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Charles Mingus

Charles Mingus was born on 22 Apr 1922 in Los Angeles, California. His birth name was Charles Mingus, Jr..Charles Mingus died on 05 Jan 1979.

Charles Mingus, Jr. was an American jazz bassist, composer, bandleader, and pianist. He was also known for his activism against racial injustice.
Mingus is considered one of the most important composers and performers of jazz, a pioneer in bass technique, and he recorded many highly regarded albums.

Charles Mingus released the following albums including Reincarnation of a Lovebird (1988), Epitaph (1990), New Tijuana Mood (1990), Blues and Roots (1990), Pithecanthropus Erectus (1990), Mingus at Antibes (1990), At the Bohemia (1991), Plus Max Roach (1991), Changes One (1993), Mingus Moves (1993), Complete Town Hall Concert (1994), Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus (1995), The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady (1995), Live at Carnegie Hall (1996), New Tijuana Moods (1996), Mingus Plays Piano (1997), Thirteen Pictures: The Charles Mingus Anthology (1997), Passions of a Man: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (1956-1961) (1997), Clown (1999), Oh Yeah (1999), Mingus Dynasty (1999), Mingus Ah Um (1999), Mingus! (1999), Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus (2000), Plays It Cool (2000), Ken Burns JAZZ Collection: Charles Mingus (2000), Tijuana Moods: First Edt (2001), Mingus Move (2002), The Great Concert of Charles Mingus (2004), Mingus in Europe (2005), East Coasting (2005), Mysterious Blues (2005), Tonight at Noon (2006), Supreme Jazz (2006), At UCLA 1965 (2006), Charles Mingus in Paris: The Complete America Recordings (2007), The Sound Of Love (2007), Changes Two (2008), Very Best of Charles Mingus (2008), Let My Children Hear Music (2008), Ken Burns Jazz (2008), Night at Cafe Bohemia/Pithecanthropus Erectus Session (2009), Ah Um 50th Anniversary (2009), Pithecanthropus Erectus/the Clown (2009), Three Classic Albums (2010), Charles Mingus And The Newport Rebels (2010), Playlist: The Very Best of Charles Mingus (2010) and Tijuana Moods (2010).

