"was recorded by Kevin Mahogany on ""Double Rainbow"" (1993) and Anita Wardell on ""Why Do You Cry?"" (1995). Charles Mingus 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 legends such as Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Dannie Richmond, and Herbie Hancock. Mingus' compositions continue to be played by contemporary musicians ranging from the"
"Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus is a 1963 album by American jazz composer and bassist Charles Mingus. Mingus collaborated with arranger/orchestrator Bob Hammer to score the music for a large ensemble of brass and saxophones. A reviewer of Sputnik Music wrote ""On a broader, more general level, Mingus x5 feels particularly sensual. There is about a 50–50 split between songs that are played as ballads, or at least slower swings, and songs that are played much faster, yet, the most dominant and memorable songs are the ones that take their time like ""Mood Indigo"" and"
"Beginning in his teen years, Mingus was writing quite advanced pieces; many are similar to Third Stream because they incorporate elements of classical music. A number of them were recorded in 1960 with conductor Gunther Schuller, and released as ""Pre-Bird"", referring to Charlie ""Bird"" Parker; Mingus was one of many musicians whose perspectives on music were altered by Parker into ""pre- and post-Bird"" eras. Mingus gained a reputation as a bass prodigy. His first major professional job was playing with former Ellington clarinetist Barney Bigard. He toured with Louis Armstrong in 1943, and by early 1945 was recording in Los"
"Mingus (Charles Mingus album) Mingus is an album by jazz bassist and composer Charles Mingus. The album was recorded in October and November 1960 in New York for Nat Hentoff's Candid label. At this time Mingus was working regularly with a piano-less quartet featuring Eric Dolphy, Ted Curson and Dannie Richmond, as heard on the ""Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus"" album also recorded in November 1960. The ""Mingus"" album features one track, ""Stormy Weather"", recorded by the same quartet, plus two tracks recorded by a larger group featuring piano and additional horns. The track ""M.D.M."" weaves together the themes from"
"Mingus Three Mingus Three (also referred to as Trio) is an album by American bassist, composer and bandleader Charles Mingus with pianist Hampton Hawes and drummer Dannie Richmond which was recorded in 1957 and first released on the Jubilee label. The Allmusic review stated, ""Most often heard in large ensembles and rarely in a trio context, Charles Mingus joined forces with pianist Hampton Hawes for this 1957 studio date. It features four standards, two originals by the bassist, and a jam by the group credited to Hawes. While there's nothing particularly arresting or startling about the date, the relationship between"
"including the track ""Vasserlean."" The track listing was: Mingus (Charles Mingus album) Mingus is an album by jazz bassist and composer Charles Mingus. The album was recorded in October and November 1960 in New York for Nat Hentoff's Candid label. At this time Mingus was working regularly with a piano-less quartet featuring Eric Dolphy, Ted Curson and Dannie Richmond, as heard on the ""Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus"" album also recorded in November 1960. The ""Mingus"" album features one track, ""Stormy Weather"", recorded by the same quartet, plus two tracks recorded by a larger group featuring piano and additional horns."
"conversation. Mingus felt he was being cheated with the major record company. A tribute to Duke brought Mingus back into active performances again after several difficult years. George Adams was associated with the bassist in his latter years. Mingus died after developing Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis(ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease. Charles Mingus: Triumph of the Underdog Charles Mingus: Triumph of the Underdog is a 1997 documentary film about the life of jazz musician Charles Mingus. Charles Mingus narrates pieces of his own story. Born from a half-black/half-Swedish father and a half-black/half-Chinese mother (later having a half-black/half-Indian step-mother), Mingus tried"
"Additional recordings at Electric Lady Studios, New York by Henry Lewy and Jerry Solomon<br> Mingus (Joni Mitchell album) Mingus is the tenth studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell, and a collaboration with composer and jazz musician Charles Mingus. Recorded in the months before his death, it would be Mingus's final musical project; the album is wholly dedicated to him. ""Mingus"" was released on June 13, 1979. The album is quite experimental, featuring minimalist jazz, over-plucked, buzzing acoustic guitars, and even wolves howling through ""The Wolf That Lives in Lindsey"". All of the lyrics are by Mitchell, while the music"
"His Final Work His Final Work is an album credited to Charles Mingus, released in 1977. ""His Final Work"" is a reissue of ""Lionel Hampton Presents Charles Mingus"", released in 1977, which was also reissued as ""The Music of Charles Mingus"" and credited to Lionel Hampton. ""His Final Work"" comprises the final recording session that Mingus played an instrument on. Charles Mingus was unique. His influences were eclectic, ranging from New Orleans jazz through swing, bop and Latin to modern classical and avant-garde. Although his playing was strong and impressive, it's his writing and approach to making music that put"
