Description: This original master work is a tribute to virtuoso bass player, accomplished pianist, bandleader and composer Charles Mingus. Expressionism to the fullest.

The Process: An unplayable upright was refinished, wooden cross supports were created to insure more stablity. The entire inside was sealed, the the canvas was hand stretched and treated. Sheet music composed and performed by mingus was then embeded into the paint this one-of-a-kind work of art.

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One of the most important figures in twentieth century American music, Charles Mingus was a virtuoso bass player, accomplished pianist, bandleader and composer. Born on a military base in Nogales, Arizona in 1922 and raised in Watts, California, his earliest musical influences came from the church-- choir and group singing-- and from "hearing Duke Ellington over the radio when [he] was eight years old." He studied double bass and composition in a formal way (five years with H. Rheinshagen, principal bassist of the New York Philharmonic, and compositional techniques with the legendary Lloyd Reese) while absorbing vernacular music from the great jazz masters, first-hand. His early professional experience, in the 40's, found him touring with bands like Louis Armstrong, Kid Ory and Lionel Hampton.

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