Charles Mingus

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American jazz composer bandleader composer double bassist human jazz musician

Charles Mingus was a pioneering American jazz bassist, composer, and bandleader known for his innovative, emotionally charged works that blended hard bop, gospel, classical, and avant-garde elements.

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Charles Mingus canonical 48
Charles Mingus Jr. 1
Charles Mingus Jr. (Charles Mingus’s father) 1

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instanceOf American jazz composer ⓘ
bandleader ⓘ
composer ⓘ
double bassist ⓘ
human ⓘ
jazz musician ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Charles Mingus ⓘ
surface form: Charlie Mingus
associatedAct Charlie Parker ⓘ
Dannie Richmond ⓘ
Duke Ellington ⓘ
Eric Dolphy ⓘ
Jaki Byard ⓘ
Miles Davis ⓘ
awardReceived Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award ⓘ
birthDate 1922-04-22 ⓘ
birthPlace Nogales, Arizona ⓘ
surface form: Nogales, Arizona, United States
causeOfDeath amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ⓘ
coFounded Debut Records ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1979-01-05 ⓘ
deathPlace Cuernavaca ⓘ
surface form: Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
ethnicGroup Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African Americans

Chinese Americans ⓘ
German Americans ⓘ
familyName Mingus ⓘ
fullName Charles Mingus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Charles Mingus Jr.
genre avant-garde jazz ⓘ
hard bop ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
third stream ⓘ
givenName Charles ⓘ
influenced Charles McPherson ⓘ
Eric Dolphy ⓘ
Joni Mitchell ⓘ
influencedBy Charlie Parker ⓘ
Duke Ellington ⓘ
Lester Young ⓘ
instrument double bass ⓘ
piano ⓘ
movement bebop ⓘ
post-bop ⓘ
notableWork Beneath the Underdog ⓘ
Blues & Roots ⓘ
Fables of Faubus ⓘ
Goodbye Pork Pie Hat ⓘ
Let My Children Hear Music ⓘ
Mingus Ah Um ⓘ
Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus ⓘ
Pithecanthropus Erectus ⓘ
The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady ⓘ
occupation bandleader ⓘ
bassist ⓘ
composer ⓘ
musician ⓘ
posthumousRecognition inducted into DownBeat Jazz Hall of Fame ⓘ
recordLabel Atlantic Records ⓘ
Candid Records ⓘ
Columbia Records ⓘ
Debut Records ⓘ
Impulse! Records ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
residence New York City ⓘ
spouse Celia Zaentz ⓘ
Sue Graham Ungaro ⓘ
styleCharacteristic integration of gospel and blues elements ⓘ
politically charged compositions ⓘ
use of collective improvisation ⓘ
workType autobiography ⓘ

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Charlie Parker → influenced → Charles Mingus ⓘ
Duke Ellington → influenced → Charles Mingus ⓘ
Duke Ellington → collaboratedWith → Charles Mingus ⓘ
Max Roach → associatedAct → Charles Mingus ⓘ
Mingus → producer → Charles Mingus ⓘ
Mingus → collaborator → Charles Mingus ⓘ
Mingus → featuresSpokenWord → Charles Mingus ⓘ
Nesuhi Ertegun → producedForArtist → Charles Mingus ⓘ
Mood Indigo → coveredBy → Charles Mingus ⓘ
Take the "A" Train → notablePerformer → Charles Mingus ⓘ
DownBeat Jazz Hall of Fame → notableHonoree → Charles Mingus ⓘ
Charles Mingus → fullName → Charles Mingus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Charles Mingus Jr.
Charles Mingus → alsoKnownAs → Charles Mingus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Charlie Mingus
Duke → associatedAct → Charles Mingus ⓘ
subject surface form: Duke Ellington
Duke → influenced → Charles Mingus ⓘ
subject surface form: Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington Orchestra → associatedAct → Charles Mingus ⓘ
Impulse! Records → notableArtist → Charles Mingus ⓘ
Monterey Jazz Festival → hasNotablePerformer → Charles Mingus ⓘ
Jaki Byard → associatedWith → Charles Mingus ⓘ
Art Farmer → collaboratedWith → Charles Mingus ⓘ
God Must Be a Boogie Man → composer → Charles Mingus ⓘ
God Must Be a Boogie Man → inspiredBy → Charles Mingus ⓘ
God Must Be a Boogie Man → dedicatedTo → Charles Mingus ⓘ
A Chair in the Sky → composer → Charles Mingus ⓘ
A Chair in the Sky → creator → Charles Mingus ⓘ
The Wolf That Lives in Lindsey → composer → Charles Mingus ⓘ
The Wolf That Lives in Lindsey → performer → Charles Mingus ⓘ
The Wolf That Lives in Lindsey → mainArtist → Charles Mingus ⓘ
Sweet Sucker Dance → composer → Charles Mingus ⓘ
Sweet Sucker Dance → hasBandleader → Charles Mingus ⓘ
Sweet Sucker Dance → hasBassist → Charles Mingus ⓘ
Sweet Sucker Dance → associatedWithArtist → Charles Mingus ⓘ
The Dry Cleaner from Des Moines → composer → Charles Mingus ⓘ
The Dry Cleaner from Des Moines → associatedAct → Charles Mingus ⓘ
Goodbye Pork Pie Hat → composer → Charles Mingus ⓘ
Goodbye Pork Pie Hat → firstPerformer → Charles Mingus ⓘ
Goodbye Pork Pie Hat → notableRecordingBy → Charles Mingus ⓘ
Goodbye Pork Pie Hat → associatedWithMusician → Charles Mingus ⓘ
The Sound Factory → knownFor → Charles Mingus ⓘ
this entity surface form: hosting sessions by Charles Mingus
The Sound Factory → notableClient → Charles Mingus ⓘ
Newport Jazz Festival → hasFeaturedArtist → Charles Mingus ⓘ
Paul Chambers → influenced → Charles Mingus ⓘ
Tom Dowd → workedWith → Charles Mingus ⓘ
Shadows → musicBy → Charles Mingus ⓘ
Columbia 30th Street Studio → recordedForArtist → Charles Mingus ⓘ
Teo Macero → collaboratedWith → Charles Mingus ⓘ
Wynton Kelly → associatedAct → Charles Mingus ⓘ
Jazz à Juan → hasNotablePerformer → Charles Mingus ⓘ
Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, California, United States → hasNotableBurial → Charles Mingus ⓘ
subject surface form: Inglewood Park Cemetery
this entity surface form: Charles Mingus Jr. (Charles Mingus’s father)
David Amram → collaboratedWith → Charles Mingus ⓘ