Charles Mingus
- Known for
- Sound
- Born
- April 22, 1922
- Place of birth
- Arizona, USA
- Died
- January 5, 1979
Biography
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.
Movies with Charles Mingus
- All Night Long 1962 · ★ 6.8
- Billie 2020 · ★ 6.9
- Mingus: Charlie Mingus 1968 1968 · ★ 7.2
- Charles Mingus: Triumph of the Underdog 1997 · ★ 7.5
- Charles Mingus: Live at Montreux 1975 1975 · ★ 4.2
- Mingus in Greenwich Village 2005 · ★ 5.5
- Charles Mingus Sextet 1964 · ★ 7.0
- Last Date 1991 · ★ 10.0
- Charles Mingus Quintet - Live in Berlin 1972 2008
- Charles Mingus: Epitaph 1990
- Jazz Legends: Charles Mingus & Eric Dolphy - 1964 2022
- Jazz Icons: Charles Mingus Live in '64 2007
- You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You 1964
- Mingus Erectus 2020
- Jazz Club 2 2022