Charles Mingus

Biography

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.

Known For

The Dick Cavett Show

Jazz

All Night Long

Charles Mingus: Triumph of the Underdog

Billie

Charles Mingus: Epitaph

Jazz Icons: Charles Mingus Live in '64

You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You

All Movies (15)

• Jazz Club 22022
• Jazz Legends: Charles Mingus & Eric Dolphy - 19642022 · as contrebasse
• Billie2020 · as self
• Mingus Erectus2020 · as Himself
• Charles Mingus Quintet - Live in Berlin 19722008
• Jazz Icons: Charles Mingus Live in '642007 · as himself
• Mingus in Greenwich Village2005 · as Himself
• Charles Mingus: Triumph of the Underdog1997 · as Self (archive footage)
• Last Date1991 · as Self
• Charles Mingus: Epitaph1990
• Charles Mingus: Live at Montreux 19751975 · as Himself
• Mingus: Charlie Mingus 19681968 · as Himself
• You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You1964
• Charles Mingus Sextet1964 · as Self
• All Night Long1962 · as Himself - Bass

All TV Shows (2)

• Jazz2001 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Dick Cavett Show1968 · as Self - Guest