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Artist: Charles Mingus

Charles Mingus
Aliases: Charles Mingus and his Orchestra
Charlie Mingus
The Charles Mingus Jazz Workshop
The Charlie Mingus Jazz Workshop
Real name:Charles Mingus Jr
Born:April 22, 1922
Died:January 5, 1979
Country:United States

Performances

Originals

Title Performer Date Covered by
1 Boogie Stop Shuffle Charles Mingus 1959 Chris Potter
2 Fables of Faubus Charles Mingus 1959 Eugene Chadbourne
3 Freedom Charles Mingus 1963 The Paramounts
4 Goodbye Pork Pie Hat Charles Mingus 1959 (10 artists)
5 Haitian Fight Song Charles Mingus 1957 (2 artists)
6 Mingus Fingus No. 2 Charles Mingus 1961 Sampled by Organized Konfusion
7 Pithecanthropus Erectus The Charlie Mingus Jazz Workshop 1956 (2 artists)
8 Reincarnation of a Lovebird The Charles Mingus Jazz Workshop 1957 (6 artists)
9 Tensions Charles Mingus 1960 The Dalton Gang
10 Weird Nightmare Charles Mingus and his Orchestra 1946 Elvis Costello & Bill Frisell

Covers

Title Performer Date First release by
1 A Foggy Day The Charlie Mingus Jazz Workshop 1956
2 Flamingo Charlie Mingus 1962 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
3 I'm Getting Sentimental Over You Charles Mingus 1968 The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra
4 Memories of You Charlie Mingus 1957
5 Moanin' Charles Mingus 1960 Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers

Songs Credited

Original Songs

Title Written by
1 Boogie Stop Shuffle Charles Mingus
2 Dry Cleaner from Des Moines Charles Mingus, Joni Mitchell
3 Fables of Faubus Charles Mingus
4 Freedom Charles Mingus
5 Goodbye Pork Pie Hat Charles Mingus
6 Haitian Fight Song Charles Mingus
7 Mingus Fingus No. 2 Charles Mingus
8 Pithecanthropus Erectus Charles Mingus
9 Reincarnation of a Lovebird Charles Mingus
10 Tensions Charles Mingus
11 Weird Nightmare Charles Mingus

Media

Audio albums

Title Artist Date Label
1 Blues and Roots Charles Mingus 1960 Atlantic
2 The Clown The Charles Mingus Jazz Workshop 1957 Atlantic
3 East Coasting Charlie Mingus 1957 Bethlehem
4 Great River, Long Island Charles Mingus 1957 VOA
5 Mingus Ah Um Charles Mingus 1959 Columbia
6 Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Charles Mingus 1963 Impulse!
7 Mingus Plays Piano - Spontaneous Compositions and Improvisations Charles Mingus 1968 Impulse!
8 Pithecanthropus Erectus The Charlie Mingus Jazz Workshop 1956 Atlantic
9 Pre-Bird Charles Mingus 1961 Mercury
10 Tijuana Moods Charlie Mingus 1962 RCA Victor

Audio singles

Title Artist Date Label
1 Weird Nightmare Charles Mingus and his Orchestra 1946 Excelsior

Tributes

Title Artist Date Label
1 Mingus Joni Mitchell 1979 Asylum
2 Spirit of Mingus Steve Lacy and Eric Watson 1992 Free Lance

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