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Charles Mingus discography

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Charles Mingus discography.

Contents

As bandleader

  • Baron Mingus - West Coast 1945–49 (1949, Uptown)
  • Strings and Keys (duo with Spaulding Givens) (1951, Debut)
  • The Young Rebel (1952, Swingtime)
  • The Charles Mingus Duo and Trio (1953, Fantasy)
  • Charles Mingus Octet (1953, Debut)
  • Jazz Composers Workshop (1954-55, Savoy)
  • The Jazz Experiments of Charlie Mingus (1954, Bethlehem, originally issued as Jazzical Moods Vol. 1 & 2)
  • Mingus at the Bohemia (1955, Debut)
  • The Charles Mingus Quintet & Max Roach (1955, Debut)
  • Pithecanthropus Erectus (1956, Atlantic)
  • The Clown (1957, Atlantic)
  • Mingus Three (1957, Jubilee)
  • Tijuana Moods (RCA, 1957 [1962])
  • East Coasting (1957, Bethlehem)
  • A Modern Jazz Symposium of Music and Poetry (1957, Bethlehem)
  • Jazz Portraits: Mingus in Wonderland (1959, United Artists)
  • Blues & Roots (1959, Atlantic)
  • Mingus Ah Um (1959, Columbia)
  • Mingus Dynasty (1959, Columbia)
  • Pre-Bird (aka Mingus Revisited) (1960, Mercury)
  • Mingus at Antibes (1960, Atlantic)
  • Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus (1960, Candid)
  • Mingus! (1960, Candid)
  • Reincarnation of a Lovebird (1960, Candid)
  • Tonight at Noon (1961, Atlantic)
  • Oh Yeah (1961, Atlantic)
  • The Complete Town Hall Concert (Blue Note, 1962 [1994]) contains all tracks released on Town Hall Concert (United Artists, 1962)
  • The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady (1963, Impulse!)
  • Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus (1963, Impulse!; sometimes referred to as Five Mingus)
  • Mingus Plays Piano (1963, Impulse!)
  • Charles Mingus Sextet with Eric Dolphy Cornell 1964 (Blue Note, 1964 [2007])
  • Town Hall Concert (Jazz Workshop, 1964)
  • Revenge! (Revenge, 1964 [1996])
  • The Great Concert of Charles Mingus (America, 1964)
  • Mingus in Europe Volume I (Enja, 1964 [1988])
  • Mingus in Europe Volume II (Enja, 1964 [1988])
  • Right Now: Live at the Jazz Workshop (Fantasy, 1964)
  • Mingus at Monterey (Jazz Workshop, 1964)
  • Music Written for Monterey 1965 (Jazz Workshop, 1965)
  • Charles Mingus in Paris: The Complete America Session (Sunnyside, 1970 [2006]) contains all tracks released on Blue Bird (America, 1970) and Pithycathropus Erectus (America, 1970)
  • Charles Mingus Sextet In Berlin (1970, Beppo)
  • Charles Mingus with Orchestra (Denon, 1971)
  • Let My Children Hear Music (Columbia, 1972)
  • Charles Mingus and Friends in Concert (1972, Columbia)
  • Mingus Moves (1973, Atlantic)
  • Mingus at Carnegie Hall (1974, Atlantic)
  • Changes One (1974, Atlantic)
  • Changes Two (1974, Atlantic)
  • Cumbia & Jazz Fusion (1977, Atlantic)
  • Three or Four Shades of Blues (1977)
  • His Final Work (1977)
  • Posthumous recordings

  • Something Like a Bird (1979, Atlantic) (Mingus does not play on this session)
  • Me, Myself An Eye (1979, Atlantic) (Mingus does not play on this session)
  • Epitaph (1990, Columbia) (Mingus does not play on this session)
  • Mingus Mysterious Blues (1990, Candid) (Mingus does not play on this session)
  • As a sideman

  • Robbins' Nest (with Illinois Jacquet) (1945, Toho)
  • Mellow Mama (with Dinah Washington) (1945, Delmark)
  • Hot Piano (with Wilbert Baranco) (1946, Tops)
  • Ivie Anderson and Her All Stars (with Ivie Anderson) (1946, Storyville)
  • Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra 1948 (with Lionel Hampton) (1948, Weka)
  • Lionel Hampton in Concert (with Lionel Hampton) (1948, Cicala Jazz)
  • The Red Norvo Trio (with Red Norvo) (1951, Savoy)
  • Move (with Red Norvo) (1951, Savoy)
  • Miles Davis at Birdland 1951 (with Miles Davis) (1951, Beppo)
  • Jazz in Storyville (with Billy Taylor) (1951, Roost)
  • The George Wallington Trios Featuring Charles Mingus, Oscar Pettiford, Max Roach (1952, Prestige)
  • Spring Broadcasts 1953 (with Bud Powell) (1953, ESP)
  • Inner Fires (with Bud Powell) (1953, Electra/Musician)
  • Jazz at Massey Hall (aka. The Greatest Jazz Concert Ever) (with Charlie Parker) (1953, Debut)
  • Introducing Paul Bley (with Paul Bley) (1953, Debut)
  • Explorations (with Teo Macero) (1953, Debut)
  • The New Oscar Pettiford Sextet (with Oscar Pettiford) (1953, Debut)
  • Ada Moore (with Ada Moore) (1954, Debut)
  • Mad Bebop (with J.J. Johnson) (1954, Savoy)
  • Big Band (with Charlie Parker) (Clef, 1954)
  • The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 2 (with J.J. Johnson) (1954, Blue Note)
  • Relaxed Piano Moods (with Hazel Scott) (1955, Debut)
  • The John Mehegan Trio/Quartet (with John Mehegan) (1955, Savoy)
  • Very Truly Yours (with Jimmy Scott) (1955, Savoy)
  • Evolution (with Teddy Charles) (Prestige, 1955)
  • The Fabulous Thad Jones (with Thad Jones) (1955, Debut)
  • New Piano Expressions (with John Dennis) (1955, Debut)
  • Easy Jazz (with Ralph Sharon) (1955, London)
  • Blue Moods (with Miles Davis) (1955, Debut)
  • Word from Bird (with Teddy Charles) (1956, Atlantic)
  • Metronome All-Stars 1956 (Clef, 1956) with the Metronome All-Stars
  • New Faces (with Jimmy Knepper) (1957, Debut)
  • Weary Blues - with Langston Hughes (MGM, 1959)
  • Money Jungle (with Duke Ellington and Max Roach) (1962, Blue Note)
  • References

    Charles Mingus discography Wikipedia