The Guardian, Feb. 12, 2013: The Rite of Spring: ‘The work of a madman’ by Tom Service. “It is one ofthe great works of the 20th century, a ballet so revolutionary it is said to have caused a riot at its premiere. But is Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring all it was claimed to be?” The Rite of Spring.
The New York Review of Books, Feb. 12, 2013. “Mingus, The Chaos and the Magic.” by Christopher Carroll. “Charles Mingus’s audiences never knew quite what they were going to get, and this kept them coming…. His music, which drew omnivorously on the blues, gospel, Dixieland, Duke Ellington, bebop, and classical music, among much else, was similarly unpredictable. It blurred the boundaries between improvisation and composition, often ignoring standard form, and was famous for its rapid shifts in mood and tempo.” Mingus, The Chaos and the Magic.