“Dizzy Moods” by Charles Mingus, performed by Mingus Big Band on April 18, 2022 at The Django in NYC. In honor of Mingus’ Centennial and rerelease of Mingus Three. “Listen to this seminal work adapted [More]
Charles Mingus with Orchestra is an album by American bassist, composer and bandleader Charles Mingus which was recorded in Japan in 1971 and first released on the Japanese Columbia label. “This Charles Mingus session is [More]
Newport Rebels is an album by various artists released under the Jazz Artists Guild led by bassist Charles Mingus and drummer Max Roach, recorded in November 1960 and released on the Candid label. “In 1960 [More]
“Although a Mosaic box set claims to have all of Charles Mingus’s Candid recordings, this CD, in addition to four duplications from the box, contains three alternate takes not included elsewhere: “Body and Soul” (featuring [More]
Something Like a Bird is an album by Charles Mingus, released on the Atlantic label in 1981. The album reached a peak position of number 37 on the Billboard’s Jazz Albums chart. Mingus is featured [More]
Track listing: 01. Peggy’s Blue Skylight 02. Celia 03. Perdido Personnel: Charles Mingus – bass Joe Gardner – trumpet Hamiet Bluiett – baritone saxophone, clarinet John Foster – piano Roy Brooks – drums Cat Anderson [More]
Track listing: A1 Get Out Of Town 7:33 A2 One More 5:30 A3 Bitty Ditty 4:55 A4 More Of The Sauce 5:15 B1 Elusive 5:15 B2 Sombre Intrusion 2:45 B3 I Can’t Get Started 6:09 [More]
Track listing: 1 Wee Dot (Blues For Some Bones) (J.J. Johnson) 14:21 2 Stardust (Hoagy Carmichael/Mitchell Parish) 4:53 3 Move (Denzil Best) 6:52 4 I’ll Remember (April Gene DePaul/Patricia Johnston/Don Raye) 11:11 5 Now’s The [More]
Mingus Dynasty is a jazz album by Charles Mingus, recorded in 1959 for Columbia Records. It is the companion album to his other 1959 record, Mingus Ah Um, and was inducted in the Grammy Hall [More]
Mingus at the Bohemia is an album by Charles Mingus, recorded during a live concert at the Café Bohemia on 23 December 1955. Further recordings from the concert were released under the title The Charles [More]