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Reincarnation of a Lovebird
Jul 1988
  1. Reincarnation Of A Love Bird
  2. Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams
  3. R & R
  4. Body & Soul
  5. Bugs
Epitaph
Mar 1990
  1. Main
  2. Percussion Discussion
  3. Main Score Part 2
  4. Started Melody
  5. Better Get It In Your Soul
  6. The Soul
  7. Moods In Mambo
  8. Self Portrait/Chill Of Death
  9. Oscar Pettiford
  10. Please Don'tm Come Back From The Moon
  11. Monk, Bunk & Vice Versa (Osmotin')
  12. Peggy's Blue Skylight
  13. Wolverine Blues
  14. The Children's Hour Of Dream
  15. Ballad (In Other Words, I Am Three)
  16. Freedom - Part Two
  17. Interlude (The Underdog Rising)
  18. Noon Night
  19. Main Score Reprise
New Tijuana Mood
Oct 1990
  1. Dizzy Moods
  2. Ysabel's Table Dance
  3. Tijuana Gift Shop
  4. Los Mariachis (The Street Musicians)
  5. Flamingo
  6. Dizzy Moods [Alternate Take]
  7. Tijuana Gift Shop [Alternate Take]
  8. Los Mariachis [Alternate Take]
  9. Flamingo [Alternate Take]
Blues and Roots
Oct 1990
  1. Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting
  2. Cryin' Blues
  3. Moanin'
  4. Tensions
  5. My Jelly Roll Soul
  6. E's Flat Ah's Flat Too
Pithecanthropus Erectus
Oct 1990
  1. Pithecanthropus Erectus
  2. A Foggy Day
  3. Profile of Jackie
  4. Love Chant
Mingus at Antibes
Oct 1990
  1. Prayer For Passive Resistance
  2. What Love?
  3. I'll Remember April
  4. Folk Forms
  5. Better Git Hit In Your Soul
  6. Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting (Live Version)
At the Bohemia
Jul 1991
  1. Jump Monk
  2. Serenade In Blue
  3. Percussion Discussion
  4. Work Song
  5. Septemberly
  6. All The Things You Can C#
  7. Jump Monk (Alternate Take)
  8. All The Things You Can C# (Alternate Take)
Plus Max Roach
Jul 1991
  1. A Foggy Day
  2. Drums
  3. Haitian Fight Song
  4. Lady Bird
  5. I'll Remember April
  6. Love Chant
Changes One
Aug 1993
  1. Remember Rockefeller At Attica (LP Version)
  2. Sue's Changes (LP Version)
  3. Devil Blues (LP Version)
  4. Duke Ellington's Sound Of Love (LP Version)
Mingus Moves
Dec 1993
  1. Canon (LP Version)
  2. Opus 4 (LP Version)
  3. Moves (LP Version)
  4. Wee (LP Version)
  5. Flowers For A Lady (LP Version)
  6. Newcomer (LP Version)
  7. Opus 3 (LP Version)
  8. Big Alice (LP Version)
  9. The Call (LP Version)
Complete Town Hall Concert
Jul 1994
  1. Freedom (Part 1) (Live)
  2. Freedom (Part 2)
  3. Osmotin' (Live)
  4. Epitaph (Part 1) (Live)
  5. Peggy's Blue Skylight (Live)
  6. Epitaph (Part 2) (Live)
  7. My Search (Live)
  8. Portrait (Live)
  9. Duke's Choice (aka Don't Come Back)
  10. Please Don't Come Back From The Moon
  11. In A Mellow Tone (AKA Finale) (Live)
  12. Epitaph (Part 1-Alt. Take) (Live)
Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus
Aug 1995
  1. II B.S.
  2. I X Love
  3. Celia
  4. Mood Indigo
  5. Better Get Git In Yo' Soul
  6. Theme For Lester Young
  7. Hora Decubitus
  8. Freedom
The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady
Nov 1995
  1. Solo Dancer
  2. Duet Solo Dancers
  3. Group Dancers
  4. Trio And Group Dancers
Live at Carnegie Hall
Mar 1996
  1. C Jam Blues (Live Version)
  2. Perdido (Live Version)
New Tijuana Moods
Oct 1996
  1. Dizzy Moods
  2. Ysabel's Table Dance
  3. Tijuana Gift Shop
  4. Los Mariachis
  5. Flamingo
  6. Dizzy Moods (Alternate Take)
  7. Tijuana Gift Shop (Alternate Take)
  8. Los Mariachis (Alternate Take)
  9. Flamingo (Alternate Take)
Mingus Plays Piano
Mar 1997
