to the puzzles' themes? Or, do you mean that solving via syndication = you're not paying for the NYT (and don't want to, because their puzzles sometimes aren't to your liking) -- ? Or, other?
If you post a reply here, I'll look for it here. Thanks. And if I've erred by going OT, I apologize.
Thanks for the question, Anon. I subscribe to the online Times, but gave up paying for the puzzle. Because the puzzle is there, I feel obligated to solve it, but I don’t like it enough to pay.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of music, a Times clue that identified Mel Tormé as a “cool jazz pioneer” bugged me enough that I e-mailed Will Shortz. As with the recent (and non-trivial) BEANER fiasco, the response was less than satisfactory.
Hm. That link to the Chrissie Hynde article doesn't work for me for some reason. The rollingstone.com domain looks like a strange, generic Wordpress blog right now, too. Weird.
ReplyDeleteThat doesn’t say much for Rolling Stone. :) I just tried and the link is work. The music is also at YouTube.
ReplyDeleteThe link is working.
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