Charles Mingus discography

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As a bandleader, the American jazz bassist Charles Mingus released 51 albums between 1949 and 1977; as a sideman, Mingus appeared on a total of 34 albums.

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Four albums of his music were released posthumously between 1979 and 1990. Between 1979 and 2015, Sue Mingus produced 19 albums based on his compositions.

Discography as bandleader

List by recording date

Studio albums

YearTitleLabel, Release YearDate

(last session)

Notes
1953Strings and Keys Debut April 1, 1951with Spaulding Givens
1953Miss BlissDebutOctober 28, 1953EP
1955 Jazzical Moods, Volume 1 Period December 1, 1954with John LaPorta; Partially included in The Jazz Experiments of Charlie Mingus (Bethlehem, 1955)
1955 Jazzical Moods, Volume 2 PeriodDecember 1, 1954with John LaPorta; Included in The Jazz Experiments of Charlie Mingus (Bethlehem, 1955)
1956 Jazz Composers Workshop Savoy January 30, 1955
1956 Pithecanthropus Erectus Atlantic January 30, 1956
1957 The Clown AtlanticMarch 12, 1957
1957 Mingus Three Jubilee July 9, 1957AKA Trio
1957 East Coasting Bethlehem August 16, 1957
1959 A Modern Jazz Symposium of Music and Poetry BethlehemOctober 1, 1957
1959 Mingus Ah Um Columbia May 12, 1959
1960 Mingus Dynasty ColumbiaNovember 13, 1959Companion album to Mingus Ah Um (Columbia, 1959)
1960 Blues & Roots AtlanticFebruary 4, 1959
1960 Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus Candid October 20, 1960
1961 Newport Rebels CandidNovember 11, 1960Jazz Artists Guild led by Charles Mingus and Max Roach
1961 Mingus CandidNovember 11, 1960
1961 Pre-Bird Mercury May 25, 1960AKA Mingus Revisited
1962 Tijuana Moods RCA August 6, 1957
1962 Oh Yeah AtlanticNovember 6, 1961
1963 The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady Impulse! January 20, 1963Vinyl pressings reissued by Universal Music Group in collaboration with Chad Kassem's Analogue Productions [1]
1964 Tonight at Noon AtlanticNovember 6, 1961
1964 Mingus Plays Piano Impulse!July 30, 1963
1964 Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Impulse!September 20, 1963Vinyl pressings reissued by Universal Music Group in collaboration with Chad Kassem's Analogue Productions [1]
1971 Blue Bird AmericaOctober 31, 1970Included in Charles Mingus in Paris: The Complete America Session (Sunnyside, 2006)
1971 Pithycanthropus Erectus AmericaOctober 31, 1970Included in Charles Mingus in Paris: The Complete America Session (Sunnyside, 2006)
1971 Charles Mingus with Orchestra ColumbiaJanuary 14, 1971
1972 Let My Children Hear Music ColumbiaNovember 18, 1971
1974 Mingus Moves AtlanticOctober 31, 1973
1975 Changes One AtlanticDecember 30, 1974
1975 Changes Two AtlanticDecember 30, 1974
1978 Cumbia & Jazz Fusion AtlanticMarch 10, 1977
1977 Three or Four Shades of Blues AtlanticMarch 29, 1977
1977 Lionel Hampton Presents Charles Mingus Who's Who in Jazz November 6, 1977AKA His Final Work
1988 Reincarnation of a Lovebird CandidNovember 11, 1960
1990Mysterious BluesCandidNovember 11, 1960
2016 Shadows DOL November 1, 1958Movie Soundtrack. Partially re-used for Mingus in Wonderland (United Artists, 1959)

Live albums

TitleLabel, Release YearDate

(last session)

