Charles Mingus

Charles Mingus (April 22, 1922 – Jan. 5, 1979) was an American jazz double-bassist, composer, and bandleader from Nogales, Ariz.

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Discography:

• Strings and Keys (1953 • Charles Mingus & Spaulding Givens)
  
• The Moods of Mingus (1954)
  
• Jazz Collaborations Vol. 1 (1955 • Charles Mingus & Thad Jones)
  
• Jazzical Moods, Vol. 1 (1955 • Charles Mingus & John LaPorta)
  
• Jazzical Moods, Vol. 2 (1955 • Charles Mingus & John LaPorta)
  
• Pithecanthropus Erectus (1956 • The Charlie Mingus Jazz Workshop
  
• Mingus at the Bohemia (1956)
  
• The Clown (1957)
  
• East Coasting (1957)
  
• Mingus Three (1957 • Charles Mingus, Hampton Hawes & Danny Richmond)
  
• A Modern Jazz Symposium of Music and Poetry (1958)
  
• Mingus Ah Um (1959)
  
• Blues & Roots (1960)
  
• Mingus Dynasty (1960 • Charles Mingus and His Jazz Groups)
  
• Newport Rebels (1961 • Charles Mingus / Max Roach / Eric Dolphy / Roy Eldridge / Jo Jones)
  
• Presents Charles Mingus (1961)
  
• Pre-Bird (1961)
  
• Mingus (1961)
  
• Oh Yeah (1962)
  
• Tijuana Moods (1962)
  
• Money Jungle (1963 • Duke Ellington / Charlie Mingus / Max Roach)
  
• The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady (1963 • Mingus)
  
• Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus (1964)
  
• Tonight at Noon (1964)
  
• Mingus Plays Piano: Spontaneous Compositions and Improvisations (1964)
  
• Blue Bird (1971)
  
• Pithycanthropus Erectus (1971)
  
• Let My Children Hear Music (1972)
  
• Mingus Moves (1974)
  
• Changes One (1975)
  
• Changes Two (1975)
  
• Three or Four Shades of Blues (1977)
  
• Lionel Hampton Presents Charles Mingus (1978)
  
• Cumbia & Jazz Fusion (1978)
  
• Me Myself an Eye (1979)
  
• Something Like a Bird: His Last Recording Sessions (1980)
  
• Charles Mingus With Orchestra (archival, 1987)
  
• Reincarnation of a Love Bird (archival, 1988)
  
• Shadows (archival, OST, 2015)
  
• Charlie Mingus – Cecil Taylor (? • Charles Mingus / Cecil Taylor)

Sources:

• Discogs: Charles Mingus