Charles Mingus Jr. was an American jazz upright bassist,composer,bandleader,pianist,and author. 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 greats such as Duke Ellington,Charlie Parker,Max Roach,and Eric Dolphy. Mingus' work ranged from advanced bebop and avant-garde jazz with small and midsize ensembles,to pioneering the post-bop style on seminal recordings like Pithecanthropus Erectus (1956) and Mingus Ah Um (1959),and progressive big band experiments such as The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady (1963).
Oh Yeah is a studio album by the American jazz bassist and composer Charles Mingus,released in April 1962 by Atlantic Records. It was recorded in 1961,and features Mingus singing on three of the cuts and playing piano throughout.
Charles Daniel Richmond was an American jazz drummer who is best known for his work with Charles Mingus. He also worked with Joe Cocker,Elton John and Mark-Almond.
Pithecanthropus Erectus is a studio album by jazz composer and bassist Charles Mingus. It was released in August 1956 through Atlantic Records. Mingus noted that this was the first album where he taught arrangements to his musicians by ear instead of putting the chords and arrangements in writing.
The Clown is an album by Charles Mingus,released in September 1957 on Atlantic Records as SD-1260. It is the follow-up to 1956's Pithecanthropus Erectus and features the improvised narration of Jean Shepherd. A deluxe edition of The Clown was issued in 2000 on Rhino featuring two bonus tracks. All the tracks were recorded on March 12,1957,except for "The Clown",recorded on February 13 of the same year.
Charles McPherson is an American jazz alto saxophonist born in Joplin,Missouri,United States,and raised in Detroit,Michigan,who worked intermittently with Charles Mingus from 1960 to 1974,and as a performer leading his own groups.
Mingus Moves is an album by the jazz composer and bassist Charles Mingus,released in 1973.
Lonnie Hillyer was an American jazz trumpeter,strongly influenced by Dizzy Gillespie,Charlie Parker,Thelonious Monk and other bebop legends of that era.
Bobby Jones was an American jazz saxophonist.
Eddie Preston was an American jazz trumpeter.
Bird:The Complete Charlie Parker on Verve is a 1990 box-set by jazz musician Charlie Parker. It features every extant note Parker recorded for labels controlled by Norman Granz as well as his appearances at Jazz at the Philharmonic. Parker recorded for Granz primarily in the last five years of his life,a period during which,besides playing with his famous quintet,he experimented with strings,Afro-Cuban jazz and mixed chorus. Among the albums produced during Parker’s Verve years were Bird &Diz,Charlie Parker with Strings,and Swedish Schnapps.
Communiqué is an album by Steve Lacy and Mal Waldron released on the Italian Soul Note label in 1997. It features duo performances of tunes written by Thelonious Monk,Charles Mingus,Miles Davis,Elmo Hope and originals by Lacy and Waldron.
Reincarnation of a Lovebird is a studio album by the American jazz bassist and composer Charles Mingus,recorded in November 1960.
Mingus at Carnegie Hall is a live album by the jazz bassist and composer Charles Mingus,recorded at Carnegie Hall in January 1974 by Mingus with Jon Faddis,Charles McPherson,John Handy,George Adams,Rahsaan Roland Kirk,Hamiet Bluiett,Don Pullen,and Dannie Richmond. The original release did not include the first part of the concert,featuring Mingus’s working sextet without Handy,Kirk,and McPherson. An expanded “Deluxe Edition”including the entire concert,was issued in 2021.
Charles Mingus:Triumph of the Underdog is a 1997 documentary film about the life of jazz musician Charles Mingus.
Tonight at Noon is an album by the jazz bassist and composer Charles Mingus,released on the Atlantic label in 1964. It compiles tracks recorded at two sessions –the 1957 sessions for the album entitled The Clown and the 1961 sessions for Oh Yeah but is considered a studio album. These tracks have since been added to the CD re-releases of their respective albums as bonus tracks.
The Complete Town Hall Concert is a live album by the American bassist,composer and bandleader Charles Mingus,recorded at The Town Hall in New York City and first released on the United Artists label in 1962 as Town Hall Concert. The album was rereleased with additional tracks on the Blue Note label in 1994 as The Complete Town Hall Concert.
Revenge! is a live album by the jazz bassist and composer Charles Mingus,recorded in 1964 in Paris and issued on many bootleg releases before being legitimately released on the Revenge label in 1996.
Live at the Royal Festival Hall is an album by pianists Jaki Byard and Howard Riley.
Spirit of Mingus is a live album by soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy and pianist Eric Watson,which was recorded in Paris in 1991 and first released on the Free Lance label in 1992.
