Charles Mingus discography
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As a bandleader, the American jazz bassist Charles Mingus released 51 albums between 1949 and 1977; as a sideman, Mingus appeared on a total of 34 albums. Four albums of his music were released posthumously between 1979 and 1990. Between 1979 and 2015, Sue Mingus produced 19 albums based on his compositions.
Discography as bandleader
[edit]List by recording date
Studio albums
[edit]| Title | Label, Release Year | Date
(last session) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strings and Keys | Debut, 1953 | April 1, 1951 | with Spaulding Givens |
| Miss Bliss | Debut, 1953 | October 28, 1953 | EP |
| Jazzical Moods, Volume 1 | Period, 1955 | December 1, 1954 | with John LaPorta; Partially included in The Jazz Experiments of Charlie Mingus (Bethlehem, 1955) |
| Jazzical Moods, Volume 2 | Period, 1955 | December 1, 1954 | with John LaPorta; Included in The Jazz Experiments of Charlie Mingus (Bethlehem, 1955) |
| Jazz Composers Workshop | Savoy, 1956 | January 30, 1955 | |
| Pithecanthropus Erectus | Atlantic, 1956 | January 30, 1956 | |
| The Clown | Atlantic, 1957 | March 12, 1957 | |
| Mingus Three | Jubilee, 1957 | July 9, 1957 | a.k.a. Trio |
| Tijuana Moods | RCA, 1962 | August 6, 1957 | |
| East Coasting | Bethlehem, 1957 | August 16, 1957 | |
| A Modern Jazz Symposium of Music and Poetry | Bethlehem, 1959 | October 1, 1957 | |
| Shadows | DOL, 2016 | November 1, 1958 | Movie Soundtrack. Partially re-used for Mingus in Wonderland (United Artists, 1959) |
| Blues & Roots | Atlantic, 1960 | February 4, 1959 | |
| Mingus Ah Um | Columbia, 1959 | May 12, 1959 | |
| Mingus Dynasty | Columbia, 1960 | November 13, 1959 | Companion album to Mingus Ah Um (Columbia, 1959) |
| Pre-Bird | Mercury, 1961 | May 25, 1960 | a.k.a. Mingus Revisited |
| Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus | Candid, 1960 | October 20, 1960 | |
| Newport Rebels | Candid, 1961 | November 11, 1960 | Jazz Artists Guild led by Charles Mingus and Max Roach |
| Mingus | Candid, 1961 | November 11, 1960 | |
| Mysterious Blues | Candid, 1990 | November 11, 1960 | |
| Reincarnation Of A Love Bird | Candid, 1988 | November 11, 1960 | |
| Oh Yeah | Atlantic, 1962 | November 6, 1961 | |
| Tonight at Noon | Atlantic, 1964 | November 6, 1961 | |
| The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady | Impulse!, 1963 | January 20, 1963 | |
| Mingus Plays Piano | Impulse!, 1964 | July 30, 1963 | |
| Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus | Impulse!, 1964 | September 20, 1963 | |
| Blue Bird | America, 1971 | October 31, 1970 | Included in Charles Mingus in Paris: The Complete America Session (Sunnyside, 2006) |
| Pithycanthropus Erectus | America, 1971 | October 31, 1970 | Included in Charles Mingus in Paris: The Complete America Session (Sunnyside, 2006) |
| Charles Mingus with Orchestra | Columbia, 1971 | January 14, 1971 | |
| Let My Children Hear Music | Columbia, 1972 | November 18, 1971 | |
| Mingus Moves | Atlantic, 1974 | October 31, 1973 | |
| Changes One | Atlantic, 1975 | December 30, 1974 | |
| Changes Two | Atlantic, 1975 | December 30, 1974 | |
| Cumbia & Jazz Fusion | Atlantic, 1978 | March 10, 1977 | |
| Three or Four Shades of Blues | Atlantic, 1977 | March 29, 1977 | |