"are Jimmy Owens, Randy Brecker, Richard Williams, Jon Faddis, Jimmy Knepper, John Handy, Craig Handy, Joe Farrell, Ricky Ford, George Adams, David Murray, Clifford Jordan, Nick Brignola, Don Pullen, Roland Hanna, Jaki Byard, Mike Richmond, Dannie Richmond, Billy Hart, Kenny Washington, Charlie Haden, Aladar Pege, Reggie Johnson, Reggie Workman, and Richard Davis. Mingus Dynasty (band) Mingus Dynasty was an American jazz ensemble formed in 1979, just after the death of Charles Mingus, which featured many musicians Mingus recorded or played with. The group was named after the 1959 album ""Mingus Dynasty"". In 1988, the group expanded to a big band"
"Charles Mingus"" Charles Mingus with Orchestra Charles Mingus with Orchestra is an album by American bassist, composer and bandleader Charles Mingus which was recorded in Japan in 1971 and first released on the Japanese Columbia label. The Allmusic review by Ken Dryden stated, ""This Charles Mingus session is a bit of an oddity, in that he is heard with a Japanese big band, Toshiyuki Miyama & His New Herd Orchestra, which augmented his small group... the Japanese brass and rhythm sections sound a bit rough in the ensemble passages. Far from an essential date in Charles Mingus' vast discography"". ""All"
"Mingus Moves Mingus Moves is a 1973 (see 1973 in music) album by jazz composer and bassist Charles Mingus. ""Mingus Moves"" (Atlantic SD 1653) is one of the late works of jazz bassist, composer, and bandleader Charles Mingus. He hired three new musicians for the recording: Don Pullen, piano; Ronald Hampton, trumpet; and George Adams, tenor saxophone. Drummer Dannie Richmond, a stalwart of Mingus's bands in the 1950s and '60s, rejoined the band on the first day of recording after not working with the bassist for several years. The album, although not generally regarded as one of Mingus's best, does"
"Charles Mingus With Teddy Charles With The Three Playmates With Eddie ""Lockjaw"" Davis With Oliver Nelson With Gene Ammons With Jimmy Forrest With Etta Jones With Jimmy Smith With Clark Terry With Frank Wess With Bill Dixon With Bobby Timmons With The Jazz Composer's Orchestra With Melvin Van Peebles George Barrow (musician) George Barrow (21 September 1921 – 20 March 2013) was an American jazz saxophonist who played both tenor and baritone saxes. Self-taught on the saxophone, flute and clarinet, by the mid-1950s, he was playing in different line-ups led by Charles Mingus, including the Quintet (with Eddie Bert, Mal"
"the cataloging of Mingus compositions, which were then donated to the Music Division of the New York Public Library for public use. In 1993, The Library of Congress acquired Mingus's collected papers—including scores, sound recordings, correspondence and photos—in what they described as ""the most important acquisition of a manuscript collection relating to jazz in the Library's history"". Considering the number of compositions that Charles Mingus wrote, his works have not been recorded as often as comparable jazz composers. The only Mingus tribute albums recorded during his lifetime were baritone saxophonist Pepper Adams's album, ""Pepper Adams Plays the Compositions of Charlie"
"Song Go Out of My Heart"". ""All compositions by Charles Mingus, except where indicated"" Mingus Revisited Mingus Revisited (originally released as Pre-Bird in 1961) is an album by jazz bassist and composer Charles Mingus consisting of music that was composed before Mingus first heard Charlie Parker, hence the ""Pre-Bird"" title. The music is scored for various sized large jazz ensembles and features many soloists prominent at the time of recording. The album includes two tracks which are contrapuntal arrangements of two swing era pieces, whereby ""Take the ""A"" Train"" (left channel) is paired with a simultaneous ""Exactly Like You"" (right"
"1968 documentary film """", directed by Thomas Reichman. The film also features Mingus performing in clubs and in the apartment, firing a .410 shotgun indoors, composing at the piano, playing with and taking care of his young daughter Caroline, and discussing love, art, politics, and the music school he had hoped to create. Charles Mingus' music is currently being performed and reinterpreted by the Mingus Big Band, which in October 2008 began playing every Monday at Jazz Standard in New York City, and often tours the rest of the U.S. and Europe. The Mingus Big Band, the Mingus Orchestra, and"
"for bassist Wendell Marshall. Mingus's notorious temper led to his being one of the few musicians personally fired by Ellington (Bubber Miley and drummer Bobby Durham are among the others), after an on-stage fight between Mingus and Juan Tizol. Also in the early 1950s, before attaining commercial recognition as a bandleader, Mingus played gigs with Charlie Parker, whose compositions and improvisations greatly inspired and influenced him. Mingus considered Parker the greatest genius and innovator in jazz history, but he had a love-hate relationship with Parker's legacy. Mingus blamed the Parker mythology for a derivative crop of pretenders to Parker's throne."
