Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser

CousinLarry

Massive late pass, I watched this documentary last night. Really great live performance footage and interviews. The studio stuff with Teo was really cool. Can anyone recommend other documentaries like this? Meaning live footage and interviews.

bthav

don't look back





but this is definitly my favorite music doc. fav scene:

CousinLarry

Great scene, I love when they are on the bus talking about dudes pants.

"Your a bad mother fucker man."

ZEN2

Clint Eastwood

G_Balliando

I haven't seen her around lately, but anasarca hooked me up with this dope ass mingus documentary a few years ago that had a lot of crazy footage of mingus both in interview-type settings (loosely, more like him messin' around on his piano and bass in his messy ass house while he talks to the guy with the camera) and if i remember correctly, some footage of him playing as well. It's been a while since I watched it and I don't know the name, but maybe she'll see this and chime in. It was/is a really cool docu on the dude.

bthav

from wiki:

- In 1968, Thomas Reichman directed the documentary Mingus: Charlie Mingus 1968.
- In 1991, Ray Davies produced a documentary entitled Weird Nightmare. It contains footage of Mingus and interviews with artists making Hal Willner's tribute album of the same name, including Elvis Costello, Charlie Watts, Keith Richards, and Vernon Reid.
- Charles Mingus: Triumph of the Underdog is a 78 minute long documentary film on Charles Mingus directed by Don McGlynn and released in 1998.

i got my finga on netflix...

jaymack

Charles Mingus: Triumph of the Underdog is a 78 minute long documentary film on Charles Mingus directed by Don McGlynn and released in 1998.

http://rapidshare.com/files/16423093/charming-triumph.part1.rar<br />http://rapidshare.com/files/16420679/charming-triumph.part2.rar<br />http://rapidshare.com/files/16418369/charming-triumph.part3.rar<br />http://rapidshare.com/files/16415889/charming-triumph.part4.rar<br />http://rapidshare.com/files/16413762/charming-triumph.part5.rar<br />http://rapidshare.com/files/16411528/charming-triumph.part6.rar<br />http://rapidshare.com/files/16409541/charming-triumph.part7.rar<br />http://rapidshare.com/files/16407149/charming-triumph.part8.rar  

G_Balliando

Charles Mingus: Triumph of the Underdog is a 78 minute long documentary film on Charles Mingus directed by Don McGlynn and released in 1998.

http://rapidshare.com/files/16423093/charming-triumph.part1.rar<br />http://rapidshare.com/files/16420679/charming-triumph.part2.rar<br />http://rapidshare.com/files/16418369/charming-triumph.part3.rar<br />http://rapidshare.com/files/16415889/charming-triumph.part4.rar<br />http://rapidshare.com/files/16413762/charming-triumph.part5.rar<br />http://rapidshare.com/files/16411528/charming-triumph.part6.rar<br />http://rapidshare.com/files/16409541/charming-triumph.part7.rar<br />http://rapidshare.com/files/16407149/charming-triumph.part8.rar  

whoaaaa dope, thanks, definitely hookin' this when i get home tonight. not sure if this is the one i have on tape or not but i need it digi anyway.

also, Mingus' autobiography "Beneath the Underdog" is a great read.

MikeFreedomRock

also, Mingus' autobiography "Beneath the Underdog" is a great read.

Speaking of which, when is Robin DG Kelley's Monk biography coming out. It's been in the works for years.

DrJoel

I love the scene (maybe it's the youtube clip up there...i can't watch them at work) where he is playing and the producer is trying to get the session started.

Great doc. I had a pretty late pass myself for it, saw it a couple summers back.

Electrode

I love the scene (maybe it's the youtube clip up there...i can't watch them at work) where he is playing and the producer is trying to get the session started.

I haven't seen it in a while, but that guy was pretty condescending. Monk was slowly making his way into the studio a little dazed (tired, drunk, not feeling it, whatever) and that guy was making fun of his shoulder movements, saying under his breath, "huh...huh...*cheesy laugh*...a little heroin? Eh?"

Tabnetic

also, Mingus' autobiography "Beneath the Underdog" is a great read.

Speaking of which, when is Robin DG Kelley's Monk biography coming out. It's been in the works for years.

last i spoke to him the manuscript was close to finished (he as my advisor back in the day) but robin never puts anything out that's not completely thorough so it might be a minute by the time he finishes it and gets through the editing process.

Mr. Casual

Just want to Amoeba and picked this up.. cant wait to watch it!

The_Hook_Up

Charles Mingus: Triumph of the Underdog is a 78 minute long documentary film on Charles Mingus directed by Don McGlynn and released in 1998.

http://rapidshare.com/files/16423093/charming-triumph.part1.rar<br />http://rapidshare.com/files/16420679/charming-triumph.part2.rar<br />http://rapidshare.com/files/16418369/charming-triumph.part3.rar<br />http://rapidshare.com/files/16415889/charming-triumph.part4.rar<br />http://rapidshare.com/files/16413762/charming-triumph.part5.rar<br />http://rapidshare.com/files/16411528/charming-triumph.part6.rar<br />http://rapidshare.com/files/16409541/charming-triumph.part7.rar<br />http://rapidshare.com/files/16407149/charming-triumph.part8.rar  

whoaaaa dope, thanks, definitely hookin' this when i get home tonight. not sure if this is the one i have on tape or not but i need it digi anyway.

also, Mingus' autobiography "Beneath the Underdog" is a great read.

actually, the "triumph" doc only has snippets of the footage described above...there is actually a documentary made in the 60s that the "messy house" footage is from, its called, I think, Mingus:66.