| Lionel Hampton Presents Charles Mingus | Who's Who in Jazz, 1977 | November 6, 1977 | a.k.a. His Final Work |
Live albums
[edit]| Title | Label, Release Year | Date
(last session) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mingus at the Bohemia | Debut, 1956 | December 23, 1955 | a.k.a. Chazz! |
| The Charles Mingus Quintet & Max Roach | Fantasy, 1963 | December 23, 1955 | |
| Jazz Portraits: Mingus in Wonderland | United Artists, 1959 | January 16, 1959 | |
| Mingus at Antibes | Atlantic, 1976 | July 13, 1960 | a.k.a. Charles Mingus Live With Eric Dolphy |
| Town Hall Concert | United Artists, 1962 | October 12, 1962 | Expanded in The Complete Town Hall Concert (Blue Note, 1994) |
| Cornell 1964 | Blue Note, 2007 | March 18, 1964 | with Eric Dolphy |
| Town Hall Concert | Jazz Workshop, 1964 | April 4, 1964 | Expanded in The Jazz Workshop Concerts 1964-65 (Mosaic, 2012) |
| Concertgebouw Amsterdam Vol. 1 | Ulysse Musique, 1985 | April 10, 1964 | Included in The Jazz Workshop Concerts 1964-65 (Mosaic, 2012) and In Amsterdam 1964 (DIW, 1989) |
| Concertgebouw Amsterdam Vol. 2 | Ulysse Musique, 1986 | April 10, 1964 | Included in The Jazz Workshop Concerts 1964-65 (Mosaic, 2012) and In Amsterdam 1964 (DIW, 1989) |
| Live In Oslo 1964 | Polydor, 1990 | April 12, 1964 | |
| Revenge! The Legendary Paris Concerts | Revenge, 1996 | April 17, 1964 | |
| The Great Concert of Charles Mingus | America, 1971 | April 19, 1964 | |
| Mingus in Europe Volume I | Enja, 1979 | April 26, 1964 | |
| Mingus in Europe Volume II | Enja, 1981 | April 26, 1964 | |
| Right Now: Live at the Jazz Workshop | Fantasy, 1966 | June 3, 1964 | |
| Mingus at Monterey | Jazz Workshop, 1965 | September 20, 1964 | Included in The Jazz Workshop Concerts 1964-65 (Mosaic, 2012) |
| My Favorite Quintet | Jazz Workshop, 1966 | May 13, 1965 | Expanded in The Jazz Workshop Concerts 1964-65 (Mosaic, 2012) |
| Music Written For Monterey 1965 | Jazz Workshop, 1966 | September 25, 1965 | |
| In Paris 1970 | Ulysse Musique, 1988 | October 28, 1970 | |
| Charles Mingus and Friends in Concert | Columbia, 1973 | February 4, 1972 | |
| The Lost Album From Ronnie Scott's | Resonance, 2022 | August 15, 1972 | |
| Live In Chateauvallon, 1972 | France's Concert, 1989 | August 22, 1972 | |
| Jazz In Detroit / Strata Concert Gallery / 46 Selden | BBE, 2018 | February 13, 1973 | |
| Mingus at Carnegie Hall | Atlantic, 1974 | January 19, 1974 | |
| @ Bremen 1964 & 1975 | Sunnyside, 2020 | July 9, 1975 | |
| Live at Montreaux | Eagle Rock, 2018 | July 20, 1975 |
Final works as composer
[edit]| Title | Label | Date
(last session) |
Recording | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Me, Myself an Eye | Atlantic, 1979 | January 23, 1978 | Studio | Sessions directed by Charles Mingus |
| Something Like a Bird | Atlantic, 1980 | January 23, 1978 | Studio | Sessions directed by Charles Mingus |
| Mingus | Asylum, 1979 | 1978 | Studio | Joni Mitchell album co-written with Charles Mingus |
| Epitaph | Columbia, 1989 | June 3, 1989 | Studio | Unpublished work written between 1940 and 1962 |
Discography as sideman
[edit]| Title | Label | Date
(last session) |
Recording | Bandleader |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penny's Worth Of Boogie / Look What You've Done To Me | Globe, 1945 | 1945 | Studio | Russell Jacquet |