"Charles Mingus with Orchestra Charles Mingus with Orchestra is an album by American bassist, composer and bandleader Charles Mingus which was recorded in Japan in 1971 and first released on the Japanese Columbia label. The Allmusic review by Ken Dryden stated, ""This Charles Mingus session is a bit of an oddity, in that he is heard with a Japanese big band, Toshiyuki Miyama & His New Herd Orchestra, which augmented his small group... the Japanese brass and rhythm sections sound a bit rough in the ensemble passages. Far from an essential date in Charles Mingus' vast discography"". ""All compositions by"
"cello was not yet accepted as a jazz instrument. Despite this, Mingus was still attached to the cello; as he studied bass with Red Callender in the late 1930s, Callender even commented that the cello was still Mingus's main instrument. In ""Beneath the Underdog"", Mingus states that he did not actually start learning bass until Buddy Collette accepted him into his swing band under the stipulation that he be the band's bass player. Due to a poor education, the young Mingus could not read musical notation quickly enough to join the local youth orchestra. This had a serious impact on"
"Dannie Richmond Charles Daniel Richmond (December 15, 1931 – March 15, 1988) 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. Richmond was born in New York City and started playing tenor saxophone at the age of thirteen; he went on to play R&B with the Paul Williams band in 1955. His career took off when he took up the drums, in his early twenties, through the formation of what was to be a 21-year association with Charles Mingus. Mingus biographer Brian Priestley writes"
"in 1957. Among his credits with Mingus is ""Tijuana Moods"". On ""East Coasting"", Shaw used a Harmon mute, although he was initially wary of using it, given its association with the sound of Miles Davis. Later in 1957 he destroyed his instrument and quit music over a fight with Mingus. He did not return to playing until 1962, after which time he formed his own ensemble. He retired again in 1964 and returned to music once more in 1968. He died in Los Angeles on August 17, 1973. With Charles Mingus Source: Clarence Shaw Clarence Eugene Shaw, sometimes credited as"
"Mingus Revisited Mingus Revisited (originally released as Pre-Bird in 1961) is an album by jazz bassist and composer Charles Mingus consisting of music that was composed before Mingus first heard Charlie Parker, hence the ""Pre-Bird"" title. The music is scored for various sized large jazz ensembles and features many soloists prominent at the time of recording. The album includes two tracks which are contrapuntal arrangements of two swing era pieces, whereby ""Take the ""A"" Train"" (left channel) is paired with a simultaneous ""Exactly Like You"" (right channel), and likewise ""Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me"" with ""I Let a"
"can lead to socializing of their young with non-complementary values."" He plays the cello. Although he was a celebrated jazz musician, he was not always able to make a living. Gunther Schuller, a composer/conductor/historian, states that Charles Mingus is high up with American composers. Mingus's work is compared by Schuller to Duke Ellington and he notes that Mingus studied composers like Stravinsky. Mingus is more known as a bass leader than as a composer. Mingus as a composer, is not highly recognized for how great he was. Mingus states that in relation to race, ""one day he will pledge allegiance"
"instruments, including the electric celeste, Hammond B-3, bass marimba, harp, and timpani. As result, Sun Ra proved to be one of the first free jazz musicians to explore electronic instrumentation, as well as displaying an interest in timbral possibilities through his use of progressive and unconventional instrumentation in his compositions. Charles Mingus's albums ""The Clown"" and ""Tijuana Moods"" were free jazz. The title song of ""Pithecanthropus Erectus"" contained one improvised section in a style unrelated to the song's melody or chord structure. His contributions were primarily in his efforts to bring back collective improvisation in a music scene that had"
"era, and free jazz and jazz-rock fusion, produced several influential bassists. Charles Mingus (1922–1979), who was also a composer and bandleader, produced music that fused hard bop with black gospel music, free jazz, and classical music. Free jazz and post-bop bassist Charlie Haden (1937–2014) is best known for his long association with saxophonist Ornette Coleman, and for his role in the 1970s-era Liberation Music Orchestra, an experimental group. Eddie Gómez and George Mraz, who played with Bill Evans and Oscar Peterson, respectively, and are both acknowledged to have furthered expectations of pizzicato fluency and melodic phrasing. Fusion virtuoso Stanley Clarke"