Notes
1956 Mingus at the Bohemia DebutDecember 23, 1955AKA Chazz!
1959 Jazz Portraits: Mingus in Wonderland United Artists January 16, 1959
1962 Town Hall Concert United ArtistsOctober 12, 1962Expanded in The Complete Town Hall Concert (Blue Note, 1994)
1963 The Charles Mingus Quintet & Max Roach Fantasy December 23, 1955
1964 Town Hall Concert Jazz WorkshopApril 4, 1964Expanded in The Jazz Workshop Concerts 1964–65 (Mosaic, 2012)
1965 Mingus at Monterey Jazz WorkshopSeptember 20, 1964Included in The Jazz Workshop Concerts 1964–65 (Mosaic, 2012)
1966 My Favorite Quintet Jazz WorkshopMay 13, 1965Expanded in The Jazz Workshop Concerts 1964–65 (Mosaic, 2012)
1966 Music Written for Monterey 1965 Jazz WorkshopSeptember 25, 1965
1966 Right Now: Live at the Jazz Workshop FantasyJune 3, 1964
1971 The Great Concert of Charles Mingus America April 19, 1964
1973 Charles Mingus and Friends in Concert ColumbiaFebruary 4, 1972
1973The Greatest Jazz Concert EverPrestigeMay 15, 19532xLP; compiles the three 10" volumes of Jazz at Massey Hall
1974 Mingus at Carnegie Hall AtlanticJanuary 19, 1974
1976 Mingus at Antibes AtlanticJuly 13, 1960AKA Charles Mingus Live with Eric Dolphy
1979 Mingus in Europe Volume I Enja April 26, 1964
1981 Mingus in Europe Volume II EnjaApril 26, 1964
1985Concertgebouw Amsterdam Vol. 1Ulysse MusiqueApril 10, 1964Included in The Jazz Workshop Concerts 1964–65 (Mosaic, 2012) and In Amsterdam 1964 (DIW, 1989)
1986Concertgebouw Amsterdam Vol. 2Ulysse MusiqueApril 10, 1964Included in The Jazz Workshop Concerts 1964–65 (Mosaic, 2012) and In Amsterdam 1964 (DIW, 1989)
1988In Paris 1970Ulysse MusiqueOctober 28, 1970
1989Live in Chateauvallon, 1972 France's Concert August 22, 1972
1989In Amsterdam 1964DIWApril 10, 1964compiles Concertgebouw Amsterdam Vol. 1 (Ulysse Musique, 1985), Concertgebouw Amsterdam Vol. 2 (Ulysse Musique, 1986)
1990Live in Oslo 1964 Polydor April 12, 1964
1996 Revenge! The Legendary Paris Concerts RevengeApril 17, 1964
2007 Cornell 1964 Blue Note March 18, 1964with Eric Dolphy
2015Live in Europe 1975Salvo
2017Complete Live at the BohemiaEssential Jazz Classics
2018Jazz in Detroit / Strata Concert Gallery / 46 Selden BBE February 13, 1973
2018Live at Montreaux Eagle Rock July 20, 1975
2020@ Bremen 1964 & 1975 Sunnyside July 9, 1975
2022The Lost Album from Ronnie Scott's Resonance August 15, 1972

Compilations

YearTitleLabelNotes
1967Jazz ExperimentJazztone/Bethlehemcompiles Jazzical Moods, Vol. 1 & Jazzical Moods, Vol. 2; AKA The Jazz Experimentsof Charlie Mingus, AKA Charlie Mingus, AKA Jazzical Moods, AKA Intrusions, AKA Minor Intrusions, AKA Abstractions
1972The Candid Recordings – Featuring: Eric DolphyBarnaby
1973Reevaluation: The Impulse YearsABC/Impulse!2xLP
1973The Art of Charles Mingus (The Atlantic Years)Atlantic2xLP
1979Nostalgia in Times SquareColumbiaNew edits and unreleased takes of Mingus Ah Um, Mingus Dynasty
1986The Young RebelSwingtime
1987The Rarest on DebutMythic Sound/Debut (Italy)MSLP 001
1987The Rarest on Debut: Charles Mingus SidemanMythic Sound/Debut (Italy)MSLP 002
1987The Rarest on Debut – Mingus Newly DiscoveredMythic Sound/Debut (Italy)MSLP 003
1992Debut Rarities, Volume 1Original Jazz Classics
1992Debut Rarities, Volume 2Original Jazz Classics
1992Original Faubus FablesAll That's Jazz (Europe)bootleg
1993Debut Rarities, Volume 3Original Jazz Classics
1993Thirteen Pictures: The Charles Mingus AnthologyRhino2xCD
1994Debut Rarities, Volume 4Original Jazz Classics
1996Fables of FaubusGiants of Jazz (Europe)bootleg
1998Alternate TakesColumbia
2000West Coast 1945–49Uptown
2000Ken Burns JazzColumbia
2006Charles Mingus & Booker Ervin – The Savoy RecordingsBrilliant Jazz (Netherlands)2xCD
2006 Charles Mingus in Paris: The Complete America Session SunnysideBlue Bird (America, 1971), Pithycanthropus Erectus (America, 1971) plus extra takes
2006Take the 'A' TrainBack Up (Portugal)
2009Jazz Workshop 1957–1958Fresh Sound2xCD; compiles East Coasting and A Modern Jazz Symposium of Music and Poetry
2009The Clown / Intrusion / Pithecanthropus ErectusDelta2xCD
2010Charles Mingus and the Newport RebelsCandid (Europe)
2013The Quintessence New York – Los Angeles 1947–1960Frémeaux & Associés (France)2xCD
2014Mingus MoodsProper Box
2017Milestones of a LegendDocuments
2017The Eldridge SessionDoxy
2018Candid Recordings, Part OneDoxy
2018Candid Recordings, Part TwoDoxy
2018Newport RebelsJazz Images

