Reminds me of a Charles Mingus anecdote I came across today: > The reed player Yusef Lateef recalled his own experience learning Mingus music: “On one composit

Reminds me of a Charles Mingus anecdote I came across today: > The reed player Yusef Lateef recalled his own experience learning Mingus music: “On one composition I had a solo and, as opposed to having chord symbols for me to improvise against, he had drawn a picture of a coffin. And that was the substance upon which I was to improvise.” https://fdleone.com/2016/01/29/charles-mingus-the-jazz-workshop-concerts-1964-1965/ https://fdleone.com/2016/01/29/charles-mingus-the-jazz-works...