Charles Mingus

Charles Mingus is a solo artist associated with United States whose catalog here spans 1956–1963. The artist is connected with Jazz and Hard Bop, so genre, period and individual recordings offer useful ways into the work.

Listen for how Jazz and Hard Bop shape rhythm, voice and arrangement. A starting path includes “Better Git It in Your Soul”, “Bird Calls”, “Boogie Stop Shuffle”, “Fables of Faubus”. Then move to “Mingus Ah Um” and “The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady” to hear how recordings are organized in a release context.