Charles Mingus

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April 22, 1922 - January 5, 1979, he died aged 56 and was American.
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An Artist with 167 releases, a member of 1 group, and credited 15 times on others' music. 23 collaborations and 1 musical relative.

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When driving a band with the double bass, Charles Mingus looked--and was--gigantic, in more ways than one. He had huge creative appetites, at all points touched by gospel's emotive depth, Duke Ellington's orchestral breadth and Mingus' own combination of hard bop, blues, and avant-garde styles. There was no one more powerfully multifaceted than Mingus between the 1950s and 1970s and of his many albums, Mingus Ah Um (1959) is considered to be a jazz classic.

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Charles Mingus - Photo of Charles Mingus Getty Images

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Charles Mingus - Jazz Bassist Charles Mingus Getty Images

Jazz Bassist Charles Mingus

Charles Mingus - Photo of Charles Mingus Getty Images

Photo of Charles Mingus

Charles Mingus - Photo of Charles Mingus Getty Images

Photo of Charles Mingus

Charles Mingus - Charles Mingus Getty Images

Charles Mingus

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Genres

Post-bop, Bebop, Free Jazz, Jazz, Avant-Garde, Big Band, Hard bop, Swing. Vote on Genres

Discography

181 releases – 167 under his own name and 15 credits on others' music Edit
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