He composed Half-Mast Inhibition at age seventeen, although it was not performed until his reputation was already established with Revelations.
He composed Half-Mast Inhibition at age seventeen, although it was not performed until his reputation was already established with Revelations. Another gap, of ten years, passed between his 1979 death from ALS and the performance of his two-hour piece Epitaph. Scholars debate whether his "Better git it in your soul" or Miles Davis's "All Blues" was the first use of 3/4 time in jazz. His albums included Tijuana Moods, Pithecanthropus Erectus, The Clown, and Let My Children Hear Music. For ten points, name this musician who injected leading melodies into the previously rhythmic role of the upright bass.
He composed Half-Mast Inhibition at age seventeen, although it was not performed until his reputation was already established with Revelations.
Charles Mingus