| Blues In B Flat / Deep Meditation | Modern Music, 1945 | May 1, 1945 | Studio | Hadda Brooks, Howard McGhee |
| Rex Stewart Plays Duke Ellington/Illinois Jacquet And His All-Stars Play Uptown Jazz | Grand Award, 1955 | August 2, 1945 | Studio | Rex Stewart, Illinois Jacquet |
| Jacquet Mood / Robbins' Nest | Apollo, 1947 | August 2, 1945 | Studio | Illinois Jacquet |
| You Go To My Head / Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying | Golden Guinea, 1945 | October 4, 1945 | Studio | Ernie Andrews |
| Paradise Lost / I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance | Golden Guinea, 1945 | October 4, 1945 | Studio | Ernie Andrews |
| Voot Rhythm / Baggin The Boogie | Bel Tone, 1945 | November 1, 1945 | Studio | Bob Mosely |
| Stormy Mood / Bee Boogie Boo | Bel Tone, 1945 | November 1, 1945 | Studio | Bob Mosely |
| Mellow Mama | Delmark, 1992 | December 13, 1945 | Studio | Dinah Washington |
| Dinah Washington Sings The Blues | Grand Award, 1955 | December 13, 1945 | Studio | Dinah Washington |
| Hoggin' / Blues A La King | Melodisc, 1946 | 1946 | Studio | Howard McGhee |
| Sweet Potato / Night Mist | Melodisc, 1946 | 1946 | Studio | Howard McGhee |
| Riff G.M. / Is It A Sin | Clear Tone, 1946 | 1946 | Studio | Gene Morris |
| G-Ing With Gene / Laughing At Life | Clear Tone, 1946 | 1946 | Studio | Gene Morris |
| Hot Piano | Tops, 1946 | January 1, 1946 | Studio | Wilbert Baranco |
| I Thought You Ought To Know / The Voot Is Here To Stay | Black & White, 1946 | January 1, 1946 | Studio | Ivie Anderson and her All Stars |
| I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good / On The Sunny Side Of The Street | Black & White, 1946 | January 1, 1946 | Studio | Ivie Anderson and her All Stars |
| Lena and Ivie | Jazztone, 1957 | January 1, 1946 | Studio | Lena Horne, Ivie Anderson |
| Night And Day / Weeping Willie | Black & White, 1946 | January 1, 1946 | Studio | Wilbert Baranco |
| Every Time I Think Of You / Baranco Boogie | Black & White, 1946 | January 1, 1946 | Studio | Wilbert Baranco |
| After Hours / Pipe Dream | 4 Star, 1946 | April 26, 1946 | Studio | Lady Will Carr |
| Hamp's Golden Favorites | Decca, 1962 | November 10, 1947 | Studio | Lionel Hampton |
| Lionel Hampton in Concert | Cicala Jazz, 1948 | May 1, 1948 | Studio | Lionel Hampton |
| Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra 1948 | Weka, 1948 | August 11, 1948 | Studio | Lionel Hampton |
| The Red Norvo Trio | Discovery, 1951 | May 3, 1950 | Studio | Red Norvo, Tal Farlow |
| Move
- aka The Charlie Mingus Trio With Tal Farlow, Red Norvo |
Savoy, 1951 | April 13, 1951 | Studio | Red Norvo |
| Midnight on Cloud 69 | Savoy, 1956 | April 13, 1951 | Studio | Various Artists |
| Birdland 1951 | Blue Note, 2004 | September 29, 1951 | Live | Miles Davis |
| Jazz At Storyville | Roost, 1952 | November 6, 1951 | Studio | Billy Taylor |
| While I'm Gone / I'll Be There | King, 1952 | December 18, 1951 | Studio | Melvin Moore |
| Possessed / Hold Me, Kiss Me, Squeeze Me | King, 1952 | December 18, 1951 | Studio | Melvin Moore |
| From Barrelhouse To Bop | Perspective, 1953 | 1952 | Studio | John Mehegan |
| Big Band | Clef, 1954 | March 25, 1952 | Studio | Charlie Parker |