Box sets

YearTitleLabelNotes
1979Passions of a Man: An Anthology of His Atlantic RecordingsAtlantic3xLP
1985The Complete Candid Recordings of Charles MingusMosaic4xLP; 3xCD (1989)
1990The Complete Debut RecordingsDebut12xCD
1993The Complete 1959 CBS Charles Mingus SessionsMosaic4xLP
1997Passions of a Man: The Complete Atlantic Recordings 1956–1961Rhino6xCD; Pithecanthropus Erectus (Atlantic, 1956), Word from Bird (Atlantic, 1958), The Clown (Atlantic, 1957), Tonight at Noon (Atlantic, 1964), Blues & Roots (Atlantic, 1960), Mingus At Antibes (Atlantic, 1976), Oh Yeah (Atlantic, 1962)
1998The Complete 1959 Columbia RecordingsColumbia/Legacy3xCD; reissue of The Complete 1959 CBS Charles Mingus Sessions
2001Charles Mingus Trilogy (The Complete Bethlehem Jazz Collection)Avenue Jazz3xCD; compiles The Jazz Experiments of Charlie Mingus (Bethlehem, 1955), A Modern Jazz Symposium of Music And Poetry (Bethlehem, 1959), East Coasting (Bethlehem, 1957)
200280th Birthday CelebrationDebut3xCD
2004The Young RebelProper4xCD; compiles Pacific Coast Blues, Inspiration, Inspiration, and Bass-Ically Speaking
2012The Complete Columbia & RCA Albums CollectionColumbia/Legacy10xCD
2012The Jazz Workshop Concerts 1964–65Mosaic7xCD; live; compiles Town Hall Concert (Jazz Workshop, 1964), Concertgebouw Amsterdam Vol. 1 (Ulysse Musique, 1985), Concertgebouw Amsterdam Vol. 2 (Ulysse Musique, 1986), Mingus at Monterey (Jazz Workshop, 1965), My Favorite Quintet (Jazz Workshop, 1966)
2013Leader on DebutDebut7xCD
2014Mingus: The Impulse AlbumsImpulse!3xCD
2019The Rare Albums CollectionEnlightenment4xCD

Final works as composer

TitleLabelDate

(last session)

RecordingNotes
Me, Myself an EyeAtlantic, 1979January 23, 1978StudioSessions directed by Charles Mingus
Something Like a Bird Atlantic, 1980January 23, 1978StudioSessions directed by Charles Mingus
Mingus Asylum, 19791978Studio Joni Mitchell album co-written with Charles Mingus
Epitaph Columbia, 1989June 3, 1989StudioUnpublished work written between 1940 and 1962

Discography as sideman

TitleLabelDate

(last session)

