Talk:Charles Mingus
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[edit] Old Link Trouble (Resolved)
I am a bit confused that when I typed 'Mingus' into the search box I was taken to the description of a tiny town in Texas with a population of 200 or so people rather than to one of the greatest monsters of jazz that has influenced millions if not billions of people. I now consider the Wikipedia search algorithm horribly flawed.
Good point -- I've modified the redirect page (it's not a problem with a search algorithm). Ferdinand Pienaar
- Not a problem with the search engine, but a feature of the current structure of links and pages in the wikipedia database. This is in turn a result of the actions of wikipedia users. The best aspect of this feature is that it is easy to fix by anyone who thinks that there is something needing fixing. See Wikipedia:Disambiguation, or just have a look at how I have changed the link in question. Cheers, Andrew Kepert 08:01, 1 Feb 2005 (UTC)
- PS Billions??? I think not. Tens of millions, yes. Hundreds of millions, maybe.
- PPS Sorry Ferdinand - we are treading on each others toes. I have usurped your solution for mine, as it is also educational for the anonymous user.
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- No worries, mate.
[edit] Slight misnomer
from black gospel music
This is better phrased as African American gospel music. Saying Black gospel music can mean anything from the pygmies of Africa to the Massai, known of which, as far as my knowledge sing gospel that influenced Mr. Mingus.
[edit] NPOV
"Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus, although derivative of his earlier works, is a whole lot of fun."
- Deleted (and the information about a character in a novel being named after Mingus - not relevant to the bassist himself). --Andrew Norman 15:09, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Misinformation deleted
Deleted the claim that Mingus Mountain was named after this musician after his death. The mountain was named in the 1880s.
[edit] Whales
I have restored the line I added a few days ago under "Death" about the mysterious appearance of 56 beached whales off the coast of Mexico on the day Mingus died (aged 56), which was inexplicably deleted despite being well attested elsewhere including by Mingus's own wife (see the Weekly Wire interview linked from the page).--Thoughtcat 13:25, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] weasel words
please refer to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoid_weasel_words This article has lot of them, esp. in the first paragraphs. Please try to write articles from a non-fan point of view :)
- You're welcome to help. --(Mingus ah um 05:43, 16 May 2006 (UTC))
[edit] Audio clip
I don't know who or what that audio clip is, but it definitely occurs nowhere on Mingus Ah Um, so something is wrong. Kai 11:08, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] It would be nice to know about his personal life
I don't know anything about Charles Mingus, but was surprised to discover that his wife was responsible for the performance of his two hour posthumously discovered jazz work. He was married?? Another exampled: There's nothing in the article about WHY he might have had such a temper.
[edit] Charlie?
I'm sure I read somewhere once that he did NOT like being referred to as Charlie.
I'm pretty sure about it too Sickboy3883 30 Oct 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Mingus's onstage destruction of an $800 bass
It's been there since 4 January, 2004, but I couldn't find any other reference to it on the Internet. Can anyone link to some story or news confirming this?
[edit] Birth year
Two different birth years are in the article. Could the editors who contributed them provide citations? Constructive 22:05, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Ethnicity
"Mingus was born in Nogales, Arizona, but was raised largely in the Watts area of Los Angeles, California. His mother's paternal heritage was Chinese, while historical records indicate that his father was the illegitimate offspring of a bi-racial farmhand and his employer's white granddaughter"
If this is true, then is it really appropriate to have him in the 'African American musicians' category, if he is only... 1/8th African American?--h i s s p a c e r e s e a r c h 23:48, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
