Mingus

American  

[ming-guhs] / ˈmɪŋ gəs /

noun

1. Charles Charlie, 1922–79, U.S. jazz bass player and composer.

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Mingus British  

/ ˈmɪŋɡəs /

noun

1. Charles, known as Charlie Mingus. 1922–79, US jazz double bassist, composer, and band leader

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Example Sentences

“Mingus at Monterey” was recorded in September 1964, at a Monterey Jazz Festival whose headliners also included Ellington, Thelonious Monk and Miles Davis.

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According to the reviews reproduced in this edition’s notes, Mingus stole the show, inspiring an unusually emphatic standing ovation.

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Earlier that year, he had toured with arguably his greatest small group, a sextet including multi-reedist Eric Dolphy, whose sensitivity and brilliance were an especially good match for Mingus’s own.

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The one Mingus brought to Monterey included pianist Jaki Byard and drummer Dannie Richmond from that previous sextet, along with alto saxophonist Charles McPherson, tenor saxophonist John Handy and trumpeter Lonnie Hillyer.

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Mingus had given the latter piece its premiere six months earlier, and it grew into a highlight on tour that year.

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