Charles Mingus (Composer)
Born: 22nd April 1922, Nogales, Arizona, U.S.A
Died: 5th January 1979, Cuernavaka, Mexico
Nationality: American
Charles Mingus Jr. was an American jazz double bassist, pianist, composer and bandleader. A major proponent of collective improvisation, he is considered to be one of the greatest jazz musicians and composers in history, with a career spanning three decades and collaborations with other jazz musicians such as Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, and Herbie Hancock.
Mingus's compositions continue to be played by contemporary musicians ranging from the repertory bands Mingus Big Band, Mingus Dynasty, and Mingus Orchestra, to the high school students who play the charts and compete in the Charles Mingus High School Competition. In 1993, the Library of Congress acquired Mingus's collected papers—including scores, sound recordings, correspondence and photos—in what they described as "the most important acquisition of a manuscript collection relating to jazz in the Library's history".
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Further Reading: Mingus
Recommended New Release,
Charles Mingus - Changes: The Complete 1970s Atlantic Recordings
Celebrating the centenary of one of jazz’s most formidable personalities, this boxed set gathers all seven studio releases from the master’s overlooked final years as bandleader.
Classic Recordings,
Charles Mingus - The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady
This week Josh pirouettes to Mingus's celebrated jazz-ballet The Black Saint and The Sinner Lady for the latest Classic Album choice.
All Works: Mingus
- A Colloquial Dream (3)
- Better Git It in Your Soul (14)
- Bird Calls (5)
- Boogie Stop Shuffle (20)
- Devil Woman (7)
- Diane (7)
- Dizzy Moods (7)
- Don't Be Afraid, The Clown's Afraid Too (2)
- Duke Ellington's Sound Of Love (32)
- E's Flat Ah's Flat Too (4)
- Ecclusiastics (14)
- Eclipse (14)
- Fables of Faubus (26)
- Far Wells, Mill Valley (5)
- Freedom (7)
- GG Train (3)
- Girl Of My Dreams (3)
- Good-Bye Pork Pie Hat (54)
- Gunslinging Bird (7)
- Haitian Fight Song (11)
- Hog Calling Blues (3)
- Jelly Roll (11)
- Jump Monk (12)
- Los Mariachis (2)
- Meditations (1)
- Mingus Blues (2)
- Moanin (9)
- My Jelly Roll Soul (3)
- New Now Know How (5)
- Non-Sectarian Blues (3)
- Nostalgia in Times Square (18)
- Open Letter To Duke (5)
- Orange Was the Color Of Her Dress (6)
- Original Faubus Fables (1)
- Parkeriana (1)
- Passions Of A Man (5)
- Pedal Point Blues (3)
- Peggy’s Blue Skylight (17)
- Pithecanthropus erectus (15)
- Please Don't Come Back from he Moon (1)
- Pussy Cat Dues (4)
- Put Me in That Dungeon (3)
- Reincarnation of a Lovebird (15)
- Self-Portrait in Three Colors (17)
- Slop (4)
- So Long Eric (5)
- Song With Orange (6)
- Strollin' (2)
- Taurus In The Arena Of Life (2)
- Tensions (3)
- The Dry Cleaner from Des Moines (8)
- The I of Hurricane Sue (4)
- The Shoes of the Fisherman's Wife Are Some Jive Ass Slippers (5)
- Tijuana Gift Shop (5)
- Tonight At Noon (7)
- Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting (5)
- Weird Nightmare (12)
- What Love? (4)
- Ysabel's Table Dance (5)
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