Charles Mingus discography

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

List by recording date

Studio albums

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	Vinyl pressings reissued by Universal Music Group in collaboration with Chad Kassem's Analogue Productions^[1]
Mingus Plays Piano	Impulse!, 1964	July 30, 1963
Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus	Impulse!, 1964	September 20, 1963	Vinyl pressings reissued by Universal Music Group in collaboration with Chad Kassem's Analogue Productions^[1]
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

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

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

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

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

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

^ ^a ^b Kaplan, Fred (February 2022). "Mingus". Stereophile. Retrieved 2024-11-30 – via EBSCOhost.

External links

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

[:0-1] Kaplan, Fred (February 2022). "Mingus". Stereophile. Retrieved 2024-11-30 – via EBSCOhost.

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Discography
Studio albums	The Jazz Experiments of Charlie Mingus Jazz Composers Workshop Pithecanthropus Erectus The Clown East Coasting Mingus Three A Modern Jazz Symposium of Music and Poetry Mingus Ah Um Blues & Roots Mingus Dynasty Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus Pre-Bird Mingus Oh Yeah Tijuana Moods Money Jungle The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Tonight at Noon Mingus Plays Piano Blue Bird Pithycanthropus Erectus Let My Children Hear Music Mingus Moves Changes One Changes Two Three or Four Shades of Blues His Final Work Cumbia & Jazz Fusion Something Like a Bird Charles Mingus with Orchestra Reincarnation of a Lovebird
Live albums	Mingus at the Bohemia (1956) Jazz Portraits: Mingus in Wonderland (1959) The Complete Town Hall Concert (1962) The Charles Mingus Quintet & Max Roach (1963) Astral Weeks (1964) Town Hall Concert (1964) Revenge! (1964) The Great Concert of Charles Mingus (1964) Mingus in Europe Volume I (1964) Mingus in Europe Volume II (1964) Right Now: Live at the Jazz Workshop (1964) Mingus at Monterey (1964) My Favorite Quintet (1965) Music Written for Monterey 1965 (1965) Charles Mingus Sextet In Berlin (1970) Charles Mingus and Friends in Concert (1972) Mingus at Antibes (1974) Mingus at Carnegie Hall (1974) Cornell 1964 (2007)
Books	Beneath the Underdog (1971 autobiography)
Related	Mingus Big Band Mingus Big Band Live at Jazz Standard Mingus Dynasty Sue Mingus Jazz at Massey Hall (1953) Weary Blues (1958) Newport Rebels (1960) Pepper Adams Plays the Compositions of Charlie Mingus (1964) Mingus (1979) Epitaph (1990) Mingus: Charlie Mingus 1968 Charles Mingus: Triumph of the Underdog (1998 documentary)