SkipCaptcha
790
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Created page with "'''Charles Mingus''' (April 22, 1922 – January 5, 1979) was a noted jazz bassist, composer, author, and activist for the cause of African American freedom. M..."
'''Charles Mingus''' (April 22, 1922 – January 5, 1979) was a noted [[jazz]] [[bass|bassist]], composer, author, and activist for the cause of [[African American]] freedom.
Mingus led his own large and small ensembles, and played with a number of jazz greats including [[Charlie Parker]], [[Thelonious Monk]], [[Bud Powell]], [[Dizzy Gillespie]] and [[Max Roach]].
His nest-known compositions include "Goodbye, Pork-Pie Hat," an elegy for [[Lester Young]], and "Fables of Faubus," a biting attack on [[Arkansas]] [[segregation|segregationist]] governor [[Orval E. Faubus]].
In 1971, Mingus published his memoirs, ''Beneath the Underdog.''
[[Category:Jazz]]
Mingus led his own large and small ensembles, and played with a number of jazz greats including [[Charlie Parker]], [[Thelonious Monk]], [[Bud Powell]], [[Dizzy Gillespie]] and [[Max Roach]].
His nest-known compositions include "Goodbye, Pork-Pie Hat," an elegy for [[Lester Young]], and "Fables of Faubus," a biting attack on [[Arkansas]] [[segregation|segregationist]] governor [[Orval E. Faubus]].
In 1971, Mingus published his memoirs, ''Beneath the Underdog.''
[[Category:Jazz]]