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Band leader, double bass specialist and occasioned piano player, Charles Mingus was one of the most influential figures of jazz music during his years of activity. He was able to move jazz style towards the contemporary music as far as political and concerned themes, specifically the racial integration ("Fables Of Faubus" a composition dedicated to Alabama's governor). Many important jazz musicians started their career working with Mingus, as the innovator of flute and wind instruments Roland Kirk, but it must be mentioned in particular his drummer Dannie Richmond, at his side for the whole life, including also an incursion in the "entertainments"  of the city of Tijuana, that gave to him the inspiration for the wonderful album Tijuana Moods.

Mingus influence has arrived also into the rock scene, the folk-rock group Pentangle has choosen his composition Good Bye Pork Pie Hat for the album Sweet Child, and Joni Mitchell recorded a whole album dedicated to the great musician.

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Year

Album

Edition

Notes

Sax

Trumpet

Trombone

Piano

Drums

Other instr.

1955

Mingus at Bohemia

Debut

Live

George Barrow (t)

 

Eddie Bert

Mal Waldron

Max Roach, Willie Jones

 

1956

Pithecanthropous Erectus

Atlantic

Suite in 4 parts

Jackie McLean (a), J.R.Montrose (t)

 

 

Mal Waldron

Willie Jones

 

1957

The Clown

Atlantic

Published in ‘61

Shafi Hadi (a,t) (Curtis Porter)

 

Jimmy Kneeper

Wade Legge

Dannie Richmond

Jean Shepherd (vc)

1957

Tijuana Moods

RCA

 

Shafi Hadi (a,t)

Clarence Shaw

Jimmy Kneeper

Bill Triglia

Dannie Richmond, Frankie Dunlop (pc)

Ysabel Morel (nacchere), Lonnie Elder (vc)

1957

East Coasting

Affinity

 

Shafi Hadi (a,t)

Clarence Shaw

Jimmy Kneeper

Bill Evans

Dannie Richmond

 

1959

Blues & Roots

Atlantic

 

Booker Ervin (t), John Handy (a), Jacki McLean, Pepper Adams (br)

 

Jimmy Kneeper, Willie Dennis

Mal Waldron, Horace Parlan

Dannie Richmond

 

1959

Mingus Ah-Um

Columbia

 

Shafi Hadi (t,a), Booker Ervin (t), John Handy (a)

 

Jimmy Kneeper, Willie Dennis

Horace Parlan

Dannie Richmond

 

1959

Mingus Dinasty

Columbia

 

Booker Ervin (t), John Handy (a)

 

Jimmy Kneeper

Roland Hanna

Dannie Richmond

Teddy Charles (vb)

1960

Mingus at Antibes

Atlantic

Live

Eric Dolphy (a), Booker Ervin (t)

Ted Curson

 

(Bud Powell)

Dannie Richmond

Mingus (pf)

1960

Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus

Candid

 

Eric Dolphy (a, fl)

Ted Curson

 

 

Dannie Richmond

 

1960

Mingus!

Candid

 

Booker Ervin, Charles McPherson (a), Eric Dolphy (a, fl)

Ted Curson

Jimmy Kneeper, Britt Woodman

Paul Bley, Nico Brunick

Dannie Richmond

 

1961

Oh Yeah

Atlantic

 

Booker Ervin, Roland Kirk

Lonnie Hillyer

Jimmy Kneeper

 

Dannie Richmond

Doug Watkins (cb)

1961

Tonight At Noon

Atlantic

Various musicians

 

 

 

 

 

 

1963

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

Impulse!

Suite in 6 parts

 

 

 

 

 

Orchestra 10 elementi

1963

Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus

Impulse!

 

Eric Dolphy (a,cl,fl), Booker Ervin (t), Charlie Mariano (a), Jerome Richardson (t,br,fl)

 

Quentin Jackson, Britt Woodman, Don Butterfield

Jaki Byard

Walter Perkins, Dannie Richmond

 

1963

Mingus Plays Piano

 

 

Pianoforte solo

 

 

 

 

 

1964

The Great Concert of Charles Mingus

Prestige

Live in Europe

Eric Dolphy, Clifford Jordan (t)

Johnny Coles

 

Jaki Byard

Dannie Richmond

 

1964

Mingus at Monterey

Fantasy

Live

Charles McPherson (a), John Handy (a)

Lonnie Hillyer

 

Jaki Byard

Dannie Richmond

 

1971

Let My Children Hear My Music

Columbia

Suite,  Teo Macero prod.