RecordingBandleader
Penny's Worth Of Boogie / Look What You've Done To MeGlobe, 19451945Studio Russell Jacquet
Blues In B Flat / Deep MeditationModern Music, 1945May 1, 1945Studio Hadda Brooks, Howard McGhee
Rex Stewart Plays Duke Ellington/Illinois Jacquet And His All-Stars Play Uptown JazzGrand Award,  1955August 2, 1945Studio Rex Stewart, Illinois Jacquet
Jacquet Mood / Robbins' NestApollo, 1947August 2, 1945StudioIllinois Jacquet
You Go To My Head / Don't Let The Sun Catch You CryingGolden Guinea, 1945October 4, 1945Studio Ernie Andrews
Paradise Lost / I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A ChanceGolden Guinea, 1945October 4, 1945StudioErnie Andrews
Voot Rhythm / Baggin The BoogieBel Tone, 1945November 1, 1945Studio Bob Mosely
Stormy Mood / Bee Boogie BooBel Tone, 1945November 1, 1945StudioBob Mosely
Mellow Mama Delmark, 1992December 13, 1945Studio Dinah Washington
Dinah Washington Sings The BluesGrand Award, 1955December 13, 1945StudioDinah Washington
Hoggin' / Blues A La KingMelodisc, 19461946StudioHoward McGhee
Sweet Potato / Night MistMelodisc, 19461946StudioHoward McGhee
Riff G.M. / Is It A SinClear Tone, 19461946StudioGene Morris
G-Ing With Gene / Laughing At LifeClear Tone, 19461946StudioGene Morris
Hot PianoTops, 1946January 1, 1946Studio Wilbert Baranco
I Thought You Ought To Know / The Voot Is Here To StayBlack & White, 1946January 1, 1946Studio Ivie Anderson and her All Stars
I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good / On The Sunny Side Of The StreetBlack & White, 1946January 1, 1946StudioIvie Anderson and her All Stars
Lena and IvieJazztone, 1957January 1, 1946Studio Lena Horne, Ivie Anderson
Night And Day / Weeping WillieBlack & White, 1946January 1, 1946StudioWilbert Baranco
Every Time I Think Of You / Baranco BoogieBlack & White, 1946January 1, 1946StudioWilbert Baranco
After Hours / Pipe Dream4 Star, 1946April 26, 1946StudioLady Will Carr
Hamp's Golden FavoritesDecca, 1962November 10, 1947Studio Lionel Hampton
Lionel Hampton in ConcertCicala Jazz, 1948May 1, 1948StudioLionel Hampton
Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra 1948Weka, 1948August 11, 1948StudioLionel Hampton
The Red Norvo TrioDiscovery, 1951May 3, 1950Studio Red Norvo, Tal Farlow
Move

- aka The Charlie Mingus Trio With Tal Farlow, Red Norvo

Savoy, 1951April 13, 1951StudioRed Norvo
Midnight on Cloud 69 Savoy, 1956April 13, 1951StudioVarious Artists
Birdland 1951 Blue Note, 2004September 29, 1951Live Miles Davis
Jazz At StoryvilleRoost, 1952November 6, 1951Studio Billy Taylor
While I'm Gone / I'll Be ThereKing, 1952December 18, 1951StudioMelvin Moore
Possessed / Hold Me, Kiss Me, Squeeze MeKing, 1952December 18, 1951StudioMelvin Moore
From Barrelhouse To BopPerspective, 19531952Studio John Mehegan
Big Band Clef, 1954March 25, 1952Studio Charlie Parker
The George Wallington TriosPrestige, 1952September 4, 1952Studio George Wallington
The Happy "Bird"Charlie Parker, 1961December 12, 1952StudioCharlie Parker
1953 Spring Sessions: Broadcast Performances

- aka In March with Mingus

ESP-Disk', 1953March 21, 1953Studio Bud Powell
Spring Broadcasts 1953ESP, 1977March 21, 1953LiveBud Powell
Inner FiresElectra/Musician, 1953April 5, 1953StudioBud Powell
Dance Of The InfidelsS.C.A.M., 1953May 1, 1953LiveCharlie Parker
Jazz At Massey Hall

- aka The Greatest Jazz Concert Ever

Debut, 1956May 15, 1953LiveThe Quintet
Blue Moods - aka Miles Davis QuartetPrestige, 1954May 19, 1953Studio Miles Davis
The Magnificent Charlie ParkerClef, 1955May 25, 1953StudioCharlie Parker
Jazz Perennial: The Genius Of Charlie Parker #7Verve, 1959May 25, 1953StudioCharlie Parker
1953 Summer Sessions: Broadcast PerformancesESP-Disk', 1953May 30, 1953StudioBud Powell
Jazz Workshop, Volume One: Trombone RapportDebut, 1953September 18, 1953StudioVarious Artists
Jazz Workshop, Volume TwoDebut, 1955September 18, 1953StudioVarious Artists
Four TrombonesDebut, 1957September 18, 1953StudioVarious Artists
Introducing Paul Bley Debut, 1954November 30, 1953Studio Paul Bley
ExplorationsDebut, 1953December 12, 1953Studio Teo Macero
The New Oscar Pettiford Sextet

