CHARLIE MINGUS - DOCUMENT SIGNED CIRCA 1974 CO-SIGNED BY: MARCO N. VIGGIANI - HFSID 274618
Price: $2,750.00
CHARLES "CHARLIE" MINGUS
He signs a 2-page document (1974) detailing arrangements for his quintet's
tour of South America that year, accompanied by a series of unsigned filed
copies of letters related to the tour.
Typed DS: "Charles Mingus" on second page, 2 pages, 8½x11, separate
sheets. No place, circa 1974. Headed: "Charles Mingus - South American
Tour Rider". Details for the performances of the Charles Mingus Quintet in
South America between August 1-12, 1974. Ten points are listed, including
the duration of the concerts (two hours, including intermission, with no more
than one concert per day), transportation (five round-trip economy and one
first-class plane fare from New York City to the initial engagement in South
America), accommodations (first class hotel accommodations for six people),
payment terms ($20,000, broken down into five installments), billing (Mingus was
to receive 100% top billing), two television performances and other
considerations (including provision of a grand piano, four music stands and a
bass fiddle amplifier). Also signed: "Marco N. Viggiani", a
Brazilian concert promoter. Lightly creased with folds, not at signatures.
Staple holes at upper left margin and corner. Ink notes (unknown hand) on first
page. Overall, fine condition. Accompanied by Photocopied Addendum
signed: "Marco N. Viggiani", 1 page, 8½x11. Rio de Janiero, 1974 July
15. Addendum to clauses two and four of the Rider above. Clause two is
amended to change the dates to August 7-20, 1974, with a total of six
performance in 12 days. Clause four was changed the agreed-upon wage to $15,000.
Lightly creased. Black marks touch signature and text (all legible). Overall,
fine condition. With a number of supporting documents, unsigned,
including: a carbon reference to this Rider; a copy of a January 3, 1974
letter from Mingus' booking agent, Jack Whittemore, noting receipt of
$1,000 from Brazilian promoter Marco N. Viggiani; a carbon letter from
Whittemore, dated January 4, 1974, transmitting the contracts and asking if
the promoter can arrange deals in Argentina and Venezuela as well as Brazil;
a copy of a March 13, 1974 letter bearing the photocopied signature of Viggiani
that suggests that Mingus' tour be changed to July as other performers,
including Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald and Oscar Peterson will be in Brazil
during the original August time period; a March 30, 1974 response from
Whittemore agreeing to the change from August 12 to July 10; a copy of a May
23, 1974 letter from Whittemore to the United States Immigration Service
regarding Visas for Mingus and his group; and, a June 4, 1947 letter from
Whittemore to Viggiani regarding Mingus being in Spain on July 25, and asking
that Viggiani make arrangements for the group to fly to Spain instead of New
York from Brazil. With two photocopies of Mingus' South American
itinerary, which included performances at the Municipal Theater in Sao Paulo
(July 11-12), the Municipal Theatre in Rio de Janerio (July 13-14), a possible
date at Porto Alegre (July 15-17), performances in Buenos Aires (July 18-19),
Beio Horizonte (July 20) and Brasilia (July 21). Also includes several
telegrams, two from Viggiani to Whittemore and three from Whittemore to
Viggiani, dated from April 23-June 3, 1974. All items are lightly creased.
Staple holes at upper left corners of several items. Charles Mingus (1922-1979,
who was also known as Charlie Mingus, was known worldwide as a jazz bassist,
composer and bandleader as well as an occasional pianist. Mingus, who toured
with Louis Armstrong in 1943 and played with Lionel Hampton's band in the late
1940s, was also briefly a member of Duke Ellington's band and played live dates
with Charlie Parker before he gained recognition as a bandleader in his own
right. Over the years, Mingus recruited dozens of talented and little-known
artists, many of whom went on to successful careers of their own. On the
tour referenced in this Rider, Mingus brought together drummer Dannie Richmond
(who had been with Mingus since 1964), pianist Don Pullen, saxophonist George
Adams and saxophonist and clarientist Hamiet Bluiett (Richmond, Pullen and Adams
were among the group that recorded Changes One and Changes Two,
two of Mingus' well-received albums). Mingus, who recorded a number of
albums as a bandleader, co-founded Debut Records with Max Roach in 1952
to maintain control over his recording career. Known for his fearsome temperment
(his nickname was "The Angry Man of Jazz") and his activism against
racism, Mingus' compositions include Epitaph, one of the longest jazz
pieces ever written (over 4,000 measures). Interesting collection of 17
items.
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