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Charles Mingus

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Date of birth

Apr 22, 1922

Date of death

Jan 5, 1979(aged 56)

Place of birth

Charles Mingus

Biography of Charles Mingus:

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.

Charles Mingus has acted in:

Jazz Club 2(2022)

Jazz Legends: Charles Mingus & Eric Dolphy - 1964(2022) ... as contrebasse

Billie(2020) ... as Self

Mingus Erectus(2020) ... as Himself

Charles Mingus Quintet - Live in Berlin 1972(2008)

Jazz Icons: Charles Mingus Live in '64(2007) ... as Himself

Mingus in Greenwich Village(2005) ... as Himself

Charles Mingus: Triumph of the Underdog(1997) ... as Self (archive footage)

Last Date(1991) ... as Self

Charles Mingus: Epitaph(1990)

Charles Mingus: Live at Montreux 1975(1975) ... as Himself

Mingus: Charlie Mingus 1968(1968) ... as Himself

You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You(1964)

Charles Mingus Sextet(1964) ... as Self

All Night Long(1962) ... as Himself - Bass

Additional credits for Charles Mingus:

Dos dies i l'eternitat(2023)(Songs)

Regarde, on ne voit rien(2020)(Music)

Photographic Memory(2011)(Music)

The Clown(1998)(Music)

Weird Nightmare(1993)(Original Music Composer)

Charles Mingus: Epitaph(1990)(Music)

Stations of the Elevated(1981)(Music)

Shadows(1960)(Original Music Composer)

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