Charles Mingus Official Digital Download

The great bassist and composer Charles Mingus had his diehard supporters and detractors.

This Charles Mingus album, recorded in 1957 although not released until 1962, was inspired by the man’s visit to the titular Mexican town and the music is redolent of 'latin influence’ both in name and sound.

Having completed what he (and many critics) regarded as his masterwork in The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady, Charles Mingus' next sessions for Impulse found him looking back over a long and fruitful career.

The flagship repertory ensemble Mingus Big Band celebrated the 100th anniversary of Mingus’ birth with The Charles Mingus Centennial Sessions, its highest quality studio recording to date. Highlights include twenty-two compositions and new arrangements, vocals and narrations by Charles’ son Eric Mingus, and thirty-four first-class musicians, rotating in Mingus Big Band tradition.

Charles Mingus Jr. (April 22, 1922 – January 5, 1979) was an American jazz upright bassist, composer, bandleader, pianist, and author. A major proponent of collective improvisation, he is considered one of the greatest jazz musicians and composers in history, with a career spanning three decades and collaborations with other jazz greats such as Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Max Roach, and Eric Dolphy.

Charles Mingus has a fascinating way of offering music that is grounded in tradition while remaining startlingly original.

Mingus at the Bohemia is a live album by Charles Mingus that was recorded at Café Bohemia in New York City on December 23, 1955. It was released in August 1956. Max Roach makes a guest appearance on one track. Other recordings from the same performance were released in 1964 under the title The Charles Mingus Quintet & Max Roach.

Jazz Composers Workshop is an album featuring jazz bassist Charles Mingus. It combines the earlier album Moods of Mingus with a Wally Cirillo session released earlier on the album Wally Cirillo & Bobby Scott. It was released on the Savoy label.

Charles Mingus Jr. (April 22, 1922 – January 5, 1979) was an American jazz upright bassist, composer, bandleader, pianist, and author.

Yet more buried treasure unearthed with this magnificent 3-CD set of previously unreleased recordings from the great jazz bassist/composer/bandleader Charles Mingus(1922-79) at Ronnie Scott's Club on the evenings of August 14 & 15, 1972.