  1. Myself When I Am Real
  2. I Can't Get Started
  3. Body And Soul
  4. Roland Kirk's Message
  5. Memories Of You
  6. She's Just Miss Popular Hybrid
  7. Orange Was The Color Of Her Dress, Then Silk Blues
  8. Meditations For Moses
  9. Old Portrait
  10. I'm Getting Sentimental Over You
  11. Compositional Theme Story: Medleys, Anthems And Folklore
Thirteen Pictures: The Charles Mingus Anthology
Aug 1997
  1. Cumbia and Jazz Fusion
  2. Myself When I Am Real
  3. Jump Monk
  4. Haitian Fight Song
  5. Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
  6. Half-Mast Inhibition
  7. Pithecanthropus Erectus
  8. Wig Wise
  9. Better Get Hit in Yo' Soul
  10. Meditations on Integration, Pt. 1 & 2
  11. Portrait
  12. Hora Decubitus
  13. Ecclusiastics
Passions of a Man: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (1956-1961)
Oct 1997
  1. Pithecanthropus Erectus (LP Version)
  2. A Foggy Day (LP Version)
  3. Love Chant (LP Version)
  4. Profile Of Jackie (LP Version)
  5. Laura (LP Version)
  6. When Your Lover Has Gone (LP Version)
  7. Just One Of Those Things
  8. Blue Greens
  9. The Clown
  10. Passions Of A Woman Loved (LP Version)
  11. Blue Cee (LP Version)
  12. Tonight At Noon (LP Version)
  13. Reincarnation Of A Lovebird
  14. Haitian Fight Song (LP Version)
  15. E's Flat Ah's Flat Too (LP Version)
  16. My Jelly Roll Soul (LP Version)
  17. Tensions (LP Version)
  18. Moanin' (LP Version)
  19. Cryin' Blues (LP Version)
  20. Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting
  21. E's Flat Ah's Flat Too (Alternative Take)
  22. My Jelly Roll Soul (Alternative Version)
  23. Tensions (Alternative Version)
  24. Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting
  25. Prayer For Passive Resistance (Live Version)
  26. Better Git Hit In Your Soul (Live Version)
  27. Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting (Live Version)
  28. Folk Forms I (Live Version II)
  29. What Love? (Live Version)
  30. I'll Remember April (Live Version)
  31. Devil Woman (LP Version)
  32. Ecclusiastics (LP Version)
  33. Old Blues For Walt's Torin (LP Version)
  34. Peggy's Blue Skylight (LP Version)
  35. Hog Calling Blues (LP Version)
  36. Oh Lord Don't Let Them Drop That Atomic Bomb On Me
  37. Passions Of A Man (LP Version)
  38. Wham Bam Thank You Ma'am (LP Version)
  39. Invisible Lady (LP Version)
  40. Eat That Chicken (LP Version)
  41. Charle Mingus Interviewed By Nesuhi Ertegun
Clown
Feb 1999
  1. Haitian Fight Song
  2. Blue Cee
  3. Reincarnation of a Lovebird
  4. The Clown
  5. Passions of a Woman Loved [#][*]
  6. Tonight at Noon [*]
Oh Yeah
Feb 1999
  1. Hog Callin' Blues
  2. Devil Woman
  3. Wham Bam Thank You Ma'am
  4. Ecclusiastics
  5. Oh Lord Don't Let Them Drop That Atomic Bomb On Me
  6. Eat That Chicken
  7. Passions Of A Man
  8. Charles Mingus Interviewed By Nesuhi Ertegun
  9. Old Blues For Walt's Torin
  10. Peggy's Blue Skylight
  11. Invisible Lady
Mingus Dynasty
Feb 1999
  1. Slop
  2. Diane
  3. Song With Orange
  4. Gunslinging Bird
  5. Things Ain't What They Used To Be
  6. Far Wells, Mill Valley
  7. New Now Know How
  8. Put Me In That Dungeon
  9. Strollin'
  10. Mood Indigo
Mingus Ah Um
Feb 1999
  1. Better Git It In Your Soul
  2. Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
  3. Boogie Stop Shuffle
  4. Self-Portrait In Three Colors
  5. Open Letter To Duke
  6. Bird Calls
  7. Fables Of Faubus
  8. Pussy Cat Dues
  9. Jelly Roll
  10. Pedal Point Blues
  11. GG Train
  12. Girl Of My Dreams
Mingus!
