Charles Mingus
April 22, 1922 (102 years old) in 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.
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- 2022 ·Jazz Legends: Charles Mingus & Eric Dolphy - 1964as contrebasse
- 2020 ·Billieas self
- 2020 ·Mingus Erectusas Himself
- 2009 ·Charles Mingus: Epitaphas
- 2008 ·Charles Mingus Quintet - Live in Berlin 1972as
- 2007 ·Jazz Icons: Charles Mingus Live in '64as himself
- 2005 ·Mingus in Greenwich Villageas Himself
- 2004 ·Charles Mingus: Triumph of the Underdogas Himself (archive footage)
- 2001 ·Jazzas Self (archive footage)
- 1975 ·Charles Mingus: Live at Montreux 1975as Himself
- 1968 ·The Dick Cavett Showas Self - Guest
- 1968 ·Mingus: Charlie Mingus 1968as Himself
- 1964 ·You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves Youas
- 1962 ·All Night Longas Himself - Bass