Siegmund Freud's Mothers

Siegmund Freud's Mothers: Swedish Mingus Band: All The Things You Could Be By Now...

by Ian Patterson
October 10, 2007

Considering his stature in jazz history and the enormity of the body of work Charles Mingus left the world (perhaps only Duke Ellington was more prolific) it is surprising that so few of his compositions have ever been covered. However, in the form of the Mingus Big band, the Mingus Orchestra, the Mingus Dynasty and Mingus Amungus, the flame of the great underdog is kept lovingly alive. To that list add Siegmund Freud's Mothers, a.k.a the Swedish Mingus band.