Cast & creator
Charles Mingus
Best known for The Dick Cavett Show, Jazz, Photographic Memory
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.
Also known as: Charles Mingus Jr.
24
film credits
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television credits
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1960–2023 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (26)
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The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
Jazz
Self (archive footage)
2001
Photographic Memory
Music
2011
Shadows
Musician
1960Shadows
Original Music Composer
1960
Weird Nightmare
Original Music Composer
1993
You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You
1964
Mingus: Charlie Mingus 1968
Himself
1968Mingus Erectus
Himself
2020
Mingus in Greenwich Village
Himself
2005
All Night Long
Himself - Bass
1962
Charles Mingus: Triumph of the Underdog
Self (archive footage)
1997
Charles Mingus: Epitaph
1990Charles Mingus: Epitaph
Music
1990
The Clown
Music
1998
Billie
self
2020
Jazz Legends: Charles Mingus & Eric Dolphy - 1964
contrebasse
2022
Stations of the Elevated
Music
1981
Jazz Club 2
2022
Charles Mingus: Live at Montreux 1975
Himself
1975Regarde, on ne voit rien
Music
2020
Jazz Icons: Charles Mingus Live in '64
himself
2007
Charles Mingus Quintet - Live in Berlin 1972
2008
Charles Mingus Sextet
Self
1964
Last Date
Self
1991
Dos dies i l'eternitat
Songs
2023