RE: goodbye pork pie hat

[Deb Messling]

I'm not an expert on Mingus, but I'm an expert on correcting people!  My
understanding from the press accounts was that Mingus indeed wrote all his
compositions on "Mingus" except Pork Pie Hat with the Joni project in mind.
I think he had working names of Joni 1, Joni 2, etc.


> I'm not an expert on Mingus, but here's my understanding on it,
> and somebody
> correct me if I'm wrong.
> A Chair In the Sky, Sweet Sucker Dance, Dry Cleaner, Pork Pie Hat
> were all
> Mingus compositions that existed WAY before this project. Joni added the
> words.

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Deb Messling
"I like cats.  They give the home a heartbeat."  ~Joni Mitchell
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