Stephanie Nilles: I Pledge Allegiance To The Flag – The White Flag

Stephanie Nilles

I Pledge Allegiance To The Flag – The White Flag

Sunnyside

To listen to the compositions of Charles Mingus is to hear aspects of classical, avant-garde, blues, gospel, poetry and soul all within the confines of jazz. Mingus pushed everything through that spectre, viewed everything through that lens. Maybe he was the great 20^th Century comp…