Oct 1999
  1. MDM (Pt.1)
  2. MDM (Pt.2)
  3. Stormy Weather
  4. Lock 'Em Up
Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus
Oct 2000
  1. Folk Forms, No.1
  2. Original Faubus Fables
  3. All The Things You Could Be By Now If Sigmund Freud's Wife Was Your Mother
  4. What Love
Plays It Cool
Nov 2000
  1. Mysterious Blues
  2. Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams
  3. Vassarlean
  4. Me And You Blues
  5. Body And Soul
  6. R And R
  7. Storym Weather
Ken Burns JAZZ Collection: Charles Mingus
Nov 2000
  1. Haitian Fight Song
  2. Ysabel's Table Dance
  3. Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
  4. Better Git It In Your Soul
  5. Original Faubus Fables
  6. Peggy's Blue Skylight
  7. Eat That Chicken
  8. Solo Dancer
  9. Mood Indigo
  10. The Shoes Of The Fisherman's Wife Are Some Jive Ass Slippers
Tijuana Moods: First Edt
Sep 2001
  1. Dizzy Moods (1957/62 Master Takes)
  2. Ysabel's Table Dance (1957/62 Master Takes)
  3. Tijuana Gift Shop (1957/62 Master Takes)
  4. Los Mariachis (1957/62 Master Takes)
  5. Flamingo (1957/62 Master Takes)
  6. Dizzy Moods (1986 Composite (partial) Alternative Takes)
  7. Ysabel's Table Dance (1986 Composite (partial) Alternative Takes)
  8. Los Mariachis (1986 Composite (partial) Alternative Takes)
  9. Flamingo (1986 Composite (partial) Alternative Takes)
  10. Tijuana Gift Shop (1986 Composite (partial) Alternative Takes)
  11. A Colloquial Dream
  12. Flamingo (Composite (partial) Alternative Takes)
  13. Ysabel's Table Dance (Composite Incomplete Take)
  14. Dizzy Moods (Junkyard Take 8)
  15. Dizzy Moods (Bass Solos Take 14)
  16. Tijuana Gift Shop (Takes 1-4)
  17. Tijuana Gift Shop (Take 6)
  18. Los Mariachis (Takes 1-3)
  19. Los Mariachis (Takes 5-10)
  20. Los Mariachis (Takes 15-23)
  21. A Colloquial Dream (Take 6)
  22. A Colloquial Dream (Take 8)
Mingus Move
Jul 2002
  1. Canon
  2. Opus Four
  3. Moves
  4. Wee (Allen's Alley)
  5. Flowers for a Lady
  6. Newcomer
  7. Opus Three
The Great Concert of Charles Mingus
Jul 2004
  1. A.T.F.W. (Art Tatum Fats Waller)
  2. Presentation Of Musicians: Johnny Coles Trumpet
  3. So Long Eric (Don't Stay Over There Too Long)
  4. Orange Was The Color Of Her Dress, Then Blue Silk
  5. Sophisticated Lady
  6. Parkeriana (Dedicated To A Genius)
  7. Meditations On Integration
Mingus in Europe
Feb 2005
  1. Fables Of Faubus
  2. Starting
  3. Meditations
East Coasting
Aug 2005
  1. Memories of You [Take 7]
  2. East Coasting [Take 4]
  3. West Coast Ghost [Take 6]
  4. Celia [Take 5]
  5. Conversation [Take 16]
  6. Fifty-First Street Blues [Take 4]
  7. East Coasting [Alternate Take 3]
  8. Memories of You [Alternate Take 3]
Mysterious Blues
Aug 2005
  1. Mysterious Blues
  2. Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (And Dream Your Troubles Away)
