He spent time in Duke Ellington's band, but an altercation with trombonist Juan Tizol brought about his reputation as the only musician ever fired by Ellington.
He departed from his main instrument to play piano in a 1963 solo album for Impulse Records, which followed his The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady. He spent time in Duke Ellington's band, but an altercation with trombonist Juan Tizol brought about his reputation as the only musician ever fired by Ellington. His popular recordings include Changes I and Changes II, and Let My Children Hear Music. FTP, name this pioneering jazz bandleader and bass player, who also recorded Pithecanthropus Erectus.
He departed from his main instrument to play piano in a 1963 solo album for Impulse Records, which followed his The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady.
Charles {Mingus}