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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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Weird NightmareCharles Mingus
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These Foolish ThingsCharles Mingus
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I Can't Get StartedCharles Mingus, Lionel Hampton, Dannie Richmond and Hampton Hawes
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Right Place, Wrong Time 

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Charles Mingus and Dr. John
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Mood IndigoCharles Mingus
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CherokeeCharlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and Charles Mingus
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Weird NightmareCharles Mingus

Pre-Bird

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These Foolish ThingsCharles Mingus

A Modern Jazz Symposium Of Music And Poetry

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I Can't Get StartedCharles Mingus, Lionel Hampton, Dannie Richmond and Hampton Hawes

E la sua Orchestra

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Right Place, Wrong Time 

Bonus Track

Charles Mingus and Dr. John

Live At Montreux 1995

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Mood IndigoCharles Mingus

Mingus Dynasty

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CherokeeCharlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and Charles Mingus

Mingus Three

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