Charles Mingus
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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.
Known for
Credits
All Night Long (1962)
as Himself - Bass
Mingus: Charlie Mingus 1968 (1968)
as Himself
Billie (2020)
as self
Jazz Club 2 (2022)
Actor
Charles Mingus: Epitaph (1990)
Actor
Charles Mingus: Triumph of the Underdog (1997)
as Self (archive footage)
You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You (1964)
Actor
Mingus Erectus (2020)
as Himself
Jazz Icons: Charles Mingus Live in '64 (2007)
as himself
Last Date (1991)
as Self
Charles Mingus: Live at Montreux 1975 (1975)
as Himself
Charles Mingus Quintet - Live in Berlin 1972 (2008)
Actor
Charles Mingus Sextet (1964)
as Self
Jazz Legends: Charles Mingus & Eric Dolphy - 1964 (2022)
as contrebasse
Mingus in Greenwich Village (2005)
as Himself