"find a beat that's in the air, and just take it out of the air when we want it"". Hentoff concludes, ""For once, in these sessions, ""everyone"" in a Mingus unit reached—and maintained—that level of daring and that power to make their instruments become extensions of ""themselves"""". The album is part of ""The Penguin Guide to Jazz"" 's ""Core Collection."" Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus is an album by jazz bassist and composer Charles Mingus, recorded in 1960 and released in 1961. The quartet of Mingus, Eric Dolphy, Ted Curson and Dannie Richmond constituted Mingus's"
"East Coasting East Coasting is an album by Charles Mingus, recorded and released in 1957. It was reissued on CD with bonus takes in 1993. The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars stating ""One of Charles Mingus's lesser-known band sessions, this set of five of his originals (plus the standard ""Memories of You"") features his usual sidemen of the period (trombonist Jimmy Knepper, trumpeter Clarence Shaw, Shafi Hadi on tenor and alto and drummer Dannie Richmond) along with pianist Bill Evans. The music stretches the boundaries of bop, is never predictable and, even if this is"
"which he had to run away from his family and live on his own. The autobiography doesn't confirm whether Charles Mingus Sr. or Mingus himself believed this story was true, or whether it was merely an embellished version of the Mingus family's lineage. His mother allowed only church-related music in their home, but Mingus developed an early love for other music, especially Duke Ellington. He studied trombone, and later cello, although he was unable to follow the cello professionally because, at the time, it was nearly impossible for a black musician to make a career of classical music, and the"
"Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus is an album by jazz bassist and composer Charles Mingus, recorded in 1960 and released in 1961. The quartet of Mingus, Eric Dolphy, Ted Curson and Dannie Richmond constituted Mingus's core working band at the time, and had been performing the material on this album for weeks at The Showplace in New York. To recreate this atmosphere, Mingus introduces the songs as if he were speaking to the audience, even admonishing them to not applaud or rattle their glasses. The album was recorded in October 1960 in New York for"
"1979. The Allmusic review states: ""It's not essential but certainly colorful."". Something Like a Bird Something Like a Bird is an album by Charles Mingus, released on the Atlantic label in 1981. The album reached a peak position of number 37 on the ""Billboard"" Jazz Albums chart. Mingus is featured as composer and director but does not actually play on this album as his ALS had progressed to the point where he was no longer able to do so. These were the last sessions of his own music he ever participated in, although he did attend one session for the"
"is in his apartment. Mingus: Charlie Mingus 1968 Mingus: Charlie Mingus 1968 is a 1968 American documentary film directed by Thomas Reichman (1944-1975) that follows the later life of jazz musician Charles Mingus and his five-year-old daughter in 1966, as they are being evicted from his New York apartment for not paying the rent. Reichman talks with Mingus in a very personal setting as the film documents Mingus' outlook on society, women, music, his daughter, politics, and the country as a whole. The camera crew talks with Mingus conversationally and spends time with him and his daughter so that the"
"Something Like a Bird Something Like a Bird is an album by Charles Mingus, released on the Atlantic label in 1981. The album reached a peak position of number 37 on the ""Billboard"" Jazz Albums chart. Mingus is featured as composer and director but does not actually play on this album as his ALS had progressed to the point where he was no longer able to do so. These were the last sessions of his own music he ever participated in, although he did attend one session for the partial collaboration with Joni Mitchell, Mingus before his death in January"
"Pepper Adams Plays the Compositions of Charlie Mingus Pepper Adams Plays the Compositions of Charlie Mingus, is an album by baritone saxophonist Pepper Adams featuring Quintet and Octet performances of Charles Mingus' compositions which was recorded in 1963 and originally released on the Motown subsidiary label, Workshop Jazz. ""The Penguin Guide to Jazz"" states ""Adams led this date with his usual no-nonsense authority ... A solid jazz record"". The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek states ""This is one of those must-own recordings for fans of Adams; but it is also for those who revere Mingus' work, because, as radical as"