Originally posted by Bryn
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There's a story about Charles Mingus coming from appearing in that film. Several years on, he is said to have turned up to play at Ronnie Scott's, walked on stage brandishing a letter at the audience with words to the effect that "I just got this tax demand from your queen", and then proceeded to bash hell out of his double bass! Whether or not the instrument survived the attack was not mentioned.
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