Listening path
Charles Mingus
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INew to themCharles Mingus was a bassist who became one of the great composers in jazz, with a sound built from church, blues, Ellington and Charlie Parker. This path starts with his best-loved record, goes back to where he came from, then follows his bands from the 1950s workshops to the big works of 1963.12 records · start →III know the classicsYou know the Atlantic, Columbia and Impulse! classics. This path goes back to the Debut and workshop years, when Mingus ran his own label and played with everyone, then on to the lesser-known bands of 1957 and the Candid sessions of 1960.12 records · start →IIII know them wellThis path is the Mingus few people own: the early 1950s, mostly as a sideman, on his own Debut label and others. It runs roughly in order, from the 1951 duets to 1956, and shows how much he played before his own records took over.12 records · start →