Charles Mingus: Triumph Of The Underdog

Charles Mingus Director: Don McGlynn Don McGlynn

Overview

This extensive documentary on jazz legend Charles Mingus comes to DVD with a standard full-frame transfer. The English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Stereo. There are neither subtitles nor closed-captions on this release. There are no supplemental materials of any consequence, but this Shanachie release is still recommended to any jazz enthusiast or newcomer.

Product Details

Release Date:	03/23/1999
UPC:	0016351631596
Original Release:	1997
Rating:	NR
Source:	Shanachie
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[B&W, Full Frame]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital, stereo]
Time:	1:18:00
Sales rank:	34,544

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Charles Mingus	Actor
Gunther Schuller	Actor
Sue Mingus	Actor
Celia Mingus Zaentz	Actor
John Handy	Actor
Dannie Richmond	Actor
Don Butterfield	Participant
Snooky Young	Actor
Jimmy Knepper	Interviewee
Eddie Bert	Participant
Wynton Marsalis	Actor
Dorian Mingus	Actor
Britt Woodman	Actor
Randy Brecker	Actor
Jerome Richardson	Actor
Brian Priestley	Actor
Andrew Homzy	Actor
Lew Soloff	Actor

Technical Credits

Don McGlynn

Don McGlynn	Director,Editor,Producer,Screenwriter
Sue Mingus	Producer
Christian Moltke-Leth	Editor
Michael Spiller	Cinematographer

Scene Index

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0. Scene Access
1. Start Program [5:46]
2. PErsonality like the spectrum of light [10:04]
3. Childhood and early years [4:33]
4. Mingus discovers Duke [18:10]
5. Town Hall concert disaster [2:55]
6. Mingus and Dolphy [7:26]
7. Hard Times: Mingus withdraws from music [3:46]
8. Duke rekindles his fire [7:39]
9. Onset of Lou Gehrig's disease [6:10]
10. EPITAPH and the legacy of Mingus [11:15]

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