 

 

 

 

 

Orchestra 33 elementi

1973

Mingus Moves

Atlantic

 

George Adams (t)

Roland Hampton

 

Don Pullen

Dannie Richmond

 

1974

Changes One

Atlantic

 

George Adams (t)

Jack Walrath

 

Don Pullen

Dannie Richmond

 

1974

Changes Two

Atlantic

 

George Adams (t)

Jack Walrath, Marcus Belgrave

 

Don Pullen

Dannie Richmond

Jackie Paris (vc)

1976

Cumbia & Jazz Fusion

Atlantic

Soundtracks

Ricky Ford (t)

Jack Walrath

Jimmy Kneeper

 

 

Several band compositions

 

t = tenor sax

fl = flute

cb = double bass

a = alto sax

pc = percussions

ch = guitar

br = bariton sax

vb = vibraphone

pf = pianoforte

vc = voice

cl = clarinet

 

     
     
     

Discografia completa (da Charles Mingus Home Page)

 

         1.                        Charles 'Baron' Mingus Presents His Symphonic Airs (1946, Fentone)

         2.                        The Chill Of Death (1947)

         3.                        Central Avenue Sounds: Jazz In Los Angeles (1921-1956) (1946/49, Rhino)

         4.                        West Coast, 1945-49 (Uptown)

         5.                        The Young Rebel (1946-52, Swingtime) LP

         6.                        Debut Rarities Volume 4 (1952/53, OJC)

         7.                        Jazzical Moods (1954, Period)

         8.                        Jazz Composers Workshop (1954/55, Savoy)

         9.                        Debut Rarities Volume 2 (1951/53, OJC)

    10.                        Newport, Rhode Island (1955, VOA)

    11.                        Mingus At The Bohemia (OJC) (December 23, 1955, Cafe Bohemia, NYC)

    12.                        Charles Mingus Quintet Plus Max Roach (OJC)

    13.                        Pithecanthropus Erectus (1956, Atlantic)

    14.                        Freebody Park (1956, VOA)

    15.                        Cafe Bohemia (1956)

    16.                        The Clown (1957, Atlantic)

    17.                        Charles Mingus Trios (1953/57, Jazz Door)

    18.                        Mingus Three (1957, Roulette)

    19.                        Debut Rarities Volume 1 (1953/57, OJC)

    20.                        New Tijuana Moods (1957, Bluebird)

    21.                        Great River, Long Island (1957, VOA)

    22.                        East Coasting (1957, Bethlehem)

    23.                        Debut Rarities Volume 3 (1957, OJC)

    24.                        A Modern Jazz Symposium Of Music And Poetry (1957, Bethlehem)

    25.                        The Complete Debut Recordings (1951-58)

    26.                        Shadows (1958)

    27.                        Jazz Portraits - Mingus In Wonderland (1959, Blue Note)

    28.                        Blues & Roots (1959, Atlantic)

    29.                        Mingus Ah Um (1959, CBS)

    30.                        Mingus Dynasty (1959, CBS)

    31.                        The Complete 1959 Columbia Recordings (1959, Columbia)

    32.                        Mingus Revisited (1960, Mercury)

    33.                        Mingus At Antibes (1960, Atlantic)

    34.                        Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus (1960, Candid)

    35.                        Mingus! (1960, Candid)

    36.                        Reincarnation Of A Lovebird (1960, Candid)

    37.                        Mysterious Blues (1960, Candid)

    38.                        Newport Rebels (1960, Candid)

    39.                        The Complete Candid Recordings Of Charles Mingus (1960, Mosaic)

    40.                        Oh Yeah (1961, Atlantic)

    41.                        Tonight At Noon (1957/1961, Atlantic) LP

    42.                        Passions Of A Man: The Complete Atlantic Recordings 1956-1961 (Rhino)

    43.                        The Complete Town Hall Concert (1962, Blue Note)

    44.                        Live At Birdland 1962 (Jazz View)

    45.                        Vital Savage Horizons (1951/61/62, Alto) LP

    46.                        In Concert (1962, Jazzman)

    47.                        Charles Mingus (1962, Musica Jazz) LP

    48.                        The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (1963, Impulse!)

    49.                        Mingus Plays Piano (1963, Impulse!)

    50.                        Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus (1963, Impulse!)

