"Good jazz is when the leader jumps on the piano, waves his arms, and yells. Fine jazz is when a tenorman lifts his foot in the air. Great jazz is when he heaves a piercing note for 32 bars and collapses on his hands and knees. A pure genius of jazz is manifested when he and the rest of the orchestra run around the room while the rhythm section grimaces and dances around their instruments."

 -Charles Mingus

The official Charles Mingus website, overseen by his surviving family.

http://www.mingusmingusmingus.com/

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by the one and only Charles Mingus

Geezer Butler 

http://www.geezerbutler.com

Dave Holland

http://www.daveholland.com

Les Claypool

http://www.lesclaypool.com

Gary Peacock

Gary Peacock needs someone to build him a good webpage

Edgar Meyer

http://www.edgarmeyer.com

Scott Lafaro

http://www.geocities.com/chuck_ralston/08_slf.htm

Mr. Pedersen also needs someone to build him a page -- just look what his label did

How could I not mention people like John McLaughlin and Charlie Parker?  Or Beethoven and Miles Davis?  Duke Ellington and Jimi Hendrix?  John Lennon and Billie Holiday?  Adrian Belew and Thelonius Monk?  Bach and Frank Zappa?  Neil Young and Billy Cobham?  Mahalia Jackson and John Coltrane?  There are so many different kinds of music that have affected me...to list everyone would be impossible.  Suffice it to say that the bass players never get enough recognition.  So on this page I chose to give some love back to the purveyors of the low end.