| The George Wallington Trios | Prestige, 1952 | September 4, 1952 | Studio | George Wallington |
| The Happy "Bird" | Charlie Parker, 1961 | December 12, 1952 | Studio | Charlie Parker |
| 1953 Spring Sessions: Broadcast Performances
- aka In March with Mingus |
ESP-Disk', 1953 | March 21, 1953 | Studio | Bud Powell |
| Spring Broadcasts 1953 | ESP, 1977 | March 21, 1953 | Live | Bud Powell |
| Inner Fires | Electra/Musician, 1953 | April 5, 1953 | Studio | Bud Powell |
| Dance Of The Infidels | S.C.A.M., 1953 | May 1, 1953 | Live | Charlie Parker |
| Jazz At Massey Hall
- aka The Greatest Jazz Concert Ever |
Debut, 1956 | May 15, 1953 | Live | The Quintet |
| Blue Moods- aka Miles Davis Quartet | Prestige, 1954 | May 19, 1953 | Studio | Miles Davis |
| The Magnificent Charlie Parker | Clef, 1955 | May 25, 1953 | Studio | Charlie Parker |
| Jazz Perennial: The Genius Of Charlie Parker #7 | Verve, 1959 | May 25, 1953 | Studio | Charlie Parker |
| 1953 Summer Sessions: Broadcast Performances | ESP-Disk', 1953 | May 30, 1953 | Studio | Bud Powell |
| Jazz Workshop, Volume One: Trombone Rapport | Debut, 1953 | September 18, 1953 | Studio | Various Artists |
| Jazz Workshop, Volume Two | Debut, 1955 | September 18, 1953 | Studio | Various Artists |
| Four Trombones | Debut, 1957 | September 18, 1953 | Studio | Various Artists |
| Introducing Paul Bley | Debut, 1954 | November 30, 1953 | Studio | Paul Bley |
| Explorations | Debut, 1953 | December 12, 1953 | Studio | Teo Macero |
| The New Oscar Pettiford Sextet
- aka My Little Cello |
Debut, 1953 | December 29, 1953 | Studio | Oscar Pettiford |
| Jazz Workshop Volume Three | Debut, 1955 | June 27, 1954 | Studio | Ada Moore |
| Mad Bebop | Savoy, 1978 | August 26, 1954 | Studio | Jay Jay Johnson |
| Jay & Kai | Savoy, 1955 | August 26, 1954 | Studio | Jay Jay Johnson, Kai Winding |
| The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 1 | Blue Note, 1955 | September 24, 1954 | Studio | Jay Jay Johnson |
| The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 2 | Blue Note, 1955 | September 24, 1954 | Studio | Jay Jay Johnson |
| Organ...Sweet N' Swing | Regent, 1956 | November 9, 1954 | Studio | Vin Strong |
| Heart Strings / Swingin' The Mambo | Savoy, 1955 | November 9, 1954 | Studio | Vin Strong |
| The John Mehegan Trio/Quartet | Savoy, 1955 | January 3, 1955 | Studio | John Mehegan |
| Evolution | Prestige, 1955 | January 6, 1955 | Studio | Teddy Charles |
| Relaxed Piano Moods | Debut, 1955 | January 21, 1955 | Studio | Hazel Scott |
| Very Truly Yours | Savoy, 1955 | February 5, 1955 | Studio | Jimmy Scott |
| New Piano Expressions | Debut, 1955 | March 1, 1955 | Studio | John Dennis |
| The Fabulous Thad Jones
- aka Jazz Collaborations, Vol. I |
Debut, 1955 | March 10, 1955 | Studio | Thad Jones |
| Easy Jazz | London, 1955 | May 27, 1955 | Studio | Ralph Sharon |
| Blue Moods | Debut, 1955 | July 9, 1955 | Studio | Miles Davis |
| Blame It On My Youth | Epic, 1956 | 1956 | Studio | Don Heller |
| Metronome All-Stars 1956 | Clef, 1956 | June 18, 1956 | Studio | Various Artists |
| This Is How I Feel About Jazz | ABC, 1957 | September 19, 1956 | Studio | Quincy Jones |
| Word from Bird | Atlantic, 1956 | November 12, 1956 | Studio | Teddy Charles |
| Modern Jazz Concert
- aka Brandeis Jazz Festival |
