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Charles Mingus

1922 - 1979

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Charles Mingus Jr. (April 22, 1922 – January 5, 1979) was an American jazz upright bassist, composer, bandleader, pianist, and author. A major proponent of collective improvisation, he is considered one of the greatest jazz musicians and composers in history, with a career spanning three decades and collaborations with other jazz greats such as Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Max Roach, and Eric Dolphy. Mingus's work ranged from advanced bebop and avant-garde jazz with small and midsize ensembles to pioneering the post-bop style on seminal recordings like Pithecanthropus Erectus (1956) and Mingus Ah Um (1959) and progressive big band experiments such as The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady (1963). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Mingus is the 430th most popular musician (down from 269th in 2019), the 2,545th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,509th in 2019) and the 126th most popular American Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Charles Mingus ranks 430 out of 3,175. Before him are Ry Cooder, Jack Bruce, Moby, Eric Carr, Andy Fletcher, and Ray Parker Jr.. After him are Barış Manço, Clive Burr, Ginger Baker, Ornette Coleman, John Entwistle, and Ralf Hütter.

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Among people born in 1922, Charles Mingus ranks 113. Before him are Serge Reggiani, Stephen Kim Sou-hwan, Yuri Lotman, Eleanor Parker, Abdul Razak Hussein, and Salvatore Giuliano. After him are Fikret Amirov, Pierre Hadot, Miloš Jakeš, Ferenc Deák, Sōsuke Uno, and Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza. Among people deceased in 1979, Charles Mingus ranks 70. Before him are Yuen Siu-tien, Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry, Ali Hassan Salameh, Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, Friedrich Ebert Jr., and Dhyan Chand. After him are Stein Rokkan, Elizabeth Bishop, Darryl F. Zanuck, Victoria Ocampo, Henrich Focke, and Carlo Abarth.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charles Mingus ranks 2,545 out of 20,380. Before him are Lucian Pulvermacher (1918), Rosanna Arquette (1959), Jack Vance (1916), Tex Avery (1908), Leif Erickson (1911), and Ray Parker Jr. (1954). After him are Laura Linney (1964), Margaret Keane (1927), George Wallace (1919), Darren Aronofsky (1969), Robert E. Park (1864), and Tina Aumont (1946).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Charles Mingus ranks 126. Before him are Eddie Cochran (1938), Peggy Lee (1920), Ry Cooder (1947), Moby (1965), Eric Carr (1950), and Ray Parker Jr. (1954). After him are Ornette Coleman (1930), Glenn Frey (1948), Albert King (1923), Floyd Westerman (1936), Robert Trujillo (1964), and Billy Gibbons (1949).

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