Charles Mingus discography

Charles Mingus discography.

Discography

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

Further information: Mingus Big Band

• 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, Prestige)
• 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)

External links

• Discogs
• Discography at www.jazzdisco.org accessed June 9, 2011
• Charles Mingus Homepage accessed June 9, 2011