false 191241 7 A wild, lyrical, and anguished autobiography, in which Charles Mingus pays short shrift to the facts but plunges to the very bottom of his psyche, coming up for air only when it pleases him. He takes the reader through his childhood in Watts, his musical education by the likes of Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, and Charlie Parker, and his prodigious appetites--intellectual, culinary, and sexual. The book is a jumble, but a glorious one, by a certified American genius. 184905 1971 Beneath the Underdog: His World as Composed by Mingus total:361|5:97|4:146|3:78|2:36|1:4| 361 1379 466 60 3 1 false false Mon Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Sun Jan 20 19:58:49 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 15 09:40:06 -0800 2008 more...]]> 1 1 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 06 06:09:01 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 06 06:39:35 -0800 2009 Beneath the Underdog chronicles Mingus' childhood and early career as a lover and a pimp with nary of a mention of the music into which he poured his more worthwhile thoughts. Mingus' book is funny and touching at times, but it's also very repetitiv...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Wed Sep 05 11:46:03 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 05 19:41:08 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Nov 20 21:57:15 -0800 2007 Sat Oct 11 10:31:01 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Fri Aug 29 00:00:00 -0700 2003 Thu Sep 25 13:16:39 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 25 13:37:39 -0700 2008
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