A fascinating insight into Mingus' mind - unforgettable â€" The Times
A pure genius â€" Miles Davis
The purest of dynamite â€" Rolling Stone
Bass player extraordinaire Charles Mingus, who died in 1979, is one of the essential composers in the history of jazz, and Beneath the Underdog, his celebrated, wild, funny, demonic, anguished, shocking and profoundly moving memoir, is the greatest autobiography...