Charles Mingus

United States
April 22, 1922 – January 5, 1979

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Charles Mingus Jr. 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 legends such as Louis Armstrong, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Dannie Richmond, and Herbie Hancock.

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40 countries

Charles Mingus top songs

1	Goodbye Porkpie Hat
2	Boogie Stop Shuffle
3	Moanin'
4	Fables of Faubus
5	Better Git It In Your Soul
6	Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting
7	Mood Indigo
8	Peggy's Blue Skylight
9	Self-Portrait In Three Colors
10	Jelly Roll
11	E's Flat Ah's Flat Too
12	Body and Soul
13	Celia
14	Prayer for Passive Resistance
15	Better Get Hit In Yo' Soul
16	Hog Callin' Blues
17	Freedom
18	I'll Remember April
19	Open Letter to Duke
20	Mingus
21	Girl of My Dreams
22	A Foggy Day
23	Pussy Cat Dues
24	GG Train
25	Bird Calls

Charles Mingus quotes

I am Charles Mingus. Half-black man. Yellow man. Half-yellow. Not even yellow, nor white enough to pass for nothing but black and not too light enough to be called white.