"[Charles Mingus] could be as gentle as a baby, and he could also be so full of tantrums and explosive and angry, and all of this range of feelings is in this piece. It’s all there: It’s like a musical picture of Mingus’ personality — from the most beautiful gentle ballads, lyric pieces, to these extremely chaotic, disorganized, wild pieces."
— Gunther Schuller in the must-listen NPR Mingus’ Magnum Opus: ‘Epitaph’ In Concert
