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Goodbye Pork Pie Hat (ver. 1) by Charles Mingus - Piano Sheets and Free Sheet Music

  
About the Song
"Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" (later renamed "Theme for Lester Young") is a jazz standard[1] composed by Charles Mingus and originally released on his 1959 album Mingus Ah Um. Mingus wrote it as an elegy for saxophonist Lester Young, who had died two months prior to the recording session.[2] It is one of Mingus' best-known compositions and has been recorded by many jazz and jazz fusion artists.[3] Joni Mitchell wrote lyrics for the song for her album Mingus, recorded in collaboration with Mingus in the months before his death and released in 1980.[4] Charles "Charlie" Mingus, Jr. (April 22, 1922 – January 5, 1979) was an American jazz bassist, composer, bandleader, and pianist. He was also known for his activism against racial injustice. Mingus is considered one of the most important composers and performers of jazz, and he recorded many highly regarded albums. Dozens of musicians passed.    Download this sheet!
About the Artist
Charles "Charlie" Mingus, Jr. (April 22, 1922 – January 5, 1979) was an American jazz bassist, composer, bandleader, and pianist. He was also known for his activism against racial injustice. Mingus is considered one of the most important composers and performers of jazz, and he recorded many highly regarded albums. Dozens of musicians passed through his bands and later went on to impressive careers. His tunes—though melodic and distinctive—are not often re-recorded, in part because of their unconventional nature. Mingus was also influential and creative as a band leader, recruiting talented and sometimes little-known artists whom he assembled into unconventional and revealing configurations. Nearly as well known as his ambitious music was Mingus' often fearsome temperament, which earned him the nickname "The Angry Man of Jazz." His refusal to compromise his musical integrity led to many on-stage eruptions. Mingus was prone to depression. He tended to have brief periods of extreme creative activity, intermixed with fairly long periods of greatly decreased output. Most of Mingus's music retained the hot and soulful feel of hard.
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