The logical bridge between Classical and Jazz.
How did he do it?
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Hugh Mingus
He used his brain
>who's George Gershwin
>who's Leonard Bernstein
>who's Duke Ellington
>who's Robert Graettinger
These are just the handful of names that did it before him and better than he did. The top three names are far more respected than Mingus and the bottom one was doing for more avant garde stuff with the idea than Mingus ever did. Mingus was under Ellington for a bit, and he just kinda riffs off that guy.
Mostly by ripping off Duke Ellington