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The Dick Cavett Show
1968· TV Series
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
April 22, 1922(56)
Day of Death
January 5, 1979
Place of Birth
Arizona, USA
Charles Mingus
Acting
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
- 2022MovieJazz Legends: Charles Mingus & Eric Dolphy - 1964as contrebasse
- 2020MovieBillieas self
- 2008MovieCharles Mingus Quintet - Live in Berlin 1972
- 2007MovieJazz Icons: Charles Mingus Live in '64as himself
- 2005MovieMingus in Greenwich Villageas Himself
- 2001TVJazzas Self (archive footage)
- 1997MovieCharles Mingus: Triumph of the Underdogas Self (archive footage)
- 1990MovieCharles Mingus: Epitaph
- 1975MovieCharles Mingus: Live at Montreux 1975as Himself
- 1968TVThe Dick Cavett Showas Self - Guest
- 1968MovieMingus: Charlie Mingus 1968as Himself
- 1964MovieYou’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You
- 1964MovieCharles Mingus Sextetas Self
- 1962MovieAll Night Longas Himself - Bass