Charles Mingus

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



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)

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