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Charles Mingus (April 22, 1922 – January 5, 1979) was a noted jazz 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 segregationist governor Orval E. Faubus.
In 1971, Mingus published his memoirs, Beneath the Underdog.