Charles Mingus Jr. (April 22, 1922 – January 5, 1979) was an American jazz musician, composer, bandleader, and civil rights activist.
Mingus's compositions retained the hot and soulful feel of hard bop and drew heavily from black gospel music while sometimes drawing on elements of Third stream, free jazz, and classical music. Yet Mingus avoided categorization, forging his own brand of music that fused tradition with unique and unexplored realms o...
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Date of birth:
- Apr 22, 1922
Date of death:
- Jan 5, 1979 (age 56 years)
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Place Musical Career Began:
Also known as:
- Charlie Mingus,
- Charlies Mingus,
- Charles Minugs,
- Mingus, Charles,
- The Charles Mingus Group,
- Charles Mingus And Max Roach,
- Charles Mingus Octet,
- Charles Mingus Sextet
