Goodbye Pork Pie Hat

Composition by Charles MingusWikipedia

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Oct 16, 2026

Podcast – Progzilla Radio

Live From Progzilla Towers – Edition 615 – 1976 Pt 1

Oct 16 · 2 Mentions

Cliff PearsonHOST

131:15

It, uh, turned out to be one of the best instrumental albums of the year.

Cliff PearsonHOST

131:21

So here is Jeff Beck with his ensemble covering Goodbye Pork Pie Hat by Charlie Mingus.

Cliff PearsonHOST

131:28

[rock music][rock music playing] That was Jeff Beck, and goodbye pork pie hat.

Cliff PearsonHOST

136:57

[piano music playing] D'oh.

Cliff PearsonHOST

137:07

Ah, bugger it.

Native America Calling

Monday, October 12, 2026 — Joy Harjo on the healing power of poetry

Oct 12 · 4 Mentions

Sean SpruceHOST

19:30

And Joy, you have a poem from the collection that you're going to read.

Sean SpruceHOST

19:35

It's titled Goodbye Pork Pie Hat.

Sean SpruceHOST

19:38

And did you want to set this up at all or you just want to go ahead and begin the reading?

Joy HarjoGUEST

19:43

Actually, I'm going to do Overwhelm.

16 MINS LATER

Sean SpruceHOST

36:08

All right.

Sean SpruceHOST

36:09

Joy, we're going to take another break, and we'll come back and we'll have you read another poem.

Sean SpruceHOST

36:15

I think Goodbye Pork Pie Hat, if you're okay with that, and maybe another poem.

Sean SpruceHOST

36:23

If we have time for another reading, it's up to you.

In the Groove, Jazz and Beyond

SDTJ Jazz Fest 2026

Oct 11 · 1 Mention

Top 20%

Ken LasterHOST

40:20

piano plays softly Thank you. . . . . . .

Ken LasterHOST

43:32

And that tune, which you probably recognize, is Goodbye Pork Pie Hat, perhaps Charles Mingus' most famous composition, and that's performed by the Mingus dynasty.

Ken LasterHOST

43:43

from the album Live at the Village Vanguard.

Ken LasterHOST

43:46

This one features Randy Brecker on trumpet, George Adams on tenor saxophone, Roland Hanna on piano, Richard Davis on bass, and Kenny Washington on drums.

Unknown podcast

John Coltrane’s ‘Psalm’: Spiritual Narration in Jazz

Oct 11 · 1 Mention

speaker_1UNKNOWN

2:15

The ripple effect was immediate for other musicians who were already experimenting with text-inspired jazz.

speaker_1UNKNOWN

2:22

You can hear hints of the same narrative drive in Charles Mingus's Goodbye Pork Pie Hat, or in Ornette Coleman's Freeform pieces that feel like they're speaking a different language entirely.

speaker_1UNKNOWN

2:35

Even if those later artists didn't quote psalm directly, the idea that an instrument could carry a poem or prayer was now part of their creative vocabulary.

speaker_1UNKNOWN

2:45

And the way it was recorded is as important as the music itself.

Goodbye Pork Pie Hat

Oct 16, 2026

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