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Betty Davis' and Charles Mingus' Roaring '70s

By Ludovico Granvassu | Mondo Jazz
September 26, 2023
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A series of recent re-releases gives us the opportunity to focus on the phenomenal 1970s music of two iconic musicians:

Betty Davis

vocals
1944 - 2022

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Charles Mingus

bass, acoustic
1922 - 1979

" data-original-title="" title="">Charles Mingus. Music so ahead of its time that it sounds as if it was recorded yesterday.

Happy listening!

Playlist

Ben Allison
bass, acoustic
b.1966
" data-original-title="" title="">Ben Allison "Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00
Betty Davis
vocals
1944 - 2022
" data-original-title="" title="">Betty Davis "Your Man My Man" Betty Davis (Light in the Attic) 0:16
Host talks 3:48
Charles Mingus
bass, acoustic
1922 - 1979
" data-original-title="" title="">Charles Mingus "Remember Rockefeller at Attica" Changes: The Complete 1970s Atlantic Studio Recordings (Rhino/Atlantic) 5:31
Host talks 11:16
Betty Davis
vocals
1944 - 2022
" data-original-title="" title="">Betty Davis "Tell Me a Few Things" Crashin' from Passion (Light in the Attic) 13:59
Charles Mingus
bass, acoustic
1922 - 1979
" data-original-title="" title="">Charles Mingus "For Harry Carney" Changes: The Complete 1970s Atlantic Studio Recordings (Rhino/Atlantic) 18:02
Host talks 26:00
Betty Davis
vocals
1944 - 2022
" data-original-title="" title="">Betty Davis "Let's Get Personal" Is It Love Or Desire (Light in the Attic) 27:21
Charles Mingus
bass, acoustic
1922 - 1979
" data-original-title="" title="">Charles Mingus "Three or Four Shades of Blues" Changes: The Complete 1970s Atlantic Studio Recordings (Rhino/Atlantic) 30:52
Host talks 42:58
Betty Davis
vocals
1944 - 2022
" data-original-title="" title="">Betty Davis "Your Mama Wants Ya Back" They Say I'm Different (Light in the Attic) 45:20
Charles Mingus
bass, acoustic
1922 - 1979
" data-original-title="" title="">Charles Mingus "Devil Woman" Changes: The Complete 1970s Atlantic Studio Recordings (Rhino/Atlantic) 48:42
Host talks 58:02
Charles Mingus
bass, acoustic
1922 - 1979
" data-original-title="" title="">Charles Mingus "Canon" Changes: The Complete 1970s Atlantic Studio Recordings (Rhino/Atlantic) 59:49
Betty Davis
vocals
1944 - 2022
" data-original-title="" title="">Betty Davis "My Soul is Tired" The Columbia Years (Light in the Attic) 1:05:15
Host talks 1:07:50
Miles Davis
trumpet
1926 - 1991
" data-original-title="" title="">Miles Davis "Mademoiselle Mabry" The Complete in a Silent Way Sessions (Columbia/Legacy) 1:10:05

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