- aka My Little Cello

Debut, 1953December 29, 1953Studio Oscar Pettiford
Jazz Workshop Volume ThreeDebut, 1955June 27, 1954StudioAda Moore
Mad BebopSavoy, 1978August 26, 1954Studio Jay Jay Johnson
Jay & KaiSavoy, 1955August 26, 1954StudioJay Jay Johnson, Kai Winding
The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 1 Blue Note, 1955September 24, 1954StudioJay Jay Johnson
The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 2 Blue Note, 1955September 24, 1954StudioJay Jay Johnson
Organ...Sweet N' SwingRegent, 1956November 9, 1954StudioVin Strong
Heart Strings / Swingin' The MamboSavoy, 1955November 9, 1954StudioVin Strong
The John Mehegan Trio/QuartetSavoy, 1955January 3, 1955StudioJohn Mehegan
Evolution Prestige, 1955January 6, 1955StudioTeddy Charles
Relaxed Piano MoodsDebut, 1955January 21, 1955StudioHazel Scott
Very Truly YoursSavoy, 1955February 5, 1955StudioJimmy Scott
New Piano ExpressionsDebut, 1955March 1, 1955StudioJohn Dennis
The Fabulous Thad Jones

- aka Jazz Collaborations, Vol. I

Debut, 1955March 10, 1955StudioThad Jones
Easy JazzLondon, 1955May 27, 1955Studio Ralph Sharon
Blue Moods Debut, 1955July 9, 1955StudioMiles Davis
Blame It On My YouthEpic, 19561956Studio Don Heller
Metronome All-Stars 1956 Clef, 1956June 18, 1956StudioVarious Artists
This Is How I Feel About Jazz ABC, 1957September 19, 1956Studio Quincy Jones
Word from Bird Atlantic, 1956November 12, 1956StudioTeddy Charles
Modern Jazz Concert

- aka Brandeis Jazz Festival

Columbia, 1958June 18, 1957LiveSix compositions commissioned by the 1957 Brandeis University Festival of the Arts
New FacesDebut, 1957July 10, 1957Studio Jimmy Knepper
The Weary Blues With Langston Hughes MGM, 1959March 18, 1958StudioLangston Hughes
The Jazz Life!Candid, 1960January 13, 1961StudioVarious Artists
All Night LongFontana, 1962July 1, 1961StudioPhilip Green
Summit SessionsColumbia, 1970July 3, 1961Studio Dave Brubeck
Money Jungle Blue Note, 1962September 17, 1962Studio Duke Ellington
Newport In New York '72 - The Jam Sessions Vols. 1 & 2Cobblestone, 1972July 6, 1972StudioVarious Artists
After Hours - The Great Pescara Jam SessionsPort's Song, 1975July 30, 1972StudioVarious Artists

Mingus Bands

TitleLabelDate

(last session)

RecordingBand
Chair In The Sky Elektra, 1979July 10,1979Studio Mingus Dynasty
Live At MontreuxAtlantic, 1981July 18, 1980LiveMingus Dynasty
Mingus' Sounds Of Love Soul Note, 1988September 30, 1987StudioMingus Dynasty
Live At The Village Vanguard Storyville, 1989May 27, 1984LiveMingus Dynasty
Live At The Theatre Boulogne-Billancourt, Paris Vol. 1 Soul Note, 1989June 8, 1988LiveMingus Dynasty
Next Generation Performs Charles Mingus Brand New CompositionsColumbia, 1991StudioMingus Dynasty
Weird Nightmare (Meditations On Mingus)Columbia, 1992StudioVarious Artists
Live At The Theatre Boulogne-Billancourt, Paris Vol. 2 Soul Note, 1993June 8, 1988LiveMingus Dynasty
Nostalgia In Times SquareDreyfus Jazz, 1993March 2, 1993Live Mingus Big Band
At the Bottom Line West Wind, 1995December 1, 1979LiveMingus Dynasty
ReincarnationSoul Note, 1997April 1, 1982StudioMingus Dynasty
Gunslinging BirdsDreyfus Jazz, 19951995StudioMingus Big Band
Live In TimeDreyfus Jazz, 19961996StudioMingus Big Band
¡Que Viva Mingus!Dreyfus Jazz, 19971997StudioMingus Big Band
Blues & PoliticsDreyfus Jazz, 1999January 26, 1999StudioMingus Big Band
Tonight At Noon... Three Or Four Shades Of LoveDreyfus Jazz, 2002December 7, 2001StudioMingus Big Band
I Am ThreeSunnyside, 2005November 7, 2004StudioMingus Big Band
Live In TokyoSunnyside, 2006December 31, 2005LiveMingus Big Band
Live At Jazz Standard Jazz Workshop, 2010December 31, 2009LiveMingus Big Band
Mingus SingsSunnyside, 20152015StudioMingus Big Band

References

  1. 1 2 Kaplan, Fred (February 2022). "Mingus". Stereophile. Retrieved 2024-11-30– via EBSCOhost.
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