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Charles MingusAlyssa Chambers
Early Life and Career
Born April 22, 1922 on US Army Base in Nogales, Arizona
Raise largely in Watts area of LA
Multi-cultural family heritage Church music to Duke Ellington Studied trombone and cello
and the double bass under guidance of H. Rheinshagen and Lloyd Reese
Began composing in teens By the early 40’s was touring
with bands such as Louis Armstrong, Kid Ory, and Lionel Hampton
Life in New York
Played and recorded with Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Bud Powell, Art Tatum and Duke Ellington
Mid-50’s formed own publishing and recording companies Founded the “Jazz Workshop” 1952 co-founded Debut Records, as well as other label's such as
Impulse!, Candid, Atlantic, Blue Note, Mercury, and Columbia On the forefront of the avant-garde Decade which followed is noted as the most productive and
fertile period for Mingus. These works included Pithecanthropus Erectus, The Clown, Tijuana Moods, Mingus Dynasty, Migus Ah Um, The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady, Cumbia and Jazz Fusion, and Let My Children Hear Music
Recorded over 100 albums and wrote over 300 scores Known as “The Angry Man of Jazz”
Later Career and Death
Paced slowed down in the late 1960’s and early 70’s By mid-1970’s, he was suffering from Lou Gehrig’s disease Died at age 56 in Cuernavaca, Mexico and ashes were
scattered in the Ganges River
Legacy
His music is being performed and reinterpreted by the Mingus Big Band which started in October of 2008
Epitaph, one of Charles Mingus’ masterpieces Awards
› 1971 inducted into the Down Beat Jazz Hall of Fame› 1993 the Library of Congress acquired Mingus’ compilation of music. “The
most important acquisition of a manuscript collection relating to jazz in the Library’s history.”
› 2005 inducted in the Jazz at Lincoln Center, Nesuhi Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame
Music
Flowers For a Lady Shortnin’ Bread Mingus Bass Solo
Sources
http://www.mingusmingusmingus.com/Mingus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Mingus
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