- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- April 22, 1922
- Place of Birth
- Arizona, USA
- Died
- January 5, 1979
Charles Mingus
Charles Mingus Jr. (April 22, 1922 – January 5, 1979) was an American jazz double bassist, pianist, composer, and bandleader. A major proponent of collective improvisation, he is considered to be one of the greatest jazz musicians and composers in history, with a career spanning three decades and collaborations with other jazz musicians such as Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, and Herbie Hancock.
Filmography
movieDos dies i l’eternitat
2023 · Songs
movieJazz Club 2
2022
movieJazz Legends: Charles Mingus & Eric Dolphy - 1964
2022 · contrebasse
Regarde, on ne voit rien
2020 · Music
movieBillie
2020 · self
Mingus Erectus
2020 · Himself
movieCharles Mingus Quintet - Live in Berlin 1972
2008
movieJazz Icons: Charles Mingus Live in '64
2007 · himself
movieMingus in Greenwich Village
2005 · Himself
tvJazz
2001 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Clown
1998 · Music
movieCharles Mingus: Triumph of the Underdog
1997 · Self (archive footage)
movieWeird Nightmare
1993 · Original Music Composer
movieLast Date
1991 · Self
movieCharles Mingus: Epitaph
1990 · , Music
movieStations of the Elevated
1981 · Music
movieCharles Mingus: Live at Montreux 1975
1975 · Himself
tvThe Dick Cavett Show
1968 · Self - Guest
movieMingus: Charlie Mingus 1968
1968 · Himself
movieYou’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You
1964
movieCharles Mingus Sextet
1964 · Self
movieAll Night Long
1962 · Himself - Bass
movieShadows
1960 · Musician, Original Music Composer