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