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Mingus

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Min·gus  (mnggs), Charles 1922-1979.
American jazz bassist and composer of complex works that knitted together elements of jazz, classical, and gospel.

Mingus [ˈmɪŋgəs]
n
(Biographies / Mingus, Charles (1922-1979) M, US, MUSIC: jazz double bassist, MUSIC: composer, MUSIC: bandleader) Charles, known as Charlie Mingus. 1922-79, US jazz double bassist, composer, and band leader


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The Santa Fe leg of the jazz festival continued at the Lensic Performing Arts Center with the Dave and Don Grusin Quartet on July 17, Jimmy Heath and the Generations Band on July 19, and Mingus Dynasty on July 26.
CHARLES MINGUS Mingus Ah Um ***** MILES DAVIS Sketches Of Spain ***** Mingus's 1959 Ah Um is one of the most dancefriendly albums in his groovefilled canon - a blaze of musical colour, startling improvisation and gutsy blues.
Then one morning in the car on the way to the office I heard a Charles Mingus recording, and I had the answer.
 
 
 
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