    51.                        Town Hall Concert (1964, OJC)

 

European Tour, April 1964

 

[April 10, 1964, Amsterdam]

    52.                        In Amsterdam 1964 (DIW)

    53.                        Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Vol. 1 (Ulysse AROC)

    54.                        Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Vol. 2 (Ulysse AROC)

[April 12, 1964, Oslo]

    55.                        Live In Oslo 1964 (JazzUp)

    56.                        Orange (Moon)

    57.                        Live In Oslo 1964 - Vol. 1 (Landscape)

    58.                        Live In Oslo 1964 - Vol. 2 (Landscape)

[April 13, 1964, Stockholm]

    59.                        Live In Stockholm 1964

    60.                        Meditations On Integration (Bandstand)

[April 14, 1964, Copenhagen]

    61.                        Astral Weeks (Moon)

    62.                        Live In Copenhagen 1964 (Landscape)

[April 16, 1964, Bremen]

    63.                        "Hope so Eric" vol. 1 (Ingo) LP

    64.                        "Fables of Faubus" vol. 2 (Ingo) LP

    65.                        "Parkeriana" vol. 3 (Ingo) LP

[April 17-18, 1964, Salle Wagram, Paris]

    66.                        Revenge! (Revenge)

    67.                        Meditation (France's Concert) LP

[April 19, 1964, Theatre des Champs-Elysees, Paris]

    68.                        The Great Concert, Paris 1964 (Musidisc, Prestige)

[April 26, 1964, Wuppertal]

    69.                        Mingus In Europe, Volume 1 (Enja)

    70.                        Mingus In Europe, Vol. 2 (Enja)

[April 28, 1964, Stuttgart]

    71.                        Live In Stuttgart! 1964 (Unique Jazz)

    72.                        Mingus In Stuttgart (Unique Jazz) LP

    73.                        Right Now: Live At The Jazz Workshop (1964, OJC)

    74.                        Mingus At Monterey (1964, JVC/Fantasy)

    75.                        My Favorite Quintet (1965, Charles Mingus) LP

    76.                        Village Gate (1965, Ozone)

    77.                        Charles Mingus Octet Recorded Live At Monterey (1965, East Coasting) EP

    78.                        Monterey Jazz Festival (1965, Malpaso)

    79.                        Music Written For Monterey 1965, Not Heard (1965, Jazz Workshop) 2LP

    80.                        Charles Mingus (1961-1966?, Frequenz)

    81.                        Lennie's-on-the-Turnpike (1966, soundtrack)

[March 31, 1970, Slug's, New York]

    82.                        Dizzy Atmosphere - Live At Historic Slug's Vol. 1

    83.                        Fables Of Faubus - Live At Historic Slug's Vol. 2

    84.                        Statements (1970, Lotus) LP

[October 28, 1970, Paris, France]

    85.                        Charles Mingus In Paris 1970 (DIW)

    86.                        Charlie Mingus Sextet Live (Blu Jazz)

[October 31, 1970, Paris, France]

    87.                        Pithycanthropus Erectus (sic) (1970, Musidisc)

    88.                        Reincarnation Of A Lovebird (1970, Prestige) 2LP

    89.                        Charles Mingus Sextet in Berlin (1970, Beppo) LP

    90.                        Charles Mingus Group With Orchestra (1971, Denon)

    91.                        Shoes Of The Fisherman's Wife (1959/1971, CBS)

    92.                        Let My Children Hear Music (1971, CBS)

    93.                        Charles Mingus And Friends In Concert (1972, CBS)

    94.                        Newport In New York Jam Session (1972, Cobblestone)

    95.                        After Hours - The Great Pescara Jam Sessions (1972, Ports' Song)

    96.                        Ronnie Scott's (1972, CBS unissued)

    97.                        In The Kingdom of Glass - Jazz i Glasrike (1972, Jazz på Rällen)

    98.                        Live In Chateauvallon, 1972 (France's Concert)

    99.                        Parkeriana (1972, Bandstand)

100.                        Blue Skylark (1972, Original Revival Collection)

101.                        Mingus Quintet Meets Cat Anderson (1972, Unique Jazz)

102.                        Mingus Moves (1973, Atlantic)

103.                        Mingus At Carnegie Hall (1974, Atlantic)

104.                        Changes One (1974, Atlantic)

105.                        Changes Two (1974, Atlantic)

106.                        Mingus in Åhus 1975 (1975, Jazz på Rällen)

107.                        Keystone Korner (1976, Jazz Door)

108.                        Stormy & Funky Blues (1972-77, Moon)

109.                        Three Or Four Shades Of Blues (1977, Atlantic)

110.                        Cumbia & Jazz Fusion (1977, Atlantic)

111.                        Spain '77 (1977, Excelsior) LP

112.                        Final Work (1977, CMA Jazz)

113.                        Me, Myself An Eye (1978, Atlantic) LP

114.                        Something Like A Bird (1978, Atlantic) LP

 

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