The Mingus Big Band Performs 'Fables of Faubus'
Clip: Season 1 Episode 1 | 3m 23sVideo has Closed Captions
The Mingus Big Band performs "Fables of Faubus" with Charles McPherson on saxophone.
The Mingus Big Band performs "Fables of Faubus" with guest artist Charles McPherson on saxophone. Known as one of his most explicitly political works, "Fables of Faubus" was written by Charles Mingus as a protest against the segregationist governor of Arkansas, Orval E. Faubus.
The Mingus Big Band Performs 'Fables of Faubus'
Clip: Season 1 Episode 1 | 3m 23sVideo has Closed Captions
The Mingus Big Band performs "Fables of Faubus" with guest artist Charles McPherson on saxophone. Known as one of his most explicitly political works, "Fables of Faubus" was written by Charles Mingus as a protest against the segregationist governor of Arkansas, Orval E. Faubus.
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