Charles Mingus

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American jazz double bassist, composer and bandleader (1922-1979)

United States MusiciansLived 1922 to 1979 · aged 56

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Charles Mingus Jr. was an American jazz upright bassist, composer, bandleader, pianist, and author.

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Ad for Thomas Reichman's 1968 Mingus documentary.

Mingus in 1976 playing the double bass

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Awards 6

2013Grammy Hall of Fame

1998Grammy Hall of Fame

1997Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

1996Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

1994Grammy Hall of Fame

1971Guggenheim Fellowship

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SpouseSue Mingus

SpouseCelia Germanis

ChildEric Mingus

ChildCharles Mingus III

Connected to Charles 6

Dave BrubeckAlso in All Night Long (1962)

Charles McPhersonAlso in Mingus: Charlie Mingus 1968 (1968)

Patrick McGoohanAlso in All Night Long (1962)

Dannie RichmondAlso in Mingus: Charlie Mingus 1968 (1968)

Betsy BlairAlso in All Night Long (1962)

Judy CollinsAlso won Grammy Hall of Fame

About this person

Charles Mingus Jr. was an American jazz upright bassist, composer, bandleader, pianist, and author. A major proponent of collective improvisation, he is considered 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's 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).

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