Charles Mingus

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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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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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