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Charles Mingus Jr. (April 22, 1922 – January 5, 1979) was an American jazz double bassist, pianist, composer, and bandleader. A major proponent of collective improvisation, he is considered to be one of the greatest jazz musicians and composers in history, with a career spanning three decades and collaborations with other jazz musicians such as Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, and Herbie Hancock.
Filmography
Movies and shows, newest first
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2023
Dos dies i l’eternitat
Movie Songs
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2022
Jazz Club 2
Movie
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2022
Jazz Legends: Charles Mingus & Eric Dolphy - 1964
Movie contrebasse
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2020
Regarde, on ne voit rien
Movie Music
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2020
Billie
Movie self
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2020
Mingus Erectus
Movie Himself
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2011
Photographic Memory
Movie Music
- 2008
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2007
Jazz Icons: Charles Mingus Live in '64
Movie himself
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2005
Mingus in Greenwich Village
Movie Himself
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2001
Jazz
TV show Self (archive footage)
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1998
The Clown
Movie Music
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1997
Charles Mingus: Triumph of the Underdog
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1993
Weird Nightmare
Movie Original Music Composer
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1991
Last Date
Movie Self
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1990
Charles Mingus: Epitaph
Movie
More credits
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1981
Stations of the Elevated
Movie Music
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1975
Charles Mingus: Live at Montreux 1975
Movie Himself
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1968
The Dick Cavett Show
TV show Self - Guest
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1968
Mingus: Charlie Mingus 1968
Movie Himself
- 1964
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1964
Charles Mingus Sextet
Movie Self
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1962
All Night Long
Movie Himself - Bass
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1960
Shadows
Movie Musician