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What jazz legend had to record his political ode without lyrics?

Retry Correct Incorrect When legendary jazz bassist and composer Charles Mingus recorded the 1959 classic Mingus Ah Um, he had intended to include a blistering anti-segregation tune called “Fables of Faubus,” named for the Arkansas governor at the time. However, Columbia Records refused to allow him to include his intended lyrics and made him leave it at his instrumentals.

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What jazz legend had to record his political ode without lyrics?

• Max Roach
• Art Blakey
• Count Basie
• Charles Mingus