  3. Body and Soul [Take 2][Alternate Take][#]
  4. Vassarlean
  5. Re-Incarnation of a Love Bird [Take 4][Alternate Take]
  6. Me and You Blues
  7. Melody from the Drums
Tonight at Noon
Mar 2006
  1. Tonight At Noon (LP Version)
  2. Invisible Lady (LP Version)
  3. Old Blues For Walt's Torin (LP Version #2)
  4. Peggy's Blue Skylight (LP Version)
  5. Passions Of A Woman Loved (LP Version)
Supreme Jazz
Mar 2006
  1. Minor Intrusion
  2. Thrice Upon A Theme
  3. Stormy Weather
  4. The Spur Of The Moment
  5. Echonitus
  6. Four Hands
  7. Abstractions
  8. What Is This Thing Called Love
At UCLA 1965
Sep 2006
  1. Opening Speech
  2. Meditation on Inner Peace
  3. Speech Introducing Musicians
  4. Speech
  5. Once Upon a Time, There Was a Holding Corporation Called Old America [1
  6. Lecture to Band
  7. Once Upon a Time, There Was a Holding Corporation Called Old America [2
  8. Ode to Bird and Dizzy [Quartet]
  9. Speech: Call Octet Back
  10. They Trespass the Land of Sacred Sioux
  11. Speech: Introduction to Hobart Dotson/The Arts of Tatum and Freddy Webs
  12. Once Upon a Time, There Was a Holding Corporation Called Old America
  13. Speech: Introduction to Lonnie Hillyer
  14. Muskrat Ramble
  15. Pause
  16. Don't Let It Happen Here
Charles Mingus in Paris: The Complete America Recordings
May 2007
  1. I Left My Heart In San Francisco
  2. Reincarnation Of A Lovebird 1
  3. Peggy's Blue Skylight
  4. Love Is A Dangerous Necessity
  5. Blue Bird
  6. Pithecanthropus Erectus
  7. Reincarnation Of A Lovebird [warm up and false start]
  8. Reincarnation Of A Lovebird [second false start]
  9. Reincarnation Of A Lovebird [third false start]
  10. Reincarnation Of A Lovebird [incomplete]
  11. Peggy's Blue Skylight [first false start]
  12. Peggy's Blue Skylight [second false start]
  13. Peggy's Blue Skylight [third false start and rehearsal]
  14. Peggy's Blue Skylight [alternate (fastversion)]
  15. Blue Bird [incomplete]
  16. Reprise
  17. Love Is A Dangerous Necessity [first false start]
  18. Love Is A Dangerous Necessity [second false start]
  19. Pithecanthropus Erectus [first take, incomplete]
  20. Pithecanthropus Erectus [reprise]
  21. Pithecanthropus Erectus [rehearsal]
  22. Pithecanthropus Erectus [false start]
  23. Pithecanthropus Erectus [to the end]
  24. Pithecanthropus Erectus [Mingus explanations, restart]
The Sound Of Love
Jun 2007
  1. Just For Laughs Part 1
  2. Fables Of Faubus
  3. Peggy's Blue Skylight
  4. Caroline Keikki
  5. Mingus
  6. Slop
  7. Just For Laughs Part 2
  8. Back Home Blues
  9. What Is This Thing Called Love
  10. The Sound Of Love
  11. It Might As Well Be Spring (Ft Lionel Hampton)
  12. Duke Ellington's Sound Of Love (Ft Lionel Hampton)
  13. Farewell Farewell (Ft Lionel Hampton)
  14. So Long Eric (Ft Lionel Hampton)
Changes Two
Jan 2008
  1. Free Cell Block F, 'Tis Nazi U.S.A. (LP Version)
  2. Orange Was The Color Of Her Dress, Then Silk Blue
  3. Black Bats And Poles (LP Version)
  4. Duke Ellington's Sound Of Love
  5. For Harry Carney (LP Version)
Very Best of Charles Mingus
Jan 2008
  1. Pithecanthropus Erectus
  2. Profile of Jackie
  3. Tonight at Noon
  4. Haitian Fight Song
  5. Reincarnation of a Lovebird
  6. Moanin'
  7. Cryin' Blues
  8. Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting
  9. Ecclusiastics
