NPR: Fresh Air on “Changes” Atlantic Box Set
“Seven-CD Charles Mingus box “Changes: The Complete 1970s Atlantic Studio Recordings.” In that period, he led his last great working quintet before his health declined…they burned bright on 1974 sessions for the LPs “Changes One” and “Changes Two.” Those albums include four late-period Mingus classics. One is an ode to his devoted wife, Susan Graham Mingus, “Sue’s Changes.” ”