Imogen Ryall - Imogen Ryall Sings The Charles Mingus / Joni Mitchell SongbookMingus, the album by Joni Mitchell from 1975 is the result of a 45 minute meeting arranged by Mingus's wife between Mitchell, who was drifting towards a style of music jazzier than her previous output and Charles Mingus. Mingus was sadly waiting to die from motor neurons disease. Unable to play, he was bored, and his wife was keen to get him interested in something. Mingus sang the melodies into a tape recorder, chords were added by Sy Johnson, and

born around 1890

Giovanni Paolo Foscarini

In the series the lines would be blurred even further between the miniature Supermarionation world and reality

And to make things worse

DOOL recorded these tracks in the darkest of all nights during the winter solstice of December 23

Never before have we heard such tension maintained over an entire quartet'

remained a respected performer on the instrument

David Ruffin

and driving drums that pay homage to the alt

combined with some of her favorite songs including "My Shining Hour

The first side cooks on a high funk breaks flame whilst the flip is something altogether more tranquil

assisted by Graham Luckhurst and Gary Johnson