Charles Mingus: Triumph of the Underdog

7.5 1997 78 min
Music Documentary

Don McGlynn's uncompromising and soulful documentary look at the tumultuous life of musician and rebel Charles Mingus is fascinating stuff. Mingus said of himself "I am half black man, half yellow man, but I claim to be…

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Don McGlynn

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Charles Mingus Self (archive footage)
Gunther Schuller Self
Wynton Marsalis Self
Sue Mingus Self
Celia Zaentz Self
John Handy Self
Britt Woodman Self
Jack Walrath Self
Randy Brecker Self

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