Charles Mingus
- Sound
- April 22, 1922 · Arizona, USA
- January 5, 1979
Biography
Charles Mingus Jr. (April 22, 1922 – January 5, 1979) 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.
Known for
Filmography
- Dos dies i l'eternitat · Songs
- Jazz Club 2
- Jazz Legends: Charles Mingus & Eric Dolphy - 1964 · contrebasse
- Regarde, on ne voit rien · Music
- Billie · Self
- Mingus Erectus · Self
- Photographic Memory · Music
- Charles Mingus Quintet - Live in Berlin 1972
- Jazz Icons: Charles Mingus Live in '64 · Self
- Mingus in Greenwich Village · Self
- Jazz · Self
- The Clown · Music
- Charles Mingus: Triumph of the Underdog · Self
- Weird Nightmare · Music
- Last Date · Self
- Charles Mingus: Epitaph · Music
- Stations of the Elevated · Music
- Charles Mingus: Live at Montreux 1975 · Self
- The Dick Cavett Show · Self
- Mingus: Charlie Mingus 1968 · Self
- You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You
- Charles Mingus Sextet · Self
- All Night Long · Self
- Shadows · Musician, Music