Not just a bass player but a legendary composer.
Here's one of my absolute faves, Pithecanthropus Erectus.
Here's one of my absolute faves, Pithecanthropus Erectus.
The whole record has little bits of studio talk before and after some of the recordings and you can hear Mingus feeling really shy and vulnerable playing alone. You can even hear it in his playing, I think. Pretty remarkable. Love that guy.
(I can hum this juuuust about well enough for my own purposes. It took a lot of practice.)