Columbia, 1958 | June 18, 1957 | Live | Six compositions commissioned by the 1957 Brandeis University Festival of the Arts |
| New Faces | Debut, 1957 | July 10, 1957 | Studio | Jimmy Knepper |
| The Weary Blues With Langston Hughes | MGM, 1959 | March 18, 1958 | Studio | Langston Hughes |
| The Jazz Life! | Candid, 1960 | January 13, 1961 | Studio | Various Artists |
| All Night Long | Fontana, 1962 | July 1, 1961 | Studio | Philip Green |
| Summit Sessions | Columbia, 1970 | July 3, 1961 | Studio | Dave Brubeck |
| Money Jungle | Blue Note, 1962 | September 17, 1962 | Studio | Duke Ellington |
| Newport In New York '72 - The Jam Sessions Vols. 1 & 2 | Cobblestone, 1972 | July 6, 1972 | Studio | Various Artists |
| After Hours - The Great Pescara Jam Sessions | Port's Song, 1975 | July 30, 1972 | Studio | Various Artists |
Compilations
[edit]| Title | Label | Contents |
|---|---|---|
| Mingus Featuring: Eric Dolphy - The Candid Recordings | Barnaby, 1972 | |
| The Greatest Jazz Concert Ever | Prestige, 1973 | |
| Reevaluation: The Impulse Years | Impulse!, 1973 | |
| The Art Of Charles Mingus (The Atlantic Years) | Atlantic, 1973 | |
| Nostalgia In Times Square | Columbia, 1979 | New edits and unreleased takes of Mingus Ah Um, Mingus Dynasty |
| Passions Of A Man: An Anthology Of His Atlantic Recordings | Atlantic, 1979 | |
| The Complete Candid Recordings Of Charles Mingus | Mosaic, 1985 | |
| The Young Rebel | Swingtime, 1986 | |
| The Rarest On Debut - Charles Mingus Sideman | Debut, 1987 | |
| The Rarest On Debut - Mingus Newly Discovered | Debut, 1987 | |
| The Rarest On Debut | Debut, 1987 | |
| In Amsterdam 1964 | DIW, 1989 | Concertgebouw Amsterdam Vol. 1 (Ulysse Musique, 1985), Concertgebouw Amsterdam Vol. 2 (Ulysse Musique, 1986) |
| The Complete Debut Recordings | Debut, 1990 | |
| Debut Rarities, Volume 1 | Original Jazz Classics, 1992 | |
| Debut Rarities, Volume 2 | Original Jazz Classics, 1992 | |
| Original Faubus Fables | All That's Jazz, 1992 | |
| Debut Rarities, Volume 3 | Original Jazz Classics, 1993 | |
| The Complete 1959 CBS Charles Mingus Sessions | Mosaic, 1993 | |
| Thirteen Pictures: The Charles Mingus Anthology | Rhino, 1993 | |
| Debut Rarities, Volume 4 | Original Jazz Classics, 1994 | |
| Fables Of Faubus | Giants Of Jazz, 1996 | |
| Passions Of A Man: The Complete Atlantic Recordings 1956-1961 | Rhino Records, 1997 | Pithecanthropus Erectus (Atlantic, 1956), Word From Bird (Atlantic, 1958), The Clown (Atlantic, 1957), Tonight At Noon (Atlantic, 1964), Blues & Roots (Atlantic, 1960), Mingus At Antibes (Atlantic, 1976), Oh Yeah (Atlantic, 1962) |
| Alternate Takes | Columbia, 1998 | |
| West Coast 1945-49 | Uptown, 2000 | |
| Ken Burns Jazz | Columbia, 2000 | |
| Charles Mingus Trilogy (The Complete Bethlehem Jazz Collection) | Avenue Jazz, 2001 | The Jazz Experiments Of Charlie Mingus (Bethlehem, 1955), A Modern Jazz Symposium Of Music And Poetry (Bethlehem, 1959), East Coasting (Bethlehem, 1957) |
| 80th Birthday Celebration | Debut, 2002 | |
| The Young Rebel | Proper, 2004 | |
| Minor Intrusion | Quadromania, 2005 | |
| Charles Mingus & Booker Ervin - The Savoy Recordings | Brilliant Jazz, 2006 | |
| Charles Mingus in Paris: The Complete America Session | Sunnyside, 2006 | Blue Bird (America, 1971), Pithycanthropus Erectus (America, 1971) plus extra takes |
