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Charles Mingus

Blues
Jazz
Free jazz
Charles Mingus was one of the true greats, creating a new kind of jazz that knitted a traditional style built on gospel music with a very modern, free-form approach that effectively defied categorization; but had a huge impact and influence on both his contemporaries and subsequent generations. Born at an army base in Arizona, Mingus was primarily raised in Los Angeles, growing up listening to church music, although his most influential hero was Duke Ellington. He studied trombone and cello and initially had aspirations to specialise in playing classical cello but moved on to dou...
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Cherokee
CherokeeCharlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and Charles Mingus

Mingus Three

These Foolish Things
These Foolish ThingsCharles Mingus

A Modern Jazz Symposium Of Music And Poetry

3:18

A Foggy Day
A Foggy DayCharles Mingus and Charles Mingus Jazz Workshop

The Charles Mingus Quartet Plus Max Roach

5:35

Weird Nightmare
Weird NightmareCharles Mingus

A Modern Jazz Symposium Of Music And Poetry

3:05

I'll Remember April
I'll Remember AprilCharles Mingus and Charles Mingus Quintet

Mingus At Antibes

13:13

Weird Nightmare
Weird NightmareCharles Mingus

Pre-Bird

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