Charles Mingus
Sound
Born 1922-04-22
Died 1979-01-05
Arizona, USA
23 credits
Grammy Hall of Fame 3
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award 2
Guggenheim Fellowship 1
Awards
Won 3 Grammy Hall of Fame Awards
Grammy Hall of Fame 3 won
- 2013 Grammy Hall of Fame Won Mingus Ah Um
- 1998 Grammy Hall of Fame Won Mingus Dynasty
- 1994 Grammy Hall of Fame Won Jazz at Massey Hall
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award 2 won
- 1997 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award Won
- 1996 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award Won
Guggenheim Fellowship 1 won
- 1971 Guggenheim Fellowship Won
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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 musicians such as Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, and Herbie Hancock.
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Filmography
Acting
14 credits
The Dick Cavett Show
Jazz
Jazz Legends: Charles Mingus & Eric Dolphy - 1964
Shadows
Mingus: Charlie Mingus 1968
Mingus Erectus
All Night Long
Last Date
Billie
Charles Mingus Sextet
Charles Mingus: Triumph of the Underdog
Charles Mingus: Live at Montreux 1975
Mingus in Greenwich Village
Jazz Icons: Charles Mingus Live in '64
Other credits
10 credits
Shadows
Weird Nightmare
Jazz Club 2
The Clown
Charles Mingus: Epitaph
You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You
Stations of the Elevated
Charles Mingus Quintet - Live in Berlin 1972
Regarde, on ne voit rien
Dos dies i l’eternitat
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