| Take The 'A' Train | Back Up, 2006 | |
| Jazz Workshop 1957-1958 | Fresh Sound Records, 2009 | |
| The Clown / Intrusion / Pithecanthropus Erectus | Delta, 2009 | |
| Charles Mingus And The Newport Rebels | Candid, 2010 | |
| The Complete Columbia & RCA Albums Collection | Sony Music, 2012 | |
| The Jazz Workshop Concerts 1964-65 | Mosaic, 2012 | Town Hall Concert (Jazz Workshop, 1964), Concertgebouw Amsterdam Vol. 1 (Ulysse Musique, 1985), Concertgebouw Amsterdam Vol. 2 (Ulysse Musique, 1986), Mingus at Monterey (Jazz Workshop, 1965), My Favorite Quintet (Jazz Workshop, 1966) |
| Leader On Debut | Debut, 2013 | |
| The Quintessence New-York - Los Angeles 1947 - 1960 | Frémeaux & Associés, 2013 | |
| Mingus Moods | Proper Box, 2014 | |
| Mingus The Impulse Albums | Impulse!, 2014 | |
| Live In Europe 1975 | Salvo, 2015 | |
| Complete Live At The Bohemia | Essential Jazz Classics, 2017 | |
| Milestones Of A Legend | Documents, 2017 | |
| The Eldridge Session | Doxy, 2017 | |
| Candid Recordings ·Part One | Doxy, 2018 | |
| Candid Recordings ·Part Two | Doxy, 2018 | |
| Newport Rebels | Jazz Images, 2018 | |
| The Rare Albums Collection | Enlightenment, 2019 | |
Mingus Bands
[edit]| Title | Label | Date
(last session) |
Recording | Band |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chair In The Sky | Elektra, 1979 | July 10,1979 | Studio | Mingus Dynasty |
| Live At Montreux | Atlantic, 1981 | July 18, 1980 | Live | Mingus Dynasty |
| Mingus' Sounds Of Love | Soul Note, 1988 | September 30, 1987 | Studio | Mingus Dynasty |
| Live At The Village Vanguard | Storyville, 1989 | May 27, 1984 | Live | Mingus Dynasty |
| Live At The Theatre Boulogne-Billancourt, Paris Vol. 1 | Soul Note, 1989 | June 8, 1988 | Live | Mingus Dynasty |
| Next Generation Performs Charles Mingus Brand New Compositions | Columbia, 1991 | Studio | Mingus Dynasty | |
| Weird Nightmare (Meditations On Mingus) | Columbia, 1992 | Studio | Various Artists | |
| Live At The Theatre Boulogne-Billancourt, Paris Vol. 2 | Soul Note, 1993 | June 8, 1988 | Live | Mingus Dynasty |
| Nostalgia In Times Square | Dreyfus Jazz, 1993 | March 2, 1993 | Live | Mingus Big Band |
| At the Bottom Line | West Wind, 1995 | December 1, 1979 | Live | Mingus Dynasty |
| Reincarnation | Soul Note, 1997 | April 1, 1982 | Studio | Mingus Dynasty |
| Gunslinging Birds | Dreyfus Jazz, 1995 | 1995 | Studio | Mingus Big Band |
| Live In Time | Dreyfus Jazz, 1996 | 1996 | Studio | Mingus Big Band |
| ¡Que Viva Mingus! | Dreyfus Jazz, 1997 | 1997 | Studio | Mingus Big Band |
| Blues & Politics | Dreyfus Jazz, 1999 | January 26, 1999 | Studio | Mingus Big Band |
| Tonight At Noon... Three Or Four Shades Of Love | Dreyfus Jazz, 2002 | December 7, 2001 | Studio | Mingus Big Band |
| I Am Three | Sunnyside, 2005 | November 7, 2004 | Studio | Mingus Big Band |
| Live In Tokyo | Sunnyside, 2006 | December 31, 2005 | Live | Mingus Big Band |
| Live At Jazz Standard | Jazz Workshop, 2010 | December 31, 2009 | Live | Mingus Big Band |
| Mingus Sings | Sunnyside, 2015 | 2015 | Studio | Mingus Big Band |
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Discogs
- Discography at www.jazzdisco.org accessed June 9, 2011
- Charles Mingus Homepage accessed June 9, 2011
- Discography at Charles Mingus official site accessed January 12, 2020