Music
Charles Mingus: Epitaph
Release1990→
Runtime2H 11M
LanguageEnglish
StatusReleased
Synopsis
Conductor Gunther Schuller leads 30 renowned musicians in this spectacular world-premiere performance of Charles Mingus's epic composition, "Epitaph," filmed at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall on June 3, 1989. Clocking in at more than two hours long, the landmark piece was unearthed only after the jazz legend's death in 1979. The orchestra includes such musical luminaries as Wynton Marsalis, Lew Soloff, Bobby Watson and Urbie Green.
Principal Cast8

Charles Mingus

Gunther Schuller

Randy Brecker

Wynton Marsalis
Lew Soloff
Jack Walrath
Urbie Green
Britt Woodman
Media1
Posters
Director
Humphrey Burton
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Certification
NRCountries:United States of AmericaUnited Kingdom
Production:Dennis Woolf ProductionsChannel 4 Television
