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Charles Mingus

Sound · Born April 22, 1922 · Arizona, USA

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.

Movies with Charles Mingus

• All Night Long (1962) — Himself - Bass
• Mingus: Charlie Mingus 1968 (1968) — Himself
• Charles Mingus: Triumph of the Underdog (1997) — Self (archive footage)
• You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You (1964)
• Charles Mingus: Epitaph (1990)
• Mingus in Greenwich Village (2005) — Himself
• Billie (2020) — self
• Jazz Legends: Charles Mingus & Eric Dolphy - 1964 (2022) — contrebasse
• Jazz Club 2 (2022)
• Charles Mingus: Live at Montreux 1975 (1975) — Himself
• Jazz Icons: Charles Mingus Live in '64 (2007) — himself
• Charles Mingus Sextet (1964) — Self

TV shows with Charles Mingus

• Jazz (2001) — Self (archive footage)