  10. Passions of a Man
  11. Wham Bam Thank You Ma'am
Let My Children Hear Music
Feb 2008
  1. The Shoes Of The Fisherman's Wife Are Some Jive Ass Slippers
  2. Adagio Ma Non Troppo
  3. Don't Be Afraid, The Clown's Afraid Too
  4. Taurus In The Arena Of Life
  5. Hobo Ho
  6. The Chill Of Death
  7. The I Of Hurricane Sue
Ken Burns Jazz
Feb 2008
  1. Haitian Fight Song
  2. Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
  3. Better Get Hit in Yo' Soul
  4. Original Faubus Fables
  5. Peggy's Blue Skylight
  6. Eat That Chicken
  7. Solo Dancer-Stop! Look! Listen, Sinner Jim Whitney (The Black ...)
  8. Mood Indigo
  9. The Shoes of the Fisherman's Wife Are Some Jive Ass Slippers
Night at Cafe Bohemia/Pithecanthropus Erectus Session
Feb 2009
  1. Jump Monk
  2. Serenade In Blue
  3. Percussion Discussion
  4. Work Song
  5. Septemberly
  6. All The Things You Are
  7. Jump Monk 2
  8. All The Things You Are 2
  9. A Foggy Day
  10. Drums
  11. Haitian Fight Song
  12. Lady Bird
  13. I ll Remember April
  14. Love Chant
  15. Pithecanthropus Erectus
  16. A Foggy Day
  17. Love Chant
  18. Profile Of Jackie
Ah Um 50th Anniversary
May 2009
  1. Better Git It In Your Soul
  2. Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
  3. Boogie Stop Shuffle
  4. Self-Portrait In Three Colors
  5. Open Letter To Duke
  6. Bird Calls
  7. Fables Of Faubus
  8. Pussy Cat Dues
  9. Jelly Roll
  10. Pedal Point Blues
  11. GG Train
  12. Girl Of My Dreams
  13. Bird Calls (Alternate)
  14. Better Git It In Your Soul (Alternate)
  15. Jelly Roll (Alternate)
  16. Slop
  17. Diane
  18. Song With Orange
  19. Gunslinging Bird
  20. Things Ain't What They Used To Be
  21. Far Wells, Mill Valley
  22. New Now Know How
  23. Mood Indigo
  24. Put Me In That Dungeon
  25. Strollin'
Pithecanthropus Erectus/the Clown
Jun 2009
  1. Pithecanthropus Erectus
  2. A Foggy Day
  3. Profile of Jackie
  4. Love Chant
  5. Haitian Fight Song
  6. Blue Cee
  7. Reincarnation of a Lovebird
  8. The Clown
Three Classic Albums
Apr 2010
  1. Wednesday Night Pray Meeting
  2. Cryin' Blues
  3. Moanin'
  4. Tensions
  5. My Jelly Roll Soul
  6. E's Flat Ah's Flat Too
  7. Better Git It In Your Soul
  8. Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
  9. Boogie Stop Shuffle
  10. Self Portrait In Three Colours
  11. Open Letter To Duke
  12. Bird Calls
  13. Fables Of Faubus
  14. Jelly Roll
  15. Pussycat Dues
  16. Slop
  17. Diane
  18. Song With Orange
  19. Things Ain't What They Used To Be
  20. Far Wells, Mill Valley
  21. New Now Know How
  22. Mood Indigo
  23. Put Me In The Dungeon
  24. Strollin
Charles Mingus And The Newport Rebels
Apr 2010
  1. Lock 'Em Up
  2. Re-Incarnation of a Love Bird
  3. Bugs
  4. Mysterious Blues
  5. Body and Soul
  6. R and R
Playlist: The Very Best of Charles Mingus
Sep 2010
  1. Better Git It In Your Soul
  2. Dizzy Moods
  3. Song With Orange
  4. Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
  5. Flamingo
  6. Boogie Stop Shuffle
  7. Things Ain't What They Used To Be
  8. Tijuana Gift Shop
  9. The Shoes Of The Fisherman's Wife Are Some Jive Ass Slippers
  10. Mood Indigo
  11. Monk, Bunk & Vice Versa (Osmotin')
Tijuana Moods
Oct 2010
  1. Dizzy Moods
  2. Ysabel's Table Dance
  3. Tijuana Gift Shop
  4. Los Mariachis
  5. Flamingo
  6. A Colloquial Dream