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Charles Mingus Jr. (April 22, 1922 – January 5, 1979) was an American jazz upright bassist, composer, bandleader, pianist, and author.A major proponent of collective improvisation, he is considered one of the greatest jazz musicians and composers in history, [1] with a career spanning three decades and collaborations with other jazz greats such as Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Max Roach ...
John Jacob Mingus, who arrived in the Oconaluftee in the 1790s, was the first Euro-American settler in the valley and the first within the boundaries of what is now the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. [11] Mingus purchased the land from Felix Walker, a land speculator and later North Carolina congressman. While Mingus roamed from county to ...
This is a list of composers by name, alphabetically sorted by surname, then by other names.The list of composers is by no means complete. It is not limited by classifications such as genre or time period; however, it includes only music composers of significant fame, notability or importance who also have current Wikipedia articles.
Mingus Ah Um is a studio album by American jazz musician Charles Mingus which was released in October 1959 by Columbia Records. [1] [2] It was his first album recorded for Columbia. The cover features a painting by S. Neil Fujita. [5] The title is a corruption of an imaginary Latin declension.
Companion album to Mingus Ah Um (Columbia, 1959) Pre-Bird: Mercury, 1961 May 25, 1960 a.k.a. Mingus Revisited: Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus: Candid, 1960 October 20, 1960 Newport Rebels: Candid, 1961 November 11, 1960 Jazz Artists Guild led by Charles Mingus and Max Roach Mingus: Candid, 1961 November 11, 1960 Mysterious Blues: Candid ...
Mingus collaborated with arranger/orchestrator Bob Hammer to score the music for a large ensemble of brass and saxophones. Most of the compositions on this album had been previously recorded or have since been rerecorded, some under different titles, on other albums:
Mingus is the tenth studio album by Canadian musician Joni Mitchell. It was released on June 13, 1979, and was her last studio album for Asylum Records. [1] The album is a collaboration between Mitchell and Charles Mingus. It was recorded in the months before and after Mingus' death in January 1979 and is wholly dedicated to him.
Mingus Dynasty is a jazz album by Charles Mingus, recorded in 1959 and released on Columbia Records in May 1960. [1] [2] [3] It is a companion album to his 1959 record Mingus Ah Um, and was inducted in the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999. The title alludes to Mingus's ancestry, which was partially Chinese. [7]