Jamin' the Jive

Mingus Cutting Brubeck

By: Charles Giuliano - Apr 25, 2016

Jamin' the Jive

Boston Garden
Benefit for
Newport Jazz Festival
On the ropes
After the riot
Entrepreneur George Wein
Not always savvy
Orchestrated jam sessions
Odd juxtapositions
Brubeck on stage
Wein brought out Mingus
Oil and vinegar
Brubeck playing it straight
Academic bop
Jazz Goes to College
Professor Longhair
Without the funk
Mingus being Mingus
Musical comic
Running circles
Round and round
Just hilarious
Cutting Dave
Impish grin
Taking him to school
Like Mozart in Amadeus
Riffing on Salieri
Brilliantly sarcastic
Flat out hilarious
Ended with applause
Mingus awarded
Ears and
This tale
Skewered bull
Once so proud
Hauled off to
Slaughter house