Charles Mingus

sashastergiou: “ Charles Mingus (Kathy Sloane, photographer) ”

“#CharlesMingus, London, 1951. Photo by #RobertFrank”

Charles Mingus, by Pieter Boersma

portraitinjazz: “ Mingus in New York c.1960s “…he played and recorded with the leading musicians of the 1950′s– Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Bud Powell, Art Tatum and Duke Ellington himself. One of...

Charles Mingus by Guy Le Querrec - Paris 1964

Charles Mingus

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Charles Mingus. Genius.

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Photo by Hans Kumpf . jazzpages.com hkumpf . "Tensions" is the perfect name for a Mingus tune. One of the few virtuoso contrabass players in the truest definition of that word, the emotionally tempestuous bassist could goad all manner of sounds from the tension and release of his fingers on strings. Charles Mingus music was often a hot, sweaty mess of collective improvisation, and as both leader and mad scientist, he often drove the members of his band to the limits of their own potential as…

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Charles Mingus - mid-1970s by Tom Copi

Charles Mingus

Charles Mingus